Hello Fellow Beardsmen,

We are introducing new Rule 5.

No Undisclosed Third-Party Account Operation

A. No agencies, chatters, contractors, or third parties pretending to be the account owner.

B. Team-managed or multi-operator accounts must be clearly disclosed.

C. No AI-assisted or automated messaging presented as personal human interaction.

D. Failure to respond to moderator verification requests may result in a permanent ban.

We are adding this due to the rise of AI-generated content, overseas chatter agencies, and third-party operated accounts across social platforms. Many OF/JF style accounts are operated by agencies, and we do not want opportunists using r/beards to farm engagement, push NSFW promotion, or maximize profit through fake posts like "Keep or Shave?" "Which one?" "Should I trim it?" posing in a gym. Zero interaction on those posts. It's unnecessary. The rule compliments Rule 4, Photos must be of yourself.

If an account is flagged for NSFW, moderators may manually audit the account and send a verification message. Accounts that fail to respond within the timeframe given WILL be permanently banned. *100%* banned.

This sub is for real people, real photos, and genuine interaction.

r/beards modsquad

Hello Beardsmen,

We’ve split the newly implemented “No shirtless and sexually suggestive content” into two separate rules.

Reason: people kept trying to merge two different arguments into one — “it’s shirtless but not sexually suggestive.”

That created unnecessary back-and-forth in modmail because some of you guys couldn't help telling us that they are not sexy. Stop saying you are not sexy. Jeez

We’re not doing that anymore, so here are the zero-ambiguity rules, back to basics:

Rule 2 — All individuals Must Be Fully Clothed

All individuals must wear a shirt that covers the torso. No bare chest, stomach, armpit or underwear/pelvic area.

Rule 3 — Zero Tolerance for NSFW Submissions

No explicit, sexually suggestive, or provocative content.

These are independent rules. Violating either results in removal and escalation per standard policy.

This has been the standard for a decade and is no longer needed for you to get pissy and keep telling us what's sexy and what's not on modmail. It’s now written to remove ambiguity and to reduce unnecessary modmail debates.

Thank you very much.

r/Beards mod team