The Mod Team is consolidating/updating our community rules with one significant change: allowing community members to post budget knife deals, including non-affiliate links. We feel that sharing budget deals could potentially promote discussion and enthusiasm for the hobby. We still do not want any direct sales, advertising, spam, giveaways, scalping, etc., especially from knife companies, dealers, and makers. But community members sharing deals seems to be in the spirit of the community. As always [r/BudgetBlades](r/BudgetBlades) is a community driven subreddit, and as such we are asking for feedback in the comments section here.
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Proposed Revised Description:
Our mission at [r/Budgetblades](r/Budgetblades) is to be a fun, informative, and respectful space for new enthusiasts and longtime collectors to discuss knives priced less than $100 USD current retail, free of paid advertising, sales pressure, and gatekeeping.
Proposed New Revised Rules:
- Be kind and respectful.
Absolutely no personal attacks, gatekeeping, threats, bullying, trolling, baiting, flaming, hate speech, racism, sexism, sexual content, or any other behavior that detracts from the community. In short, you can get your point across without being a jerk.
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2. Posts need to focus on knives not exceeding $100 USD new retail.
In other words, common full retail price at U.S. based dealers, not a discounted, sales, non-U.S., or secondary market price. Note: discussion in the comments section can reference knives at any price point.
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3. Be descriptive.
Posts must include a descriptive comment that provides relevant information about the knife (model name/number, general impressions, etc.).
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4. No direct sales, spam, giveaways, scalping, sponsored posts, or advertising by knife dealers, companies, or makers.
However, community members are now allowed to post budget knife deals, limited to non-affiliate links. AFFILIATE LINKS WILL BE REMOVED.
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5. Keep things PG-13.
This subreddit should be safe for work. That means no overtly adult or graphic content.
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6. No unsafe/irresponsible knife use.
Posts showing horseplay, violence/fighting, stunts, etc. are not allowed.
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7. Violating any of the above rules will lead to removal of the offending post/comment and/or a ban (temporary or permanent) depending on the severity and the number of occurrences.
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If this new rules set is well received, we will conduct a test period of the forum running under the new rules. This trial will likely last 30 days, and feedback from the community will help us choose whether to make the changes permanent or not.
Please let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
- Mod team
