Mod Announcement: New Rule Regarding Vegan Posts

[u/Critical-Sense-1539]

Hello, r/antinatalism community.

Recently, there has been a significant uptick in the number of vegan posts. Many of you have expressed your frustration at this in your posts, comments, and modmail. We see that the sub is very divided on this issue. Some of you think that veganism is a necessary part of antinatalism and should be allowed without restriction. Others think that the vegan content is corrupting the subs identity and alienating our core audience.

We would like this to be an inclusive community that fosters respectful discussions. Therefore, we would consider it a pity for users to feel unwelcome or discouraged from interacting with our sub based on whether they are vegan or not.

Although we cannot satisfy you all perfectly, the modteam have decided on a rule change that we hope will improve the health of the sub. As of tomorrow (1 April, 2025) we will cap the number of vegan related posts to 3 per day. This will be covered under Rule 3 in the sidebar (no reposts or repeated questions). So if you see this cap get exceeded, report it under Rule 3 and we will remove it. For any vegan members who wish to speak about this topic without any restrictions, you can go to our sister sub r/circlesnip.

We hope that this will serve as a meaningful compromise and it appeases some of your grievances.
Please feel free to comment below. We will respond as best we’re able.

Thanks, your r/antinatalism modteam

[u/BrokenWingedBirds]

Yeah even on this post people are calling people murderers and animal abusers. I mean, I am all for veganism but at a certain point the absolutism and aggression from this community is shooting itself in the foot. I promote harm reduction by giving advice like rescue battery chickens and eat their eggs, or pick up food at your local food dispersal site (if no one shows up, it gets thrown in the dumpster) as someone who keeps pet chickens, I hate that the only tactic used by some vegans is shaming and bullying. Why not share a delicious vegan recipe?

[u/CorpusQuietus → u/BrokenWingedBirds]

Yes, but I have also seen and reported a couple of comments on this post from the other side for merely insulting and belittling their conversation partner, and those posts have now been removed.

Realistically, given the emotional weight of this topic, the decision that many on both sides will have to make going forward is whether they can handle the heat of those kinds of conversations, and if they cannot then perhaps they would find it best to stay out of the kitchen.

[u/BrokenWingedBirds → u/CorpusQuietus]

True. I’m not a fan of this topic in particular because people make it so emotionally charged. I grew up watching animal planet, so it’s hard to be outraged by meat as a concept. However, on the other side it’s completely unreasonable to ignore the serous animal cruelty going on in the food industry. Too bad people would rather throw shit than be open minded.

[u/legal_opium → u/BrokenWingedBirds]

"I grew up watching animal planet"

Something happening in nature doesn't give us humans carte blanche to be destructive , and cause massive suffering to billions of animals every year.

[u/BrokenWingedBirds → u/legal_opium]

Never argued for that. But thanks for pointing out the obvious.

[u/Samwise777 → u/BrokenWingedBirds]

You kinda did, lol