Important Community Participation Update

Regardless of your stance on the DPRK, if you are a normal person who has posted or commented here in the past, you may have received a message that you are an approved user. This step is part of potential measures to maintain the integrity, quality, and characte of the sub in light of its growth and associated challenges.

What does “approved” and “unapproved” user mean? Well, in the event this community moves to restricted participation mode, which is likely, this means that only approved users will be able to post and comment. Unapproved users, by contrast, will still be able to subscribe, upvote, and downvote, but will not be able to post or comment until they request and are granted approval. (If you want to see what this looks like in action, check out more popular subreddits like r/FauxMoi or r/TrueAnon.)

We’ve already approved many users, prioritizing flaired members, but like everything else, Reddit makes approving users cumbersome. If we missed you, we sincerely apologize. To request approval, simply comment in this thread (please don’t send mod mail), and we’ll approve you if you’re here in good faith.

Why This Matters

As we’ve recently shared, moderating this community is challenging, especially given that its growth has brought new and increased challenges. Keep in mind that we’re just 4 middle-aged North Korean men in an underground bunker in Pyongyang accessing Condé Nast’s Reddit website via white-phased VPN, subsisting only on bugs and rainwater while Kim Yo Jong whips us each time we forget to ban a troll or are slow to remove a random dick pic posted to the sub (which, yeah, just happened). So the more time we spend dealing with trolls, bots, and bad-faith actors, the less time we can dedicate to creating and preserving a space that fosters education, humor, clarity, and, of course, quality shitposting.

Thanks

Whether you’re here to learn, out of curiosity, for the memes, the insights, the banter, the subversion, WHATEVER, it is YOU who have made this little corner of the internet an oasis of engagement, education, and fun. As with any great party, organization, or country, it’s the people that make it special— and it is this sub's members that make this community great.

We appreciate your understanding and cooperation as we navigate these and other new challenges. Thank you for being a part of this space and contributing to the thoughtful discourse about the DPRK and related matters.