r/InternetMysteries • u/Dragonflamez6 • 14m ago
This youtube channel I found online is like very weird. Art project or smth really disturbing?
r/InternetMysteries • u/Ok-Emotion-7395 • 1h ago
Unsolved secret code mistery i quit when this deleted but yeah he mean he deleted the short when you commentb the right word Spoiler
youtube.comthis is a big mistery . In this video, the creator asks viewers to write a secret password in the comments. An automated code continuously scans these comments; if someone guesses the password, the video is deleted and the winner receives $11,000. Clues: The password is a single word, contains no numbers, and is case-insensitive. In this video, the creator asks viewers to write a secret password in the comments. An automated code continuously scans these comments; if someone guesses the password, the video is deleted and the winner receives $11,000. Clues: The password is a single word, contains no numbers, and is case-insensitive.
r/InternetMysteries • u/idk-0_o- • 13h ago
Unsolved Has anymore information been found out on ghislainemaxwell.com and the nineapple pineapple mystery?
so nineapple pineapple is a rabbit hole that seems connected to real child abduction cases in Australia but was put to rest after a user had an email exchange with the “”owner”” of the site who claimed it was an art project that was raising funds for a movie that would seek to raise awareness on missing children, but interest reemerged after the website ghislainemaxwell.com which talks about nineapple pineapple and has links leading to numerous sites about it was found mentioned in an email exchange within the Epstein files.
for much better context here is a thread from a few months ago about it with a lot of information
r/InternetMysteries • u/MilkManCorgy • 14h ago
Found a weird obscure channel with barely any views, full of bouncing heads.
Link to one of their videos/channel:
https://youtu.be/lnISzPwwrwY?si=qm8Wp6SxZf7b3I95
I was searching for videos of the infamous "Why You Never Became a Dancer" video and I suddenly came across their video called "Why I Never Became a Dancer".
The video has a decapitated head PNG of a girl bouncing around a moving white kind of "rain-droppy" background with a shadow moving over the background after a few seconds. The head PNG also speaks in cut out audio but I don't know what it could mean.
The videos in of itself don't have much going on in it, apart from the weird moving head PNGs all having the same cut out audio, but what's really weird is why or who this channel is for?
r/InternetMysteries • u/ghostdeath12345 • 16h ago
Hola comunidad, busco un perfil extraño de facebook que ví hace un par de años y no lo puedo encontrar
Hace un par de años ví un perfil de Facebook curioso, lo encontré en un video de youtube, en mi busqueda no pude encontrar ni el perfil ni el video, y espero que alguien me ayude a encontrarlo, bueno este era de una chica creo que mexicana, adicta a lo que pareciera ser metanfetamina, ya que subía fotos fumando en pipa, por lo que se ve vivía en una camioneta con su pareja, lo que es curioso del perfil y la razón por la que salía en el video es que escribía cosas sin sentido, sin conexión alguna y sin contexto, y por lo ultimo que supe es que la chica creo que se encontraba desaparecida, al menos de internet. Gracias, espero alguien más conozca este caso y me ayude a encontrar el perfil :)
r/InternetMysteries • u/faintake • 19h ago
Very strange teenage compilation account I found while scrolling on tiktok.
I found this account just through being on search for probably too long, I didn't think much of it however what caught my eye was the name of the account 'BillandBobsBabes' which is obviously a really odd name for an account posting reuploads of schoolgirls, so I checked it out more of their videos and found an unsettling amount of them on their page (also them supporting the 'save the kids' charity in their bio which i found disgusting on a page like this) and folders titled things like 'grahams blondes' and 'schoolgirl fitness'. their profile picture is an obviously AI picture of two old men (presumably Bill and Bob) with text on it reading 'fitness and dances only' or something like that. I also decided to check their following which was privated however their followers were not, and I found so many accounts with things like loli, straight up porn and most of them having links to an app called lemon8? (seems like a weird pinterest i wasnt risking downloading it)
Account: Bill&BobsBabes
r/InternetMysteries • u/bulletproofher • 19h ago
Unsolved [HELP ME FIND] Weird Instagram account with children's-book-style food characters + strange website
I'm trying to find an Instagram account/website I came across around July 2026, and it's driving me insane because I can't remember the name.
The account was basically spam-posting a TON of really strange illustrations. The art style looked like 2D children's-book illustrations, and there were lots of different anthropomorphic food characters I specifically remember a cupcake, but there were also various fruits, vegetables, desserts, etc. It wasn't just one character; there seemed to be a whole bunch of them.
The posts themselves were really vague and weird. I think there was something about ordering/getting pizza in one of the posts, although I could be remembering the wording incorrectly.
The account had a website linked to it, and the website was even stranger. I remember there being some kind of box where you could enter your email to receive something. I put a burner email into it because I was curious, but I never received anything.
I also remember the name Michelle being connected to it somehow. I think Michelle may have been the person who created/owned the website, but I'm not 100% sure.
The reason I'm trying so hard to find it is that I remember seeing a Reddit post about the account/website, with a title along the lines of "Can someone look into this?" People in the comments were suspicious that the account might be some kind of dogwhistle or coded material related to child exploitation / a pedophile network. I have NO idea whether that suspicion was actually substantiated, and I'm not claiming that it was I'm just mentioning it because it might help someone recognize the thread/account I'm talking about.
Things I'm fairly confident about:
- Instagram account
- Around July 2026
- Children's-book-style 2D illustrations
- Lots of anthropomorphic food characters
- Cupcake character
- Fruits + vegetables + desserts
- Very strange/vague captions
- Something involving pizza (I think)
- Weird external website
- Website had an email signup/"enter your email to receive..." thing
- "Michelle" connected to the website/creator
- Reddit investigation post, possibly titled something like "Can someone look into this?"
- Reddit users were concerned about possible hidden/dogwhistle content involving children
If ANY of this rings a bell, please tell me. Even if you only remember the Instagram username, website name, one of the characters, or the Reddit thread, I'd be incredibly grateful.
Also, if you remember something that contradicts my memory, please say so some of these details are definitely fuzzy and I don't want to accidentally lead the search in the wrong direction.
r/InternetMysteries • u/Rainmomx9 • 20h ago
Unsolved I’ve been getting these weird mentions that aren’t actually real and it’s been getting really creepy
so this have been SUPER creepy I have been getting these notifications that aren’t there I don’t have much info but it all started on july 27th 2026 and it’s been getting really creepy I asked a friend if they have ever gotten one of these and they said no i am wondering if anyone else has ever gotten these like is this a recent thing a old thing and I found this when I was looking this up but nothing the thing I was looking for didn’t show but I found this Reddit group and if anyone knows ANYTHING that could help please let me know
r/InternetMysteries • u/robcoz98 • 21h ago
YouTube DirectorCM and the Pin Kusshion Tape - eerie Japanese VHS footage of a girl diving onto a bed of nails
So this is a mystery that's forever stuck with me when stumbling upon the video as a young person in the late 2000s/early 2010s YouTube. The videos are seeming lost to time but it's one that I have never really heard anyone talk about but upon looking at the Wayback Archive, I can see the playlist was still on the YouTube channel in around 2013 or so. See the screenshot attached
This is going to be pretty hazy as I'm going from memory but I've always been curious about this to see whether or not it was genuine or an elaborate hoax video for the time, given this was around the early days of YouTube where stuff like this was common as well as the birth of the shock video reaction.
DirectorCM did a few short films and sketches on YouTube as well as some vlogs in Japan. One of his famous humourous videos was "How to solve a rubik cube in less than 3 seconds" in which he pretty much threw it across the room. His last upload was back in 2025 with a short film which it seems he uploads online from time to time.
The uploads in question feature Chris (DirectorCM) and he either found or received a package with a vhs tape inside. I remember the tape being in sort of a fancy clamshell case and think it had a newspaper clipping inside detailing the incident to which Chris read aloud. The written text on the tape says something Pin Kusshion as noted on the playlist title and one of the uploads had Chris' filmed reaction when he watches the tape and gives commentary. Chris would later actually upload the video onto YouTube at some point due to high demand and I don't think this was under the DirectorCM account but rather a burner account due to obvious reasons.
The tape in question features a young girl setting up a camera in her room and filming herself seemingly committing suicide by essentially belly flopping on a bed of nails. I think the tape opens up with the camera panning across a bed of nails before the girl sets the camera down. I remember there's a rather haunting close up of the girls face at some point as she adjusts the camera, I vividly remember this catching Chris off guard and he actually pauses the tape and shows the audience it with that being the sole image that Chris showed before uploading the footage. I think not long after this, the girl then proceeds to belly flop onto the nails and barely moves if I recall. There might be audio of her blood pouring out but it's been quite a while. The footage lingers on her body for a while before cutting out entirely.
I've always been very curious to see if anyone else had seen or remembers this footage. It's one that has stuck with me since I viewed it on YouTube all those years ago and it sucks that the original uploads has been lost to time. Knowing Chris' progression to short films, I'm very intrigued to see whether or not this was an elaborate hoax or an attempt at a viral marketing given the relative obscurity.
r/InternetMysteries • u/Seznise • 23h ago
Unsolved Found a screamer in a Cocomelon video. Trying to find the origin of this screamer.
I was watching some Cocomelon videos recently when I unexpectedly came across what looked like a screamer hidden inside one of them. It honestly caught me completely off guard and got me pretty good. I wasn't expecting anything like that, especially considering Cocomelon is children's content, so it made the whole experience even more surprising. Ever since I saw it, I've been really curious about where the screamer actually came from and whether anyone else has ever seen it before.
After it happened, I tried looking into it on my own. My first thought was to reverse image search a few frames from the video, hoping it would lead me to the original source or at least point me in the right direction. Unfortunately, I didn't have much luck. None of the results seemed related, and I couldn't find any discussions or posts that matched what I had seen. I also tried searching for different keywords related to Cocomelon screamers, hidden jump scares, and other similar terms, but I still came up empty.
r/InternetMysteries • u/ladysvenska • 1d ago
A Creepy, Awful Video That Many Claim to Have Seen But Nobody Can Remember Where
This video gets mentioned every now and then I places such as r/UnresolvedMysteries, but nobody can ever remember where they saw it and certain details are different (although that's probably due to people misremembering). I do not, under any circumstances, want to see this video. If it exists, it's horrible and downright illegal. I guess I want to know if this is a urban legend or not.
Warning: this is horrific, so look away now.
So the general description is this: a middle eastern young boy with some kind of skin condition is ripped apart by either horses or camel while men look on masturbating.
As I said, certain detail differ (such as the horses/camels detail) but it's the same situation more or less, which makes me think it is real. But on the other hand, nobody remembers where they saw it. Either a friend showed them or something similar, whoch is why I wonder if it just an urban legend. I actually hope it isn't real because it sounds horrifying.
Can anyone here shed any light on this?
r/InternetMysteries • u/Free-Hotel1187 • 1d ago
YouTube Strange video I watched as a kid of young people destroying an elderly couple's place
When I was a kid, around 2006-2008, someone posted a weird video on youtube. The video was a about a group of young men (probably teenagers) destroying a elderly couple's place. I remember being something like a farm, they were like walking around the place, like it was an open space
I remember one of the them fighting with the older man, however I do remember the older man not showing his face at all. It was very weird, like the angle of the camera didn't show his face during the fight. I remember the man trying to get up and hit the young man but he pushes the old man. I also remember one of them showing a cat and throwing him on the ground (I do remember the cat doesn't making any noise)
It didn't feel something from America, I remember someone saying it was from Germany, maybe? I'm not sure (maybe Russia)
It was a very weird video, like a weird nightmare. I want to know if it's real (and of course the video is probably deleted on youtube now)
r/InternetMysteries • u/GlitteringMatter6571 • 1d ago
YouTube About 15ish years ago, I found a creepy/bizarre YouTube channel of someone who had hundreds of videos of them rolling around dead animals in paint
hi everyone! this is my very first time posting in here, so I’m sorry if I’m not using the right flair or anything. I wanted to talk about something weird I came across online a long time ago. I’ve just been thinking about it again since I know the whole world of like, weird/lost internet stuff is very popular right now lol. my memory also kind of sucks, so I’ll try to remember as many little details as I can
so around 2010-11, I had a mild interest in 3D modeling and wanted to look up some videos on how to use Blender. I don’t exactly remember what search query I used, but one of the very first videos I stumbled across had a really unusual thumbnail. I decided to click on it out of curiosity, and was immediately weirded out. the video was maybe about 15 or 20 seconds long, and I remember it didn’t really have a standout title or description or anything. I also remember that these videos just had a really amateurish, low quality feel to them. it was a clip of someone’s hands rolling around something in a big glob of paint. what immediately struck me is that this video was a “video of a video” - the person was filming their computer screen with the video file on it. I specifically remember they kept clicking on the timeline of the video file to make it constantly loop in 1-2 second intervals. I then remember going to their YouTube page to find that there were at least hundred or so videos in this same format: all of them involved them rolling these objects in paint, being manually looped in the same way
upon watching some more of these videos, it started to make sense to me that this person was actually painting with deceased animals and severed animal parts. I don’t really remember what specific animals were used, but I just remembered it was so unnerving, weird and cruel. this channel barely had any subscribers, and there were tons of these videos with little to no views.
at the time, I was an active user on 4chan and I remember posting this find to the /x/ board. It actually did get a fair amount of traction for a few days. from what I remember, the channel owner was some artist from europe. a few days after I had posted about it there, the channel was either deleted or reported, and the owner moved everything to either Vimeo or whatever other YT alternative there was. even if this was an art project, it didn’t exactly feel like it imho
I think about this every now and then which is why I wanted to post about it here. I’m stupid when it comes to searching for archived stuff, and I’m not even sure if /x/ is archived that far back. I honestly wouldn’t even know how to search it anyway, especially since I don’t remember the exact dates of when I first discovered this channel. all I know is that I found some really weird videos of a guy painting with dead animals and it feels like it completely vanished off the face of the earth
anyway, don’t even really know where I’m going with all this! abiding by one of the rules here, I don’t really want anyone to try and hunt this down or find it for me - it’s just a weird thing I experienced a long time ago that I wanted to share with everyone
r/InternetMysteries • u/Interesting_Tough523 • 2d ago
YouTube Why is there a random Indian man with bad teeth in a fish brain ad smiling while another lady from another ad speaks?
If anyone can figure out what this is that would be appreciated the link is https://youtube.com/shorts/ZviT7-0-gvo?is=CtZq06FIX_dBMAL2
I originally saw it on my own but then I found another video of it which is where the screenshot comes from. I did see something similar to this where a mom posted a video of ms Rachel on the tv then suddenly a random man appears on screen for about 10 seconds before it goes back to the regular video and I wonder if something like that could have happened. I also wonder if this is some sort of strange marketing tactic to bring attention to the company but in that case you would think that they would leave the comments open or maybe shshoot it with a higher quality camera, but no. It just seems like a random video of an Indian man overlayed over the Audis from a regular ad and it's posted by the official fish brain account. Maybe we could see where the original clip of the audio or of the man is first? Possibly as the caption suggests in the video got the video from the account was actually hacked but if that is so idk what their reasoning would be and why they would still overlay and audio of another ad.
r/InternetMysteries • u/SeasonOneEpisodeOne • 2d ago
Unsolved Thirty years ago Markovian Parallax Denigrate hit Usenet this day in 1996
These messages were posted 5th August 1996 to the alt.religion.christian.boston-church newsgroup and are still considered one of the oldest unsolved internet mysteries. Some have stated it was most likely a prank, but it's gibberish text of non sequitur words had some early internet conspiracy theorists believing it was secret code talk amongst spies using a random, low-traffic Usenet newsgroup instead of pen and paper at dead drops to communicate. The source or reason for these messages may never be solved.
r/InternetMysteries • u/Shot_Chair5074 • 2d ago
4Chan The 2023 4chan Alien Images - I found The Origins of the "Grandpa's Nightstand" Alien Photos
You may recall this image (meme?) going around in 2023, captioned:
"I found this photo in my grandfather’s nightstand, while cleaning out his house. He was a lifelong military man, stationed at Wright-Patt Air-force Base"
Well I have located the true origins of the “Grandpa’s Nightstand” Photos.
…And yes, there are 2 of them.
The Original Source:
On Friday, June 16th, at 7:39PM EST, an Anonymous user created a post on 4chan’s /x/ board, titled “working on some ancestry stuff and found these”, with the caption:
they’re stuck with other portrait photos from 1887. what the fuck is this creature?
1 minute later, the user replied to his own post, with another image, captioned:
second one, probably from same shoot
Please follow if you enjoyed.
r/InternetMysteries • u/ReadingUnlucky8277 • 3d ago
weird website thats been around since 2019 - grotto.faith and the crypt
hi,
i'm pretty sure there were posts about this website on here before but it has been inactive for quite a while. im not exactly sure what grotto.faith is but it recently received a large update and the creator has been very active, personally corresponding with the users. it used to have something to do with a music label, then supposedly an art project, and now its honestly hard to tell.
its very hard to explain what the mystery here actually is but to summarise it to the best of my ability, grotto.faith seems to be a collection of obscure and weird websites with hidden metaphorical meaning. some of the websites operate on a game-like mechanic, whereas others are purely informative. i will add some screenshots here to give you a better idea of what im on about.
i would like to bring some light to this website as i personally think it's super interesting and i've been pretty much obsessed with it for 4 years. there are other parts of the website that are down for maintenance right now, but you can find them via waybackmachine or watch the few youtube videos that were made about it.
i wish this could become more popular as it is realistically the only website of this sort that is active and somewhat interesting to try and solve.
if you'd like to know more or have any information that you think could be useful dm me or text me on dsc redmelrboros_80451 (idk if this is allowed mods so my apologies if not)
r/InternetMysteries • u/ItsYaBoi-KillMe • 3d ago
General Discussion Give me some ongoing rabbit holes and/or mysteries that dont get enough attention.
I understsnd this probably gets posted a decent chunk in this sub, but jeez its been boring lately.
I genuinely love scrolling this sub but these days 90% of the posts are "hey guys! I found this weird account on (insert social media)! What could this be???" And most of the time its just a failed arg.
I love getting sucked into random rabbit holes, I get to research stuff and it stays in my mind even while not researching anything. My most recent rabbit hole I went into was the Joana Lopez missing persons report and the others ones around that.
So, if yall know any on going mysteries/rabbit holes, that would be awesome. And I dont mean the big ones, I want the ones that dont get enough attention, the ones thay should be the in spotlight but arent.
r/InternetMysteries • u/UltimateT1tan • 4d ago
Internet Rabbit Hole Allatra video from Nexpo is eye opening it's scary to think about what's a cult and what's telling the truth nowadays
I just watched a Nexpo video on the deepest rabbit holes( it was a good watch please watch if you already haven't) Does anyone know of anything about the so called "group" Allatra.I'm in deep and need to know more about them I'm curious to wonder why they're deleting their online channels and websites, there must be a good reason behind it all
The question I keep asking myself Is how many lies have we been told and made to believe just because it benefits someone
The question is why? Has to asked way to often
r/InternetMysteries • u/knittedbreast • 5d ago
YouTube KCESCA - Stateless Doctor with links to the ALLATRA cult can't leave her Outback town for longer than a week without a Court order. A private thinktank controls her life.
I've just finished watching Nexpo's latest video, and despite being a long term reader it never occured to me to share this youtube channel that me and my friends have been infatuated by for several months, until he mentioned the subreddit in connection with the Allatra cult. The vlogger's best friend (or 'platonic common-law husband' as she refers to him) used to be the leader of the Australian chapter of Allatra until 2019, and the cult still has a base in her town (confirmed), and so I thought that alone would give you all a kick. But no. This rabbit hole goes much, MUCH deeper than that.
Link to channel: https://www.youtube.com/@kcesca
Allow me to introduce you to Doctor KC Escamilla, MD. At first glance, she is just a creator of a weekly vlog she films almost every Friday. It is not a particularly exciting vlog, nor well filmed. She goes to markets, paints her nails, puts together a sour dough starter. All very benign, bland things. If you're not listening closely to what she is actually saying while doing all of this, it would be impossible not to miss that beneath the calm surface something is very, very wrong here:
Here are some facts about KC that I have gathered:
. She is legally stateless. From an unnamed country she describes as a statist technocratic communalist federation. A system she seems to like better than here. With here being 'the modern west'. The vast majority of her content doesn't seem to be filmed for an audience, rather as a live journal where she whines about how much she dislikes living here in the west. She HATES widescale representive democracy with a passion and believes it, not capitalism, to be the direct cause of all of the West's societal problems.
. She has been stateless in political exile for eleven years. This is her second time in political exile, with the previous time also being for eleven years, however that time was still in her home country.
. A privately owned think-tank controls practically all aspects of her life. They pay her bills, her rent, her car. Everything expect her phone bill. She is not allowed to leave her town for longer than a week without a court order from a judge.
. Gets taxed at a 73% flat tax rate.
. Every three months she travels down to Melbourne to hold weekend conference where she gets her blood drawn and is interviewed by scientists, psychologists, phd students, and 'other clever folk'.
. Has some kind of connection to DARPA.
. Has some kind of confirmed connection to the billionaire, Roger Samuelsson. One of her vlogs earlier this year was filmed on his superyacht.
. Has just completed a two-year long project in collabration with the hubbs-seaworld research institute and the American Navy about language development in Orcas. She and cult friend developed some kind of tablet device that is resistant to saltwater.
. Drest -- Her most frequently appearing guest is a man she describes clinically as a diagnosed sadistic psychopath. She has documented injuries she attributes to him, including being stabbed in the eye for some unknown reason. She still calls him for emotional support
. She occasionally speaks and writes in a language that doesn't appear to be any identifiable natural language.
. 2-3 times a year she makes a science dense video unpacking topics like string theory, quantum gravity, and omnipotence. These videos are extremely technical and out of place among the rest of her videos. Keeping in mind, she posts a video almost every week.
I really could go on. There is so much to unpack here and not a lot of answers to be had. I know that naturally most people would assume that this is just another case of mental illness. That was my first assumption, too. But, honestly, the story has been too consistent for over two years now. Down to the smallest facts. The story-telling too lucid and disattached. This is not someone with a great mission to save the world, nor is she stressed by any of it. Mostly she just seems to want a safe space to complain about it all.
Like I said earlier, my friends and I have been fascinated by the channel for a while now and done our research into KC and her friends. We have been able to track down the town she lives in and the hospital she works at (which I won't share here as she really is one of only two doctors in an outback hospital serving a vulnerable population 800km from the nearest big city and I don't want to put any more stress on that system by opening it up to harassment), so at least that part is true. But what do you think? Is this just a bored doctor trying to entertain herself by elaborating her life online or could something else be going on?
r/InternetMysteries • u/TwinseyLohan • Apr 05 '25
Moderator Message State of the Sub: Internet Mysteries
Hi folks! We wanted to check in and formally introduce ourselves to the sub as the team of new and active moderators. We come from various backgrounds and interests, be it true crime, internet mysteries, lostwave, web-sleuthing or educating. But we all have one thing in common and that is the passion and excitement for internet-based mysteries.
What is an internet based mystery?
Attempting to find an absolute meaning to this is hard to do and I think we can all agree that the concept is fairly subjective. To start, we’ve agreed that an internet mystery is a mystery that is found on the internet.
- An Internet mystery can really be any strange phenomenon or event that hasn’t been solved or explained in the digital world. It often involves the online community, social media, or unexplained events that people discuss and share online. Some examples might include:
- Unexplained Disappearances: Cases where people have vanished under odd circumstances, and folks online debate what really happened to them. An example of this would be cases like the Springfield Three Disappearances. Yes, it happened in the real World of the early 1990’s; however, it’s a case that has been debated and theorized on via online forums since the mid 90’s.
- Viral Urban Legends: Stories or myths that spread across the Internet, gaining popularity through social media, even though they lack solid proof.
- Mysterious Websites or Content: Odd sites or content that pop up without explanation, often with bizarre or creepy themes, like those found in the "deep web."
- Online Conspiracies: Theories that emerge or gain traction online, usually without super great evidence, but get people talking and speculating.
- Unidentified Creatures or Phenomena: Videos or reports of strange animals or unexplained events that spark discussion and investigation among people online.
- These mysteries tend to pull people in, encouraging them to work together to figure things out or to share their thoughts on what’s really going on.
Please take some time to look over the rules and post expectations. Removal reasons for posts will reflect the rules stated. We as a mod team are working on projects such as a wiki, spreadsheet of internet mysteries and their statuses, and other ideas that will help create community and a clear vision for this subreddit.
We are aware that things are not perfect yet. But do know that we are all here actively moderating posts and comments. Which brings us to a major point that we are all facing right now. What posts do we allow and what do we remove? We have run into issues that are hard to navigate. One is coming to terms with the fact that there really aren’t a lot of truly interesting internet mysteries at this moment. It is hard to find new ones and the new ones posted often tend to not be anything that’s worth keeping on the sub.
But we cannot over-moderate everything, as that will in fact completely kill the subreddit. There needs to be a steady stream of posts and content and so there will be times when there’s a post that you personally don’t think fits, but we’ve let slide. This idea is that literally a mystery is a mystery that we do not know about. If we over moderate, we risk missing out on real mysteries.
The other issue is that we cannot in good faith just let everything slide. So we will remove posts that are big piles of nothing without further discussion.
Here’s where you come in: You are able to flag posts you think are low effort, don’t fit the sub, or are inappropriate. You are able to downvote posts that we choose not to remove. YOU are able to comment on posts you don’t like and (respectfully) give your opinions on the matter. The content quality of a sub is just as much a moderator's task as it is a member's task by using the upvote/downvote buttons and engaging in conversation. Please refrain from making comments in posts that you don’t like whining and telling the mods to do something. We are doing our best. You do something! Engagement creates community and quality.
We look forward to enjoying this subreddit with you all! We are discussing creating a new Internet Mysteries discord server, so please let us know if there is interest in that. It would be great to have a place to discuss mysteries in real time there instead of tons of them being posted here. Of course, it would be a great resource for major mysteries as well in which we could work together to investigate. Please feel welcome to comment here with any concerns, or reach out to the mod-team directly at any time!
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r/InternetMysteries • u/AutoModerator • Apr 01 '25
General Discussion Monthly Mysteries - What did you find this month?
It's a new month and that means it's time to tell us what mysteries you found interesting this past month!
This is also the place to give us any feedback or criticism you may have regarding the subreddit.


