r/teenagers • u/joshxdf • Jun 16 '25
Hey all,
I hope everyone is well! My name is Josh and I'm the community director of r/teenagers. I've been a mod of the community of well over 2 years now, and combating predatory concerns has been an absolute must and a top priority from my time here. We are constantly finding new ways to reduce, and hopefully eradicate predation from not just our community, but a much wider picture than that.
Keeping the users of this community is imperative in ensuring a healthy, safe but enjoyable place where teenagers from 13-19 can feel safe in a welcoming environment with no vulnerability. Since I came in, predation has significantly reduced- and before my time is up we'll constantly be finding new ways- even after my time has ended. For example, we recently developed a new bot, Osprey, working within the discord server that flags any potentially harmful content.
Enough rambling (shut up josh- we've heard this before, you may be saying).
I'm writing this as to create a megathread for the community, as a general reminder of NSFW rules, due to a recent uptick in submissions of this nature. Before I continue, I must just put a disclaimer in the fact that NSFW submissions have always been a tricky thing to handle within r/teenagers. Many a conversation internally has been taken of outright removing all NSFW submissions- however this would be implosive within the community. We believe that discussion of strictly serious and non-anecdotal sexual education topics is incredibly healthy to discuss within the specific teenage demographic. It allows positive conversation about topics that may be uncomfortable to speak about with an adult- although that is 100% always promoted.
Within this has tricky boundaries. As I've said previously, we have extremely strict NSFW rules that mean that:
Any topic discussed that has NSFW context must NEVER be anecdotal- it must always be a general discussion without personal relatedness within the conversation- even if its within the context of sex-education.
All topics regarding NSFW content should always be treated in a mature fashion and the NSFW tag. Any unserious comments within an NSFW submission will be removed.
Any stories regarding a fantasy character or anything of the likeness will also be removed.
Some people may believe these rules are too strict- however its absolutely imperative that the users of the community are kept safe from predation, and we have and will always ensure the safety of our users. We're just like you, every moderator is a teenager- we get it, people want to be silly, people want to make funny jokes- but when it comes to maintaining your cyber safety, we will always do everything in our power to ensure anything in our control keeps you safe- and you can do the same for your own benefit.
Thanks a bunch!
-Josh and the r/teenagers moderation team :)
r/teenagers • u/Xxeeyx9 • 4h ago
2 weeks into freshman year and I’ve yet to be bullied, idk what he was on about…what do you guys think?
r/teenagers • u/BellSpecial7296 • 9h ago
r/teenagers • u/TIFOOMERANG • 8h ago
About 1 year
r/teenagers • u/sexypanini6 • 1d ago
So I'm Indian and some of my family in the US who are all first gen immigrants are all so racist and don't want immigrants coming in from other countries like why are you so hypocritical 😭😭😭
r/teenagers • u/CalciumIdk • 7h ago
(Please click on the second image the text isn't visible otherwise) Ok look someone ending themselves is a serious topic and shouldn't be ignored. It is a very dark topic and if these ops genuinely lost their girlfriends I am sorry for your loss but these two posts have almost identical wording and hints that it may be a horrendous karma farm. If this is a karma farm you people are absolutely despicable and should be ashamed of yourselves. There are people who are struggling from the loss of loved ones and you are making a mockery just for the sake of points on reddit. Death is no joke and pretending online about something so impactful is a very horrible thing to do. Please get immediate help for what you have been doing.
r/teenagers • u/Essiana35yAnZ • 2h ago
You never know what they might be like behind the scenes...
r/teenagers • u/MagnificentPiss • 7h ago
He found my Reddit account and HE DIDNT SAY ANYTHING and HE SAW WHAT I SAID, and you know HE USED IT WHEN I WAS CALLIMG HIM GAY AS A JOKE AND HE SAID “You wanna play this game?” AND HE SHOWED A ME A SCREENSHOT OF WHAT I SAID AAAHDAHDHAHD
FUCK HIM
r/teenagers • u/Wild-Foundation7252 • 1d ago
Really, every gender has a problem. Men: most suicidal rates. Woman: periods. Every gender has there pros and cons.
r/teenagers • u/ionwywh • 22h ago
they legally can’t even be rape victims in some countries too :/
r/teenagers • u/kingcabbagethe1st • 1h ago
as an F1 fan you best believe im naming my two little shits eau rouge and radillon
r/teenagers • u/Cold_Impression2904 • 17h ago
About 1 year
r/teenagers • u/cynnahbun • 5h ago
how did it grow so str8
is it edible?
is it mushy?
do straight bananas have different names?
r/teenagers • u/HealthCultural3024 • 4h ago
Idk if the flair is the right one sorry my first time posting ever..
So a few days ago I got called for an interview at Walmart (I got the job yay) and when I left and was going back to my car, some guy behind me was like “hey wait can I talk to you?” So I turn around and I’m like “sure what’s up?” And he deadass goes “I think you’re really beautiful can I have your number?”
……I was about to flip on the spot Bc the guy was really my type like we’re talking cute and tall and handsome the whole package.
I go “yea sure” Then he goes “how old are you?” “I’ll be 17 in December” “Oh… I’m 18..”
THEN HE APOLOGIZES AND LEAVES I DEADASS CRIED WHEN I GOT IN MY CAR Anyways like maybe im overreacting but would 16 and 18 work out? Or 17 and 18 technically idk like i get he’s a legal adult and im a minor but that’s barely two years it’s not horrible right? Asked out in a Walmart parking lot(help i find that so funny) thoughts?
r/teenagers • u/Imstupidman17yt • 1d ago
hell i don’t know what to do!! i am 14 (almost 15) and should i deny or what?? i already had a girlfriend but we broke up a year ago..😭. i am scared to tell my parents…i mean the girl is nice but idk….
r/teenagers • u/_-ImNotSure-_ • 3h ago
r/teenagers • u/PlentyCommission3699 • 8h ago
I’ve talked to some of my female friends about stuff like this and I swear if you’re not built like a toothpick you get publicly executed. Chubby girls are great. It’s dumb that y’all have to deal with that.
r/teenagers • u/ur_pretty_strawberry • 4h ago
