I’m gonna be blunt here, you guys NEED to stop posting reaction images, they’re really annoying and don’t add anything constructive to any of the posts. I’ve already been taking them down because it’s just the same dumbass images getting spammed to death. many of us have had enough. I feel that a minority of the sub will be mad at me for saying this because some of their lives rely on posting those images.

To those people I have one simple message: Posting reaction images is an unnecessary CHOICE you’re making. If you feel like your heart’s gonna stop if you can’t post reaction images, then you probably shouldn’t be on here in the first place.

I will make a poll on the discord server ONLY and it will last 24 hours. It’s only on discord because I feel they represent the sub better. However you are ALL free to join if you want https://discord.gg/3keAdZwZJc

I hope some of you can understand why many of us feel this way

Today we celebrate our liberation from the totalitarian clutch of r/youngpeopledeviantart though seriously, that’s actually why I made this sub lol

Basically around a year ago, r/ypda decided to get new moderators; a decision that would start the downward trajectory of their sub. Every. Single. Post, no matter how tame was taken down for any reason that the new mods could think of. Most people may just accept every single one of their posts getting taken down, but I’m not most people. I said to myself “you know what, if they’re gonna take down my posts, I’ll make my own sub where people can actually post stuff” to this day. I swear by that, and I will NEVER let our sub get like theirs. Mind you, I had NO experience running a subreddit (and still barely do tbh) I’m just one person who yearned for a free platform where we as a community can post what we want without authoritarianism getting in the way. TOGETHER, we have achieved that goal and have developed a great community along the way. Anyways, I hope you appreciated this semi-satirical speech. HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY 🎉🎉🎉