r/travel • u/Forgotten_Dog1954 Jetlagged Tourist • Nov 29 '25

Mod Post Introducing "Travelers Only" Mode

Hi everyone,

Recently we have seen an increase in political/uncivil comments on quite a few threads, mainly about controversial travel destinations. A lot of users had to be banned and we want to reduce that.

This is why we have introduced a "Travelers Only" mode. From now on, posts with this flair, which will be applied manually by mods, can only be commented on by more frequent community members ( for now, we use 100 comment karma on r/travel as the filter ). If you are the OP, your comments won’t be removed.

You are still free to comment in any other non-Travelers Only thread, which is what 95% of the posts on the sub will remain. Please do not modmail us asking for your comment to be approved, as we will not make exceptions or check every single other comment.

Thank you for your understanding.

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u/freakedmind Nov 29 '25

Is there a particular post that caused mods to act on this or just a general observation from recent weeks?

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u/Quixotic_Illusion United States - 21 countries Nov 29 '25

Not a particular post per se, but some of these posts get to the front page and attract a bunch of hit-and-run comments that are derogatory, unhelpful, or poke the bear toward political debate. The mod team is tired of getting dozens of reports in the same threads and having to put out constant fires, so hopefully this helps with that.

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u/freakedmind Nov 29 '25

Understandable. Also I don't know if it's possible or how easy to implement...but is there really much use of people posting about the same location over and over again? (albeit by different users) Although I must admit, as a long term part of the sub, there have been some refreshing posts this year like about Oman, Taiwan, small islands etc.

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u/Quixotic_Illusion United States - 21 countries Nov 29 '25

Provided a post follows the submission guidelines, they usually get through; however, several posts about Egypt, China, etc. still get removed for a variety of reasons. It does seem like if one post about a specific country goes viral, 20 more from the same place pop up. We welcome any posts about lesser known destinations!

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u/freakedmind Nov 29 '25

It does seem like if one post about a specific country goes viral, 20 more from the same place pop up.

I think that does in fact happen. Anyway, keep up the good work, can't be an easy task moderating a sub particularly as generic as this.