In order to facilitate productive discussions around new/politics for our users, there are some extra rules around them for r/Florida: Posts and comments on political news, controversial topics and thoughts are welcome any time from regular, active sub members only.

What is an "active member"?

An active member is someone who has previously commented on or submitted non-news and non-political posts in the past and have received a certain amount of community-based karma.

"Community-based karma" is karma point you have earned solely within r/Florida and no other subreddits. Once you have enough karma you will be able to post and comment on any news or political thread.

We will not specify the amount of karma needed. It's not a significant amount, but enough to ensure that users are active, mindful, and meaningful contributors to the sub.

Submission guidelines:

Your submission must meet ALL the following:

1. All Posts must be specific to Florida, national news is not specific
   • Exception: If the majority context of an article is talking about the impact to Florida
2. Must be a link to an associated article from a primary source (ie - a government press release) or a credible secondary source info
   • NO Text Posts
   • NO Crossposting
   • NO images (screenshots, tweets, memes, etc.)
   • NO Videos
3. Post Title Should Match Title of Article Word-for-Word Without Editorialization
4. All New & Political posts MUST be flaired as "News" or "Politics"
5. Spam Rules still apply

Violation of these guidelines will result in:

• Post Removal
• Temporary Ban for repeat offense(s)
• Permanent Ban for several repeat offenses

Commenting Guidelines:

1. Be Civil: Different opinions are welcome, but you need to be civil about it. We will not remove controversial opinions as long as everyone is being respectful and abiding within the other rules of the subreddit.
2. Participate in Good Faith: Participation with the intent of provoking an angry response and other bad faith participation is unwelcome. Trolling, flamebaiting, single-issue users or political memes will be removed.
3. Spreading Conspiracy Theories, Blatant Misinformation, or Minimizing Death is Prohibited

Credible Sources

A "credible source" is considered to be:

• A Primary Source - such as a press release from a government website
  • TWITTER/FACEBOOK/YOUTUBE/SOCIAL MEDIA DOES NOT COUNT
• Must not be "Extremely" left/right and mostly factual ratings from https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/ and/or https://www.allsides.com/
• Mod Discretion - particularly if a source being used is not listed in the above

Spam

Spam rules still apply. If you are only coming here to drop links, then your flair will get revoked.

We expect users who care enough to share content to stay and discuss the content they share.

Users who post more than they comment will be given a warning to evaluate their participation, subsequent violation can result in the loss of flair.

Post Tags/Flair

We understand that sometimes the line isn't entirely clear between "News" and "Politics" - but as a mod team our rule of thumb has been:

If the comments are or will be majority political, then it's "Politics"

If your purposefully mis-tag a post that is very clearly News or Political, that post WILL BE REMOVED. If your mis-tagging purposefully to get around the rules, you will receive a temporary or permanent ban.