Hi everyone!! Mod Pebbles here. This is gonna be a long post, so either buckle up or scroll down to the TL;DR at the bottom. Thanks!!

In the past few days I’ve removed cropped NSFW art where you could clearly tell what was happening in the uncropped version, mention of BDSM gear, and links to LITERAL PORN SITES. No, not links to artists who happen to draw NSFW art… LITERAL porn sites. GUYS 💀💀💀

Not sure why the sudden influx of this stuff, but regardless, some changes are in order. This post is not targeting anyone in particular. Trust me, I am not one to judge. I leave my fair share of freaky Peridot comments... however, recently things have been crossing the line a little. We’ve always been a lenient community when it comes to these things while still trying to stay SFW as a whole, but the rule we’ve had up until this point was pretty vague. I’d like to clarify what can/can’t be posted in regards to this stuff. 

Things that ARE allowed:

• Discussion of sexual content and sex jokes \within reason**
• “Lewd” posts (Peri can be depicted as sexy or in a somewhat sexual scenario but can’t be discussing actual sex in detail or partaking in it)
• Posts of characters in revealing clothing as long as their private bits are covered up
• Linking credit to a post’s artist who happens to draw NSFW (it would be appreciated if you would give people the heads up that the artist draws NSFW but we won’t be policing this strictly whatsoever)

Things that AREN’T allowed:

• Literal porn, no matter how vanilla
• Posts that are on the verge of being literal porn (this includes cropped porn, but only if you can clearly tell what is happening outside of the crop) 
• Comments that describe sexual acts or thoughts with too much detail 
• Comments and posts that mention or depict BDSM gear, taboo fetishes/kinks or explicit GIFs (AKA: if you want to post something lewd, make sure it’s vanilla)
• Links to porn sites, NSFW reddit communities, or 18+ discord servers. 

If in the future you need to review these guidelines, you can find the dedicated post for it in the bookmarks section of the sub or here: https://www.reddit.com/r/peridot/comments/1pikzhi/post_rules_sfw_vs_nsfw/

Ultimately, there is a difference between relatively vanilla sexy art and art that was drawn with fetishistic intentions. It is up to mod discretion on whether or not to remove a post they deem has “crossed the line.” I know that kinda sucks and every mod’s perspective on what crosses the line will vary, but we’ll try to keep things fair. Hoping we can dial it back a little and keep things somewhat PG-13 since at the end of the day Peridot is from a kid’s cartoon, lol. There are other subs for 18+ SU content, feel free to post whatever you’d like there to your heart’s content XD

Anyways!! With that out of the way, we can get into the second part of this post. The past few days have prompted some updates within the community! Sub rules have been rewritten to be clearer. They were written when one of the mods (u/National-Annual6505💚) was much younger and the community was much smaller. Speaking of which, the community has grown more than 1000% of its size from back then!! Additionally, post/comment removal messages have also been rewritten as well! Hopefully none of you have to see these new messages though, haha. That is it for now!! Ty guys! Happy posting!! :3

TL;DR: mods would appreciate it if the more raunchy posts/comments could be toned down a little, rules have been slightly changed and updated, and removal messages have been reformatted.

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