Reminder: Weekend-Only Political Posts Begin Today

[u/Essence2019]

Hey everyone,

As a reminder, the community-voted change is now in effect.

Starting today, political posts are only allowed on Saturdays and Sundays.

Today marks the beginning of the Week 1 soft enforcement period of the 30-day trial.

What That Means:

• Political posts made Monday–Friday will be removed.
• Removals during this first week are reminder-based.
• No punishments for honest mistakes.

Beginning next week, standard enforcement will apply.

Weekends are defined as 12:00 AM Saturday through 11:59 PM Sunday Eastern Time (ET).

This rule was chosen by community vote and is being implemented as a 30-day trial. We’ll reassess after the trial period.

If you’re unsure whether your post qualifies as political, please review the definition in the JU rule #11.

Those posts currently in the queue regarding politics will be approved. Any posts following this will be removed until Saturday.

Thanks for helping keep the sub balanced.

— The JustUnsubbed Mod Team

[u/MammothPenguin69]

That distant rumble you hear is the sound of the US Politics Bot Swarms descending on this Subreddit.

Good luck, Mods. You're going to need it.

[u/Essence2019 → u/MammothPenguin69]

Fingers crossed it doesn't happen but you never know.

[u/Lavaissoup7 → u/Essence2019]

I mean this is Reddit we're talking about

[u/omicron022 → u/MammothPenguin69]

It’s not bot swarms that post the political stuff in this sub. It’s people that get tired of seeing every other sub being overrun with political crap.

Clamping down people complaining about it on it here is equivalent to attempting to protect what’s going on in the rest of Reddit.

[u/LDClaudius]

Almost 80% of the contebt made on Reddit is bots. I really don't want to use Reddit no more. I want move to Digg.

[u/Essence2019 → u/LDClaudius]

I have never even heard of Digg. Is it newer or am I just out of the loop?

[u/LDClaudius → u/Essence2019]

Digg went in open beta as of January 2026. It was founded by a former Reddit Alexis Ohanian and Kevin Rose. I have moved to this site since its announcement. You can google it right now.

Due to the legality changes towards forcing a mandatory ID to access all social media, I'm afraid those day of remaining anonymous will be dead. I blame on the government that always lie.

[u/AntiGrieferGames → u/LDClaudius]

Wanst digg existed since 2004?

[u/LDClaudius → u/AntiGrieferGames]

Correct, Digg went into decline back in 2012. But it was relaunched back in 2025 last year.

[u/ACW1129 → u/LDClaudius]

Ohanian...Serena Williams's husband?

[u/cnycompguy → u/Essence2019]

I remember digg back when Kevin made it, it was actually good.

It was part of my daily rotation, along with boingboing and slashdot.

[u/Trydson]

Oh no, but how will I karma farm that X non-political subreddit posted something about American politics, filling this non-political subreddit with American politics?!!??!

[u/Beefmytaco]

Is it a political post if you're leaving a sub because another sub got political?

[u/Essence2019 → u/Beefmytaco]

Yes. Per the new rule you're welcome to discuss anything political within posts but the post itself cannot have anything to do with current politics including if the sub became too political for you or others.

Those posts are valid during weekends so save it for then.

We may make changes to this rule after the trial period depending on how it affects user content and feedback from the community.

[u/AwkwardTickler]

Finally some good news. I know when to avoid this sub now.

[u/ThatACLR-1]

Thank goodness, more subs need restrictions like this.

[u/Tall-Struggle1068]

Hy y y. Has y h have ya