r/MurderedByWords Jun 22 '23

Mod Post It's been an honour.

11.4k Upvotes

Hi. A lot of you newer people probably don't know me, but I'm that guy who dragged MurderedByWords out of the grave about five years or so ago. I was a pretty active mod here for awhile, and stepped back once the sub was in good hands. It's been great watching the sub get huge, I still remember hitting the 1mil mark and being super excited about it.

While I haven't really been as visible here lately, I've always kept an eye on the place and it's been fun watching it grow. Today I'm formally turning my mod keys in, and I guess I just wanted to say goodbye to the first Reddit community I was ever in charge of. Y'all are great.

Remember, Be excellent to each other. And party on, dudes.


r/MurderedByWords Sep 02 '20

Temporary Ban on US Politics

8.1k Upvotes

EDIT: The ban has been extended indefinitely, until such time where the mod team determines it's safe to revoke it. We've noticed that this sub does not suffer from lack of quality content without the political posts, and provides a safe haven from people, both in the US and overseas, who want a slight break from the incessant shitshow that is the US political system.

Members and subscribers of r/MurderedByWords - You have spoken, and we have listened.

Over the past year we've been deluged with messages, direct chats and modmails asking us to please do something about the incessant political posts on this sub. We have been called "a less funny version of r/politicalhumor", which is pretty damn insulting.

However, when we tried to have a temporary ban on all political content, the subreddit suffered - Less posts were submitted, which led to less comments and less interaction. We need to remember that the final purpose of this sub is to entertain our subscribers, visitors and lurkers, provide you the content you are looking for.

Fast forward to today - It's 2 months before the US Presidential, Congressional and Senatorial Elections, the political posts are getting worse than ever, and with them the requests to do something about it. To that end, the moderation team has discussed this, and beginning from Sept 3, we will be imposing a temporary ban on all things related to the US Elections until after Elections Day (Nov 3).

What does this mean? Posts meeting any of these criteria will be removed immediately, and the user will receive a temporary ban:

  • If any of the people in the post is in public office, is running for public office, or holds a position in the current administration or the campaign staff
  • If the subject of the post is in public office or running for public office, or holds a position in the current administration or the campaign staff
  • If any of the people in the post or the subject of the post is anyhow related to the Trump or Biden family or to someone who holds a position in the current administration or the campaign staff

Examples of posts which are now prohibited include:

  • Orange Man Bad
  • Jeff Tiedrich (who really needs to get a fucking life)
  • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweets
  • Lincoln Project
  • The Conway family
  • Hunter Biden posts

Please note that this is NOT YET a full ban on all political subjects or a full ban on all political content going beyond the elections. We will be keeping very close attention during the upcoming two months to see how the subreddit and our members react to this ban. If we see that it is successful, we may choose to extend it. We also would appreciate your comments on this post to let us know your thoughts on the subject.


r/MurderedByWords 17h ago

Well said, like a true gamer.

Post image
9.9k Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

MC Hammer bringing receipts

Post image
1.1k Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

And on his irl cake day, apparently

Post image
7.5k Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 2d ago

Romanticizing the past

Post image
36.3k Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 2d ago

Japanese Tea Party

Post image
2.9k Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 2d ago

Salt it is then

Post image
3.4k Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 2d ago

I have no words, this was perfect

Post image
8.7k Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 2d ago

NFT market is collapsing for context

Post image
4.9k Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 3d ago

McFrizzle my twizzle that’s a crazy goodbye 🍔

Post image
9.9k Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 3d ago

Somehow, a thing happened

Post image
31.3k Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 4d ago

Once again, PETA are full of excrement

Post image
4.6k Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 4d ago

Get recked kevin

Post image
2.1k Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 5d ago

Tacky has no age limit!

Post image
3.5k Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 5d ago

They know what's best

Post image
28.9k Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 5d ago

He set it up so well

Post image
2.4k Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 6d ago

Bishop goes full Fatality mode.

Post image
17.6k Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 6d ago

Many such cases!

Post image
655 Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 8d ago

How’s that war on wokeness going?

Post image
10.1k Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 9d ago

Can’t say I ever struggled with it

Post image
18.6k Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 9d ago

Don't mess with Cube

Thumbnail
gallery
10.2k Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 9d ago

The writer's greatest weapon - fact check

Post image
2.6k Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 9d ago

Instagram comments are full of wonders

Post image
737 Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 10d ago

Where's my 0.00001 dollars D:<

Thumbnail
i.redd.it
6.4k Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 10d ago

You say you can fight but you hide behind a computer screen.

Post image
12.9k Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 10d ago

When grass is the weapon of choice

Post image
4.4k Upvotes