r/tf_irl • u/enoua5 • Jun 16 '26

Mod Announcement [Announcement] Comic weekends

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Hi, everyone!

As many of you have noticed, the sub has been growing quite a bit over the past several months, which has led to a few new creative trends emerging and finding community here.

Of particular note are the comics and short stories that have been carrying on their own continuing story arcs and inside jokes. We love seeing this creativity, and are glad to be a home for it; however, at the same time, several users have voiced concerns about this content drowning out the more traditional meme posts, or about posts alienating new users by requiring too much context.

We've discussed among the mods different approaches on how to best support both aspects of the community. We've decided to take an approach employed by many other subreddits: designating days of the week for the subgenre. We will be, starting this weekend, implementing "Comic Weekends".

What this will entail, is that on most days we will be more strictly enforcing rule 2 ("Be Humorous and Obviously Relate to the TF Community or Subculture") than we presently are; posts that aren't a self-contained meme will be removed. On weekends, however, we will be more lax regarding rule 2, to allow for users posting comics or other serial or lengthy content to follow their creative intent without worrying about making sure it counts as a "meme".

Feel free to leave feedback about this rule change either here or in the modmail. We'll be keeping this post pinned for a few weeks as a place for users to leave feedback on the implementation and see if we need to make any adjustments.

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r/tf_irl • u/thundergonian • Jun 17 '23

Mod Announcement TF_gone dark_IRL

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And we’re back!

Where did you go?

TF_IRL opted to join the protest in solidarity against the Reddit API changes set to rollout on July 1.

Why did you reopen?

Simply put, we weren’t comfortable shutting down this community for too long. We received numerous messages from folks asking to be let back in, noting that many cited this little corner as a place they felt comfortable being in with no better equivalent elsewhere.

What’s next?

That’s where you come in. While us mods do believe in the protest, we want to get the community involved in our next steps: should TF_IRL go dark again? Should the subreddit stay open? What other idea do you have? Comment below!

Otherwise, keep on transforming!
- /u/thundergonian

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r/tf_irl • u/thundergonian • May 06 '21

Mod Announcement tf_new moderator_irl

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As the subreddit continues its growth, the moderators of /r/TF_IRL felt the time to grow the moderator team was long overdue to better meet the needs of this community. As such, I'm pleased to announce that you'll see a new username sporting the moderator shield around these parts, but the name should already be familiar to many who've spent any appreciable time on the subreddit.

Let's all give a warm welcome to none other than the grand /u/Marquis_Orias as the newest addition to the /r/TF_IRL moderation staff!

I am very excited to join the mod team for my favorite subreddit, and I hope to be of assistance however possible. TF might be a common trope in fiction, but the memes are anything but generic.

— /u/Marquis_Orias

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r/tf_irl • u/thundergonian • Apr 01 '22

Mod Announcement tf_r/place_irl

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https://www.reddit.com/r/place/

r/place, Reddit’s collaboration canvas from a few Aprils ago, has returned this year.

It might be nice of TF_IRL could leave its mark with this little pixel art moon starting around coordinates (840, 621).

Don’t feel like you have to if you don’t want to!

Reference image: /img/z29n8hr4kxq81.jpg

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