Do not make personal attacks on other posters. Be as respectful to them as you expect them to be to you. Report rule breaking content - do NOT fire back.
This also extends to personnel/players - do not wish harm on people. That includes said individuals being thrown at.
Do not celebrate injuries. Pirates players or otherwise.
Posts should have some connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates. If you post about other teams or people associated with other teams, you must explain how your topic affects the Pirates. Posts that don't have some connection to the Pirates will be removed.
No discussion of politics or religion. If it's controversial, yet directly related to the team (e.g. anthem protests), the mods reserve the right to keep or allow the content if it is relevant.
3
No Brigading
Do not go into other subreddits - especially to troll or flame them. This also means no posting links to other subreddits that will also invite brigading.
Trolling/Brigading opposing team subs gives all Pirates fans a bad name and will result in a Permanent ban.
4
No Hateful Remarks
Do not use any hate speech. The context does not matter. If you do, you will be banned for a period reflecting the severity of your offense. The second time you’re caught, you will be permanently banned from the subreddit.
5
No Trolling or Flaming
Commenting with the intent to annoy other posters or to start arguments in bad faith are not welcome. In other words, if you are openly looking for conflict, this rule applies to you.
If you think you're violating this rule, reread your post and think it over a moment before hitting the submit button.
6
Be A Fan, Not Toxic
What's this mean exactly? Don't participate in this subreddit and be excessively/overwhelmingly/hyperbolically negative.
To be clear, negativity as a whole is not banned. Genuinely criticizing a player or the front office or whomever is fine. However, if your post history is filled with vitriol, toxicity, and targeted harassment, expect to be removed from the conversation. We are all fans here after all. Repeated offenders WILL be banned.
7
No Low Effort Posts or Post Titles
No low effort posts/posts that don’t generate discussion.
Link directly to articles. Do not change or editorialize your titles - save opinions for comments.
Use titles that accurately describe your post. Short titles aren’t good titles.
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No AI-generated content
This includes AI-generated text as well as AI-generated art. Note: All artwork requires attribution.
9
Sales & Self-Promotion
All self promotion that includes blogs, podcasts, videos, highlights, websites, etc. are not allowed before clearing your submission with the moderators through modmail. If you are not an active participant in the r/buccos community, you will be denied and/or your submission removed.
This is not a marketplace.
Merchandise sales, including links to buy t-shirts, are not allowed on r/buccos at any time.
Game tickets for sale must have the price posted and they must be at face/cost or lower.
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Keep Posts in the Game Thread
Please keep opinions or feelings in the Game Thread during the game. Only post highlights of the plays that happen during the game. Anything not related to the game is permitted.
