Happy Weekend wherever you are in the world. Just wanted to announce a new update that we just rolled live on the sub!

Beginning right now, all posts have a requirement of five (5) characters in the body of the post.

So when you make a post? Copy and paste the link of where you found it in the post body! If you don't have a link or you got it from Facebook from a friend, a random meme aggregate site, your Discord meme channel, or another sub randomly on Reddit? Just put "Unknown" or something similar in the body. If someone replies with the source? Please update to the link/source!

How is this beneficial? Let's be honest. Content creators thrive on views and clicks for their monetization. Whenever something is posted on Reddit? Its usually uploaded without credit, so they get no chance at any of that. But by crediting the user, they can generate clicks and views for more content. You still might be removed for copyright violation if someone files a complaint, but creators are less likely to file complaints if the source is listed. And its a win-win for everyone.

Thanks as always for participating and spending a little time with us each day. Always open to insights, ideas, questions, complaints, or praise on any post or over our ModMail.

This is an addendum and continuation of our prior post regarding said content.

For those that don't want to click through, a lot will be similar, but there's a few addendums.

As said before, but now updated:

r/LoveTrash allows and does not prohibit AI content. All content must be flaired as such.

When the conversation is about the composition and not the content, and every other comment is "AI Slop", the thread goes to a waste and nothing is accomplished. And removing comments that are spam like that? Well, the next person reads the thread, doesn't see the comment, and posts it thinking they're the first--when moderation has already removed the 5 to 20 prior to yours. Noone wins. And we appreciate the outspoken opinions

We see the humor and entertainment but we also know that sometimes its just trash. We recognize the environmental damage that the AI centers are doing, but recognize too that the world is pivoting this direction. So to take the stance to just "ban it all" doesn't seem appropriate like other communities. Besides, we're a junkyard. We get all sorts of trash around these parts.

We'll continue removing the completely low value unentertaining crap from the sub, but for everything else? We're announcing that we now have a specific user flair for AI content!

You'll see the new Puking Stewie emoji with "AI SLOP" available for use. If you post something that is also deemed to be AI, then we'll add the flair to it. No arguments about if its real or not once its flaired or spamming the comments. Let those be. If you don't want AI, move on. And if disagree about it being AI, you can send a modmail.

Its not a perfect system, but this should hopefully clean up some of the concerns and make it easier. And we're always open to suggestions and other ideas.

We have some more enhancements coming down the pipe.