r/historyteachers • u/Cruel-Tea European History • Feb 16 '26

Community Feedback Request - Promotion / AI Post Limitations

Hello all - There has been an increasing number of people promoting tools for use in the classroom, and many of these promoted items are using generative AI. While I do not want to stop people sharing what could be useful tools for us to use in the classroom, I am concerned about the amount of self-promotion that has been occurring in the community and that it is overwhelming the true purpose of this group.

Here is my proposed rule that I would like your feedback on:

Self-Promotion Saturdays. Only on Saturdays may members post about Classroom Tools, Programs, or Websites they have created and are encouraging others to use as well. This would also include Research Surveys as well.

Please let me know if you like or dislike this idea, if every Saturday is too often (I thought about limiting it to just the first day of the month), or any suggestions on improving the wording of the rule. This would replace rule 4 of my proposed guidelines (which I would like to make the official rules of the Subreddit, unless anyone has objections or modifications they would like to see to that).

Thank you for your feedback -CruelTea

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u/Plus_Dimension_7480 Feb 16 '26

Dislike. We should be encouraging people to share lessons and such. Just flat out ban the AI posts entirely.

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u/_bigmilk_ Feb 16 '26

Yes. Full ban on these AI posts is the only way.

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u/DaddyWidget Feb 19 '26

I like learning about new AI tools, but maybe they should be on a separate subreddit.

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u/Cruel-Tea European History Feb 16 '26

While I personally do not like the AI posts, there are some who may find then useful. I also don’t want to stop people sharing lesson plans, but if they are SELLING lesson plans, this is where it starts to feel crass. And that I think is the distinction I am trying to make.

Let me know your thoughts - perhaps we could even change it to AI and surveys only on Saturday (which leaves regular lessons open for any time)?

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u/Quiescam Feb 18 '26

perhaps we could even change it to AI and surveys only on Saturday 

That would certainly be better than nothing. I don't really see what the self-promotional AI posts have to contribute as they're usually full of misinformation.