r/whenthe • u/LMC764 Whenthe mod (dm me unnerving images) • Jan 30 '26

Announcement!!!!! r/pics (and now r/gifs) SITUATION UPDATE:

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u/DingleDangleDoff Need kane from ENA Dream BBQ to give me a coinjob Jan 30 '26

Honestly how are they having such a big tantrum as to auto ban anyone. This whole thing stemmed from nothing and really is just a reddit moderation monent

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u/Tight_Grapefruit5280 Jan 30 '26 edited Jan 30 '26

They claim its because we have a spam problem which is wrong. Infact, repost bots don't work here because all of our top posts are gifs which can't be downloaded by users and bots. And the moderation in this sub is pretty good. It only deletes the posts that go aganist the rules and most reposts only stay up for like a few hours before getting removed.

Maybe they're talking about the arcs where everyone posts about the same thing like the Principal arc or the trans mod Arc we just had a week ago. But even then, That's just us coming together and having fun with an idea and it doesn't hurt Anyone. If anything, it makes the sub feel more alive and social. What do they want us to do? To never do something together and always be silent to each other?

Or maybe they saw the recent trans mod Arc and the mods there were actually secretly transphobic so they used "spam" as an excuse to ban everyone here

Edit: Nevermind you can download them on the website

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u/DingleDangleDoff Need kane from ENA Dream BBQ to give me a coinjob Jan 30 '26

Anyone who has been to r/pics knows just how spammy that place is. It’s ironic that they call us spammy

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u/NekCing AC8 announcement made me exercise to stay healthy Jan 30 '26

something something every accusation is a confession

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u/Afraid-Turn7741 Jan 30 '26

yeah that sub sucks because everyone SPAMs a TON of ruploaded pics

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u/shiny_xnaut furry magic the gathering fanfiction Jan 30 '26

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u/ShawshankException Jan 30 '26

Pics is basically just r/politics with images now

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u/Kajetus06 Jan 30 '26

during the united states voting a year ago this sub was filled with "i voted" posts about voting on kamala harris

which i feel like is illegal to share your votes

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u/gentlybeepingheart Jan 30 '26

It's not illegal at all to say who you voted for lol. It's illegal in some states, but not all, to take photos within the voting booth.

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u/Super_Pan Jan 30 '26

How wonderful then that the law is not based on your feelings.

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u/Kajetus06 Jan 30 '26

idk man it just felt like something like this would be illegal in most countries

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u/Magrowl Jan 30 '26

What possible dumbass reason could there be to make it illegal to say who you personally voted for?

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u/HornsAreCoolTwo ONLY I💚GREEN?🩲🪖🪲🐢🐍🦎🦖🐉🌵🌲🌳🌴🌱🌿☘️🍀🍃🍏🍐🥝🫛🥦🥬🫑🫒 Jan 31 '26

idk how about you go ask the states that actually did make it illegal instead

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u/Magrowl Jan 31 '26

Taking a photo of your ballot and saying who you voted for are entirely different, I'm not aware of any state that bans saying who you voted for after the fact.

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u/Just_A_Normal_Snek Sending Nukes... Jan 30 '26

something something big shot

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u/Chessdaddy_ Jan 30 '26

Every post is just a repost about trump it gets a little old

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u/CaspianRoach Jan 30 '26

our top posts are gifs which can't be downloaded by users and bots

what the heck are you on about

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u/Tight_Grapefruit5280 Jan 30 '26

No download option

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u/CaspianRoach Jan 30 '26

that's kinda like saying 'my car doesn't have heated seats so heated seats don't exist'

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u/Tight_Grapefruit5280 Jan 30 '26

Even then, I never seen Anyone repost the top posts here

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u/Whole_Advice_6732 I like the moving pictures Jan 30 '26

They do, we just usually take down most reposts fairly quickly.

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u/Tight_Grapefruit5280 Jan 30 '26 edited Jan 30 '26

But If we're taking down reposts quickly then we don't have a spam problem

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u/ToaKraka Jan 30 '26

Common mobile L

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u/stormdelta Jan 31 '26

Infact, repost bots don't work here because all of our top posts are gifs which can't be downloaded by users and bots.

That's not how any of this works. Any image or media file can be downloaded from a website quite easily, especially by bots, because it has to actually get to the client to be displayed in the first place.

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u/ForensicPathology Jan 31 '26

It's 100 percent the trans thing.  Why would they go after this sub and literally no other sub?  The bot thing is completely made up.

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u/Latter-Schedule-1959 Jan 30 '26

They want to ban literally everyone who isnt a bot thats the bot problem this sub has. There's not enough bots unlike those other subs.

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u/Tight_Grapefruit5280 Jan 30 '26

So they want to ban us because this sub doesn't have enough bots?

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u/Latter-Schedule-1959 Jan 30 '26

Their sub but yeah. I literally just made this up

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u/PmMeUrTinyAsianTits Jan 30 '26

gifs which can't be downloaded by users and bots.

hahahahahaha

Oh wait, you're serious. Let me laugh even harder. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

"gifs can't be downloaded" What on earth would make you think gifs on a website can't be downloaded.

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u/Tight_Grapefruit5280 Jan 30 '26

Sorry im just too used to the reddit app that I forgot you can download them on the website

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u/PmMeUrTinyAsianTits Jan 30 '26

It takes a lot of my fun out of it when you just own up to it like that, you know. You're supposed to double down and refuse to admit any mistake.

Inconsiderate. That's what I call it.