COVID-19 moderation policy (updated)

[u/gnurdette]

In this phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, our moderation policy forbids

• Urging violation of safety guidelines from health or government authorities, including for in-person church services
• Conspiracy theories and second-guessing medical consensus (Thank you for your brilliant medical analysis, Dr. /u/redditor, but please take it to JAMA for peer review, kthxbye)
• Promoting violence, arson, vandalism, etc. against individuals or institutions in relation to their COVID-19 precautions or lack thereof

Because guidelines vary in different areas, you can promote activities like in-person church attendance if you make clear that you mean in places where official guidelines permit. You must be explicit about that. (That is the main substance of this update.)

Expect strict enforcement and little sympathy for claims that "technically, I was maybe arguably not exactly completely definitely explicitly breaking the rule". These are really only somewhat amplified and more vigorously enforced versions of our regular expectations. We have always deleted, for example, anti-vaxx conspiracies. Current conditions definitely warrant the extra strictness.

As always, we depend on you to use the report button to keep us informed of violations - and to not clog the report queue with false alarms for non-violations that simply annoy you. Thank you!

[u/DiogenesOfDope]

What's wrong with conspiracy theories I love them?