https://www.reddit.com/r/AskOldPeople/comments/10fvris/a_couple_of_rule_clarifications/
created by Major_Square on 19/01/2023 at 07:36 UTC
318 upvotes, 11 top-level comments (showing 11)
Hi.
Please stop reporting young people for replying to comments. Do report them for making top-level comments (replying to the post), though.
From the sidebar:
Please only respond directly to posts if you were born in or before 1980. If you are younger, please restrict your activity to asking questions and responding to existing comments.
Even though the questions are often tedious and repetitive, relationship questions are not necessarily against the rules as long as they're not about a specific relationship. There are a million places to ask for personal or relationship advice on reddit, including r/AskOldPeopleAdvice.
We would like to keep the focus of this subreddit on older people and their experiences, opinions, etc. Advice posts make young people the star of the show and we would quickly be inundated if we allowed them.
Finally, please use the search feature before posting a question. We may remove questions that have been asked a whole lot.
That's about it. This is only clarification. There have been no rule changes.
Thanks!
Comment by tandoori_taco_cat at 19/01/2023 at 10:32 UTC
362 upvotes, 5 direct replies
Please stop reporting young people for replying to comments
I am amused that this sub keeps telling kids to get off their virtual lawn
Comment by Pserotina at 19/01/2023 at 16:39 UTC
113 upvotes, 3 direct replies
It amazes me that the cutoff for old is born before 1980.
Seems like 1980 would be a little young to be considered "old".
Comment by MooseMalloy at 19/01/2023 at 20:42 UTC
31 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Can we also sticky a “do you ever regret not having kids?” thread… I think it’s been answered enough.
Comment by rulanmooge at 19/01/2023 at 17:20 UTC
79 upvotes, 2 direct replies
I see no problem with asking the same questions or repeats. Not everyone is on here all the time and you will likely get much different answers from day to day depending on who is awake and present 😂.
How about stop down voting actual Old People who answer questions about things that they did, how people thought about things or the way that things existed in the past....Down voting just because you don't like the answers or because it isn't accepted by today's standards. Down voting people's lived experiences.
Lots of things in the past were different. Some better..Some not good things at all. Not up to current standards. Different ways of doing and thinking.
Times do change. Those things existed in the past whether we like it or not today. If you don't like the answers...don't ask the questions.
It is ASK Old People. Not ARGUE with Old People.
Comment by roonerspize at 19/01/2023 at 15:28 UTC
33 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Even though the questions are often tedious and repetitive
Why is this a problem? "Tedious and repetitive" are required character traits for being old.
Comment by ShesGotSauce at 08/03/2023 at 17:15 UTC
37 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Shouldn't you raise the "allowed to post" age by one year, every year? Like, people born in 1981 and 1982 are in their 40s now.
Comment by [deleted] at 19/01/2023 at 16:01 UTC
12 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Have you considered enforcing age-related flairs before people can post?
Comment by Nellasofdoriath at 19/01/2023 at 17:06 UTC
7 upvotes, 1 direct replies
In some rules they say born before 1980 and in others over 40. Which is it? People born in 80are 42 now
Comment by catdude142 at 09/02/2023 at 02:05 UTC
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I noticed some posts are being removed for being "non-casual or a rant". I don't see that on the Rules on the sidebar. Should this be added?
Comment by Forteanforever at 20/01/2023 at 02:33 UTC
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
From a reader's perspective, there's not much difference between reading a response to the OP and responses to the responses. It defeats the expressed purpose of the subreddit.
Comment by 69timmyg at 20/02/2023 at 18:09 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I’m 61 male living with my sister