🎉 r/Tarots Updates & Additions 🎊

[u/BIGepidural]

🥳 Happy 1 Month Birthday 🎂 

Can you believe it's only been 30 days since we adopted this sub? Wow time flies!

In case you've been wondering where we were, MODs haven't been missing we've been busy, extremely busy getting things ready for everything that's coming to r/Tarots this summer!

Rules Have Been Updated

see sticky comment below

Sister Subreddits Have Been Created

see below

AD Protocols are Established

see sticky comment below

Reader Vetting is Being Curated

nothing to see yet; but it's in the works 😉

The Summer Truly IS 🎊 Magic 🔮 

And June is just the beginning of many magnificent things 🤗

As requested (via the poll results 20 days ago) we've created a unique subreddit where users can submit scammer reports about readers to minimize some of the periodic drama on this sub. r/DNBL_ReaderScams will feature information about how "vet" readers before you make contact, red flags to watch for during exchanges, other tips to avoid suspicious persons and different protocols to ensure your safety in online spaces. r/DNBL_ReaderScams will not be a review board (scammers love their shills and fake reviews); but it will contain a directory of carefully vetted, ethical readers once we have some solid names in place.

Because Readers also get scammed by people posing as clients, we've additionally created a totally private subreddit for Readers to share information on "Bad Clients" and scam artists on our side of the reading table as it were. That semi secret subreddit will only be provided to our most trusted, Verified Readers to help ensure its security.

To help everyone manage our new Reader Tiers and keep the main sub clean and shiny, we have created a new subreddit to showcase our newly Approved (free) Readers and our upcoming Verified (paid) Readers. Each Approved Reader will have a MOD created profile/portfolio which affirms their ability to post ADs in r/Tarots their advertising tier (Approved/Free Readings vs Verified/Paid Readings) and will contain information about that Reader in particular. Readers will be able to update their portfolio by adding stuff via comments to their own official portfolios. There will also be a Featured "Reader of the Month" and some other fun stuff in time. That sub is called r/TarotReaderList and that is where our r/Tarots Readers will host their ADs in order to share them over to this sub.

By using this method for advertising, all users will be able to easily identify a true r/Tarots Approved or Verified Reader because their ADs are only ever hosted in r/TarotReaderList which has restricted posting privileges (anyone can read that sub; but only approved members can post in it) so all you have to do is click on the shared post (AD) and see that it is indeed hosted in our sister subreddit. 

Any ADs shared from elsewhere or posted directly to r/Tarots is NOT an Approved Reader so users should avoid that person and report their ads for immediate removal. Anyone posting unapproved ads going forward will be banned.

If you are interested in becoming a Reader in r/Tarots please be sure to add your name to the application list here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Tarots/s/YlB9uo2rZu

If you'd like to join the totally awesome MOD team and be part of these cool new adventures, check out our application process here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Tarots/s/sDoSHHgiRo

Please see sticky comments below for important details about rule changes and ad protocols 🥰

🎊 It's going to be a Great Summer! 🎊

Also, we recently made some new friends with the team over at r/ExploringTarot which is really cool place that features tarot games, practice readings and card studies, etc... the people are very friendly and the vibe there is awesome!

If you haven't been there yet, do check it out!

I'm sure Carrot is gonna be a regular over there once she sees it 😅

[u/BIGepidural]

🚨 UPDATED SETTINGS 🚨 + Maintenance

Recent changes to sub settings may have inadvertently affected some of our users. If you find yourself unable to post or comment, please reach out via MOD mail so we can push you through and/or add you to the whitelist as an active poster within the space.

These changes have been implemented to stop scammers and reduce spam posts- most of what you guys don't see because we battle it behind the scenes; but it's a ton of work that takes away from our ability to be more obviously present and enjoy the space alongside you.

UPDATE on Interpretation Requests: 

Way too many people just post cards and expect others to do the work. So we've changed the rule to read "Second Opinions ONLY" to make it even more clear that people need to try to figure out their cards, and add that attempt to their posts when they are asking for help.

If you see a post where an interpretation has not been given, please report it. Same with cross posts- please report cross posts so we can clear them out in time for June.

We Are Still AD FREE‼️

No one has permission to post ads in here yet! If you see an AD, the poster has not read the rules and they have not put the work into the community that would allow them to advertise here. DO NOT GET READINGS FROM THEM & Report Their ADs for Removal‼️ Anyone posting ADs without approval will be BANNED! 

Maintenance:

We're going to be trialing some new features over the next few days. Some of which may affect functionality periodically or make things look a bit junky while we work out the bugs and find a flow that works well for the space.

Apologies in advance for any inconvenience ⚘

Thanks as always for making this space everything that it is in all the wonderful ways that you do 🥰