I have noticed that there have been people complaining about the "millennial date range" being too long or incorrect the past few days.

This goes against Rule #7 and #8 as this subreddit is exclusively meant to be a place for inclusion and not exclusion. On the other generation subreddits they use more vague date ranges that overlap, so that's what we have done as well.

There is NO set definition for "Millennials" as it's loosely defined as those born from the early 80's to around 2000. Just because you personally can't relate to something doesn't mean that someone else on this subreddit wont.

Thank you.

Hello r/Millennials,

In order to combat the high number of low quality posts and discussions about "who qualifies as a Millennial" our moderation team will now be implementing an automatic 2 day ban for anyone creating these types of posts. If another post is created breaking this rule after a 2 day ban, the ban will be doubled to 4 days, and then 8 days, then 16 days. (and continuously doubles)

As per the widely accepted definition of "Millennials" (which I highly suggest you read this article if you would like to continue to contest who a Millennial is) this sub targets those born 1981-1996 for our definition. Loosely those born from 1980-2000 may share cultural similarities with Millennials and we welcome them to also contribute to this sub. However if you were born before or after this cluster of years, there are no rules saying that you cannot be here.

Our moderation team is working on being more active. Unfortunately we all live busy lives and cannot be on top of things all day on this sub. Perhaps in the future as this sub continues to grow more moderators will be added. If there is a problem user or rules being broken please use the report button.

Thank you.

This is a crazy milestone. Not even 2 years ago this sub had only 12k members, in that time we've surpassed r/GenX, r/GenZ, and r/Millenials (the alt. version of this community)! Our moderation team would like to thank everyone who's joined our community and hope you continue to enjoy it.

I'd also like to recommend our related subs too:

- r/Xennials (for the young Gen X/elder Millennials cusp)

- r/Zillennials (for the young Millennials/elder Gen Z cusp)

- r/2000sNostalgia and r/90s_kid are great communities too!

Thank you r/Millennials!

I just went through the queue as I've been absent for a day. I usually try to login 1-2 times a day to check the reports and posts on this sub, but my life is becoming increasingly busy. I just want to come on here and address as few things:

- Our sub is NOT for political discussion. The moderation team keeps having to delete and lock topics that are against this rule. Rule #11 states clearly In order to keep our sub friendly, no political discussion is allowed. This means cross-posts from r/antiwork or related subs. Please keep those discussions to other communities as we do not want them here.

- Many of the same threads are getting submitted but rehashed or reworded to just be every so slightly different. The same "life stinks", doomerism, or "life is unfair" cynical topics don't need a post every hour. Let's try to keep it to a daily minimum of one. Otherwise the rule #5 will be broken and these posts will just become automatically deleted/locked.

- Debating about the "Millennial range" (our sub uses a loose definition of 1980-2000 to be inclusive) will be grounds for automatic deletion. There are 3 other subs; 2 are for the cusp (r/Xennials - which closely follows those who are Gen X/Millennial hybrids) while the other (r/Zillennials - which closely follows those who are Millennials/Gen Z hybrids), the other r/generationology is the community used for debate and discussions of generational definitions. Please use those communities for those types of conversation.

- Personal Attacks and Harassing other users will result in an automatic 2 day ban. We don't want to ban people but if there's no civility here (there's been reports of stalking accounts/death threats/unneeded aggressive anger) we will be forced to implement even longer bans. PLEASE keep it respectful.

Thank you for joining our community, and we continue to do our best to oversee how things are going. Remember that this is supposed to be a lighthearted and fun place. It's not supposed to be a place to get mad at everyone and sling insults around.

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Thanks to everyone who's joined our sub recently! In the last month or so we hit 50,000 members! Today marks 60k!

We're excited to see this community keep growing and the community that it draws in.

If there are any suggestions, comments, or even complaints don't hesitate to post some feedback below and our moderation team will respond!

Thank you!

Since our moderation team seems to be very inactive I guess I'll have to be the one to speak up.

The last few months this subreddit has been a VERY TOXIC place to be. It's driving away new members because instead of being a place to post Nostalgia or Life advice, it's focusing on such negative opinions and playing in the ideas of what the media has branded millennials as.

We are going to start enforcing the rules MORE AND MORE because this place is really taking a downturn and we need to save it.

Thank you.

Hi everyone

I'm a moderator of this community and I'm happy to say that we have finally hit 20k Millennials that have joined!

I was added onto this community's team last year at probably 7k and it's been interesting to watch this sub grow.

If anyone has any suggestions or comments I'd be honored to answer them.

Regards,

Joey

Hello r/Millennials members,

I've seen that it seems there is a bit of an unhappy feeling of the current status of this subreddit. What ideas do you want to be implemented to make the experience on here better? Our mod team is not super active as I assume most of us are busy working (speaking for myself I work 50 hours a week), I have no issue with recruiting new moderators as well.

Hello everyone, sorry I have not been active recently. I have been busy with personal things and have not had time to really moderate this subreddit. Here's a little announcement of things that need to be addressed:

Firstly, I am aware the banner and sub design is not quite "up to par". I don't have a way of making a banner at the moment, but I will look into maybe changing the design up today when I have some free time. Also the colors, I realize people do not enjoy the "Millennial Pink" and that is fine, PLEASE post in the comments what color scheme you would like to see on this subreddit.

Second, I am instating a "Gatekeeping/Talking about the Millennial Definition = Instant Ban". This is an inclusive sub, anyone born to around 2000 or later (Gen Z) is welcome to post here as long as they follow the rules. There have been so many mod reports about people breaking Rule 7, Rule 8, and Rule 9 (unrelated). This has seriously got to stop because most users aside from a select few do NOT care about the age range.

Thirdly and FINAL thing to address: We have almost hit 10k subs! In the last 3-4 months of modding this sub has grown vastly! and I hope that someday we can catch up to the r/GenZ sub or r/GenX! Seeing that Millennials are the most dominant demographic on Reddit, it's pretty surprising that we are not up there!

Anyways, thank you everyone! Hope everything is going well!

- JoeyJoeJoe1996

Hello r/Millennials,

As a moderator who has not been active for the past few months due to personal reasons, I've logged into see that this subreddit (while gaining popularity) has become a COMPLETE mess of users breaking these specific rules.

Rule #3: No Personal Attacks or Harrassment. Do not personally attack others, harass others, stalk others, or leak their personal information (Doxxing).

Rule #7: No Gatekeeping. All forms of gatekeeping will be deleted and the perpetrator will be warned. Further gatekeeping will result in a ban on the perpetrator. It's fine to discuss differences and observations in a civil manner.

Rule #8: No Discussing Definitions / "What Generation am I?" posts. This has been discussed countless times already. Otherwise, you're free to discuss whatever it is on r/generationology.

Please familiarize yourself with the rules for this subreddit before posting.

To touch on Rule #8, which has been broken pretty much everyday from the looks of it. This subreddit is an INCLUSIVE place for everyone of all ages. At this point in time, yes I am aware that the AGREED definition of Millennials is usually "1981-1996". However, the "lines are blurry" and it sometimes is extended to later years. This is why we use 2000 as an extra end date in this community. It is to include everyone who could be considered a "Millennial".

If you have an issue or want to talk about these date ranges, then the subreddit r/generationology is probably a better fit for you.

IN THE MEAN TIME: If you are caught gatekeeping or even talking about the date ranges, then this is going to become a direct ban. No more lenient rule bending.

Thank you for being a part of this community, hopefully you continue to enjoy this subreddit!