Happy Thursday everyone! The weekend is shortly upon us and I hope we're all ready for some rest and relaxation.

We haven't had a community update for a while (or really the need for one), but with the recent and extreme influx of spam, overseas posters and general rule breaking there is a few things to cover today.

Posting Account Requirements

Reddit admin has implemented some new spam-reduction tools which, as a group of communities heavily targeted by spammers, we will be implementing as of right now on r/AussieGirls, r/AussieDudes, r/AussieCouples and r/AussieNaturism. From this morning onwards all posting accounts will need to fulfil the following criteria:

• Account age of > 14 days
• Reddit-verified email account
• Minimal amount of karma (which has not been obtained from 'free karma' farming-type subreddits)

If your account does not meet the above, unfortunately you will not be able to post here. If you wish to post but are currently unable to fulfil the above you are still welcome to Verify with us on your chosen subreddit for posting in the meantime.

Commenting Account Requirements

Much of the mod team's time is spent removing spam, trolling and harassing comments. To reduce the workload the following criteria need to be met to comment on r/AussieGirls, r/AussieDudes, r/AussieCouples and r/AussieNaturism:

• Account age of >14 days
• Reddit-verified email account
• Combined karma of >1

Please note that we may ban all users with rude, harassing and bullying comments on the first offence. Warning certain users does not seem to be encouraging nicer behaviour.

Post Frequency Changes

We've listened to feedback about the post frequency rule and have changed the 24hr posting frequency to 12hr across all communities (r/AussieGirls, r/AussieDudes, r/AussieCouples and r/AussieNaturism). This now means you are free to post twice a day, or not have to track so closely if you upload daily at slightly different times of the day.

Unsuitable Content

Some information has been added to our Posting Standards wiki across all communities recently, please take the time to read for your chosen posting subreddit: AussieGirls, AussieDudes, AussieCouples, AussieNaturism.

For those not wanting to read the full post, the gist is that we will remove (and have always have removed) illegal, degrading, harmful or controversial content. You may also be banned if you share the above elsewhere on reddit. This action maintains our position in adhering to reddit TOS and protecting our users.

Advertising, Spam & Involuntary Porn

We are tackling the issue of spam, self-advertising and non-consensual posting on a day-to-day basis. Bans will now be implemented on a first offence as all these activities are explicitly against our rules.

For all self-advertising purposes for our female posting members, please visit our network community r/AussiePromoGirls

Poster Of The Month Expansion

Our favourite monthly celebration of all things 'Aussie GW' is going network wide! From September onwards we will feature one amazing posting user/couple from each of the following: r/AussieGirls, r/AussieDudes and r/AussieCouples. Eligibility criteria and past winners will all be featured in our wiki page launching in the next few days.

Individual users will be contacted personally to take part in our stickied post and sidebar highlight, though we do accept nomination requests or self-requests for considerations.

Feedback and Suggestions

As always, we want to hear your feedback and ideas. Please feel free to add either or both in the comments below, we can't wait to hear from you again around the network!