Hello,

The subreddit is now open again with new rule changes. Reddit has made it clear that users, not volunteer moderators are the true owners of subreddits. So the community rules are changing to reflect that.

Going forward the only subreddit-specific rule is that any content you submit must be something you consider related to Federal Governments, FedRAMP the standard, StateRAMP or similar RAMPs, or any ramp. That's it.

Please be aware that the site-wide reddit rules will still be enforced by the moderators of this subreddit and reddit's Anti-Evil Operations (AEO). For more detail on them see reddit's content policy here.

The short version is:

• No harassment/bullying
• Respect the privacy of others
• No sexual content of minors
• No impersonating in a misleading/deceptive manor
• Label content correctly (is it NSFW or not?)
• No illegal content
• Do not break/interfere with the website

Reddit enforces these rules and we will be reporting users who break any of those rules to reddit's AEO, we encourage every user to report any content that breaks site wide rules to do so as well.

You will also be banned from the subreddit for breaking any of reddit's site-wide rules.

As per the Reddit Content Policy

Content that contains nudity, pornography, or profanity, which a reasonable viewer may not want to be seen accessing in a public or formal setting such as in a workplace should be tagged as NSFW.

Due to the prior use of profanity in post content, titles and/or comments, the sub has been marked as NSFW.

If you have questions feel free to ask them in the comments and we will do our best to answer them.

For those not aware of the ongoing issues with the reddit admins and would like to know what the hell is going on, please see the below links to get you up to speed.

• Moderators coordinate a black out protest over API technical concerns, Accessibility for visually impaired, parity in acess to NSFW content
• Third party app developer shares details about their communication with reddit and their attempt to discredit him
• The Blind community concerns about what happens when third party apps are no longer functioning
• The AskHistorians community details the "Reddit admins have had 8 years to build a stronger infrastructure to support moderators but have not"
• On June 9th 2023 a group of 18 developers and moderators met with (reddit CEO) spez and other Reddit staff regarding the upcoming API changes. Here is another account of the meeting
• Reddit CEO spez does an ama where he kinda answers 8 comments Here is an overview of the ama
• Admins announce that any moderator on the mod team can take over a subreddit/community if they will "open" private/restricted subreddits/communities

If you would like to read articles on the subject, see below.

• Major Reddit communities will go dark to protest threat to third-party apps
• Reddit blackout protest updates: all the news about the changes infuriating Redditors
• NPR Interview: reddit CEO Steve Huffman 'It's time we grow up and behave like an adult company
• Reddit CEO Triples Down, Insults Protesters, Whines About Not Making Enough Money From Reddit Users

Tl;dr: Reddit users and moderators are upset at the closing of third party apps, API changes, and access to NSFW content for various reasons. Users and moderators protest by making the subreddits they are a part of/moderate private or restricted. /u/spez says that the protest has been ineffective, then days later says reddit moderators are too powerful and will change the site's rules to weaken them. Now the admins are trying to subvert moderators to get subreddits back open.