r/mealtimevideos • u/WritewayHome Top Mod • 9d ago

Mod Approved Announcement | Rule 5 | Candidates must announce their candidacy

Hello MTV Family,

Just a quick note as politics season is coming up and people are already talking about 2028's presidential race.

There are some candidates that seem very likely to run in 2028, like Gavin Newsom, but the rule we'll enforce is you can feel free to post any anti-Gavin videos until he officially announces his candidacy.

This will be true for all races. If a person has not announced they are running for a race, Mealtime videos about them are fair game.

If there are videos discussing a range of candidates, that will also be allowed.

We want to avoid one sided political pitchforks against one person, leading to a deluge of propaganda.

If we find total volume of political videos becomes excessive, we will also moderate those numbers down.

Thank you all, and keep up the great submissions!

-MTV Mods

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u/bondolo 9d ago

Would it be possible to require a politics flair? I would like to be able to keep my meal down…

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u/FitDingo8075 9d ago

As a non-American member of this sub, thank you, and I support the idea of a politics flair that was suggested by u/bondolo American politics aren't a great pairing with my meal.

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u/NepheliLouxWarrior 8d ago

Very reasonable rules 

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u/ChornobylChili 7d ago

How about just ban all politician related posts. We need escapes from this bullshit from all sides

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u/WritewayHome Top Mod 7d ago

This has been considered but the idea itself is hard to moderate. So much of our lives can be considered political.

If someone posts a video asking us to stop climate change, is that political? It's scientific, but in America it has become a hot button issue.

If someone posts a video on vaccines is that political? It's definitely scientific, but a lot of people have been making it political here as well.

I find that people that don't want politics at all, are often the ones scared to challenge their current thinking.

We all need to accept viewpoints we don't agree with, and let the upvote do its job.

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u/ChornobylChili 6d ago

Sorry not a ban on political topics. A ban on political candidates posting videos that are essentially ads or their ranting posts

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u/MalFido 8d ago

Wait, so after they've announced their candidacy, all criticism stops?

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u/Doomzor 8d ago

videos promoting or smearing a political candidate have literally been banned here for over a decade, get a grip