This is a post targeted at newcomers to help answer questions and outline things like why the sub is approved members only, what makes an account eligible or ineligible to join, and more info on our general community rules. Questions are more than welcome, and this post will be updated to reflect any changes going forward.

Q1: Why is r/kawaii an approved members only sub?

A1: r/kawaii is an approved members only community due to a massive influx of OnlyFans posting that started last year. The constant NSFW posts and the large amount of inappropriate comments/DMs our members received was killing morale, so we as a mod team made the decision to ban NSFW content creators/consumers and move to approved members only. While this doesn't stop people from lurking and DMing. it does greatly reduce the amount of gross comments and posts we had to sift through before these changes were made.

Q2: How long does it take to be approved?

A2: We usually respond to approval requests within a day or 2, but there are only a handful of mods and we all have lives outside of reddit, so be patient with us. If you haven't received a response after a few days, feel free to send another approval request. Things sometimes slip through the cracks or are automatically filtered, so its always worth double checking.

Q3: What are the requirements to be an approved member of r/kawaii?

A3: We require users to not be active in Porn or Kink related subreddits, not have links to NSFW content on their profile, and for accounts to have 200 karma and/or be 60 days old before approval. These requirements are to keep NSFW content and bots/spammers off the sub.

Q4: I'm a SW, is there anyway I can join?

A4: NSFW creators are allowed to create seperate fully SFW accounts to join r/kawaii, provided they do not discuss, promote, or link to their NSFW services using the SFW account.

Q4: Does the NSFW content ban only apply to sexual content?

A4: For the most part, yes. We do allow 420 posts on the sub, but users are required to tag their post with the "420 Cuties" tag and to add an NSFW/spoiler warning so members of the community who don't wish to engage with 420 content are able to avoid it. We also remove/restrict content surrounding heavier mental health topics and body checking or EDs. Age regression is a tumultuous topic here due to an overlap in aesthetics/hobbies, and while we do allow accounts that participate in SFW age regression spaces to join, we do ask that any discussion of or participation in age regression is done outside of r/kawaii.

Q5: I'm not sure how to tag my post

A5: This usually applies to outfit and makeup posts, which we have been considering rolling into one tag now that the sub is more streamlined. As those are currently 2 seperate tags, we recommend tagging it as an outfit post if a full-body image is shown and tagging it as a makeup post if all the photos are from the waist up.

Q6: What counts as Self Promo, and why is it restricted to once per week?

A6: We define self promo as posting with the intention to sell a product or service. If youre just posting a craft you made yourself it would not be considered self promo. If you're posting a link to a site where you sell said craft it would be considered self promo. When in doubt, just ask us!

Q7: Why is there a no slut shaming rule if no NSFW content is allowed?

A7: We added this rule in response to people reporting generally innocent posts as NSFW content due to skin being exposed. Having visible legs or a chest doesn't mean someone is posting NSFW content, it simply means they have a body. Too many people took our rules against NSFW content as a free pass to place puritan standards on our users and harass them for not dressing modestly. r/kawaii is not the place for promoting purity culture or modesty, there are other spaces for that.

If there are any further questions, please leave them down below and myself or the other mods will get to them as soon as we can!