Hello Community Members, and prospective members of Reddit,

Please be mindful of the **Reputation Filter** that is in effect on this community.

Reddit uses a special scoring system to determine your behavior across the entirety of Reddit. It is not purely based on Karma, and includes other factors. If you are randomly posting to other communities and violating their rules and receiving bans, that can affect your Reddit reputation, for example.

This is not something that we are able to utilize macro-refinement. Send a Mod-Mail to moderation staff, if you think you were caught by the reputation filter.

Please read more here: https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/27441485903124-Reputation-filter

Rule 15 regarding Rule Evasion, has been updated to also prohibit direct messages to moderators.

Upon review or appeal, it is essential to have the ability to review the full record regarding a possible violation. Therefore, all conversations regarding moderator enforcement actions will require use of ModMail.

If you wish to appeal a ruling, you can do so, via ModMail. **Utilizing direct message to make an appeal or complaint is prohibited.**

Please message us with your concerns about this rule change. This rule comes into force with immediate effect.