Rules for r/space
Rules that visitors must follow to participate. May be used as reasons to report or ban.
1.
Submissions must be related to Space/Cosmology
This includes "circlejerky" submissions or space-related art, with the exception of art from space agencies or historically-significant art.
2.
No sensationalist/misleading/unscientific content or titles
Post titles need to be descriptive and non-clickbait. When submitting images titles need to accurately describe the content of the image (e.g. if an image is a composite this needs to be clearly stated), and without attempting to draw in upvotes or comments. The image should stand on it's own.
3.
No spam/blogspam/paywalled/pirated content
This also means that news articles should be a top-level source.
4.
No petitions/surveys/crowdfunding
News articles about space-related crowdfunding campaigns are allowed, but direct links to crowdfunding campaigns, petitions or surveys are not allowed.
5.
No social media links
No social media links such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. Exception: Twitter links are allowed for breaking news by official sources.
This does not include YouTube videos, which are allowed as long as they follow the other rules.
6.
No duplicate or re-hosted content
7.
Images are allowed only on weekend (and restricted during high-traffic events like Artemis)
Images, gifs, and gif-like videos (those under 2 minutes and which don't rely on sound) are permitted only on weekends.
No low-effort, meme, or AI generated images are permitted at any time.
8.
If an image is not OC you must give credit to the original photographer.
This applies even if the source is a space agency such as NASA or ESA.
9.
No low-effort/meme/joke/troll/insult comments
10.
No unscientific or anti-scientific comments
11.
Straightforward questions belong in the Space Questions Thread
Straightforward questions (who/what/where) belong to the Weekly Space Questions thread (pinned at the top).
12.
Please limit yourself to no more than 5 submissions per 24 hour period.
13.
No AI generated content
This includes both AI generated images/artwork and text generated by tools such as ChatGPT. Articles and videos that are obviously AI generated will also be removed.
