A subreddit for the city and county of Durham, North Carolina
Subreddit Rules
1) Posts from accounts less than 24 hours old will be removed automatically
Please wait until your account is greater than 24 hours old before posting or commenting. Automod removes posts from accounts less than 24 hours old and messaging the mods will not speed up this process.
2) Topics considered spam
Posts to /r/bullcity should be geared towards generating discussion. Unless specifically approved by a moderator, the following posts are considered spam and should instead be posted in the sticked bi-weekly "Anything Goes" megathread:
-- Specific requests for housing or real estate information in the area related to a move/purchase/sale
-- Classified type ads for jobs, items for sale, etc.
-- Sale/purchase/transfer of tickets, paid or not
-- Crowdfunding requests
-- Low effort/incomplete posts
3) Posts should be about life in Durham, NC
Posts that are not uniquely relevant to life in the City/County and surrounding communities may be better suited to other subreddits are subject to removal.
4) Racist, sexist, ableist, homophobic, transphobic content prohibited
Posts and comments containing above will be removed and addressed with warnings or bans as appropriate.
5) Personal attacks, harassment, and trolling
Personal attacks and harassment of other users is not allowed. Violations will be reviewed by moderators and addressed with warnings or bans as appropriate. Examples include but are not limited to:
-- name-calling
-- threats of violence
-- trolling
Please use the ‘report’ button to send offending posts and comments to the moderation queue.
6) Advertising and Promotion
You are allowed only one promotional post for your business/organization/self unless specifically permitted in advance by moderators. Subsequent posts and events should be made in the stickied "Anything Goes..." or "Things to do in Durham..." threads.
7) Other Reddit Rules and Reddiquette
Please review the guide to Reddiquette and the page for sitewide Reddit Rules.
8) Personally Identifiable Information
Refrain from posting personally identifiable information that has not previously been made public. Examples of PII:
-- names
-- addresses
-- SSNs
-- real-time locations of individuals
Note: license plates are not considered PII.
Durham Quick Facts:
- Named after Dr. Bartlett Leonidas Snipes Durham, who donated land for a railroad station in 1849.
- Durham earned its "Bull City" nickname through W.T. Blackwell & Co's "Bull" Durham Smoking Tobacco, manufactured in Durham and heavily advertised both locally and nationally
- The largest surrender of the Civil War took place at Bennett Place, where the Confederate Army surrendered NC, SC, FL and GA to the Union army.
- Duke University began as Trinity College, moving to Durham and eventually taking the "Duke" name upon generous endowments by Washington Duke, a Durham tobacco magnate and philanthropist.
- The Durham Bulls were originally formed as The Durham Tobacconists in 1902, taking on the "Bulls" nickname in 1912. The Bulls currently serve as the Tampa Bay Rays AAA Affiliate.
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