We admire your unwavering commitment to championing the cause of Palestinian justice and human rights. Your dedication to raising awareness on this crucial issue is truly commendable.

When it comes to extending your support to the Palestinian cause through reputable organizations, exercising due diligence is of utmost importance. Here are a few well-established organizations with a strong track record in advocating for Palestinian rights:

1. UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Middle East): This United Nations agency delivers crucial services to Palestinian refugees in the Middle East. UNRWA Website : https://www.unrwa.org/who-we-are
2. Palestine Red Crescent Society: Serving as the primary humanitarian organization in Palestine, they provide essential medical and emergency services. Red Crescent Website : https://www.palestinercs.org/en
3. Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP): MAP is dedicated to delivering medical aid, training, and support to communities in need. MAP Website : https://www.map.org.uk/
4. Defense for Children International - Palestine: This organization focuses on safeguarding the rights and well-being of Palestinian children. DCI Website : https://www.dci-palestine.org/
5. Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières): Providing medical and psychological assistance to those affected by the ongoing conflict. Doctors Without Borders Website
6. Adalah - The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel: Adalah is an independent human rights organization dedicated to promoting and defending the rights of Palestinian citizens in Israel. Adalah Website : https://www.adalah.org/en
7. The Palestinian Children's Relief Fund (PCRF): A non-profit, non-political organization providing medical and humanitarian assistance to Palestinian children in the Middle East. PCRF Website : https://www.pcrf.net/

Remember to thoroughly research any organization you consider supporting to ensure their values align with your principles. Additionally, reviewing their financial transparency and accountability measures is a wise practice.

We extend our heartfelt gratitude for your relentless dedication to justice and human rights. Your actions are a catalyst for positive change, and your support undoubtedly contributes to making a meaningful difference.

Tragically, Russia recently commenced an armed assault on the independent nation of Ukraine. Our subreddit is a Humanist subreddit with the primary mission of documenting humanity and the world as it is. We do not condone violence nor do we approve of any governments that engage in offensive wars of aggression. We must remain true to our morals and will stand with the Ukrainian people during this hard time.

Due to the complex nature of war and conflict... we will be moderating these posts with a few additional rules in order to ensure documentation of the conflict while avoiding potential problems:

• Do not condone violence. That means don't make silly jokes about hurting any national leaders. Even though we all feel that anger towards the old men who force the young into conflict... I don't want any of our users getting slapped by the admins for violating TOS. Keep those feelings inside and reflect on them... please don't type them out.

• All videos involving death must be marked NSFW. Please try to find news sources to accompany the post if possible to include in the comments. These posts will be subject to removal at moderator discretion to protect our community if needed. These are human lives being shown on film... please take the responsibility of your upload privileges seriously.

• Do not make videogame jokes on conflict videos. We don't care how much it looks like Call of Duty or any other videogame. We don't want to see comments like that here. This isn't a game.

• Do not advocate or promote the destruction or annexation of any nation. This rule is for some of our suspicious bot friends that have been stopping by to make modding more complicated.

• Do not put your life at risk to RPAN livestream. You only get one life. Our subreddit mission is to reduce harm… so do not put your life on the line for fake internet points. Your life is too valuable.

• Do not livestream Ukrainian military positions using RPAN. We had an informative RPAN livestream lead by /u/jesterboyd who sat down and took the time to talk to us about the reality on the ground in Ukraine. If you choose to stream from Ukraine, please be mindful to not broadcast any Ukrainian military positions. He spoke about this during his livestream and described how it is important to protect the locations of the people who are defending their homes. Please take this rule seriously because it is probably the most important rule.

We appreciate everyone's patience and understanding while we mod the subreddit during this conflict. Please take care of yourselves.

Hey everyone! I made this post in hopes of informing our users about an up and coming subreddit that we are affiliated with called /r/InternationalNews. Its world news subreddit that openly shares news articles from around the world in an unbiased manner.

Are you sick of going to the larger "world news" subreddits that seem to be having a heavy hand at banning users who advocate for human rights and equality? Then r/InternationalNews is for you!!! I have been working with their mod team and find them to be a pleasant group of people who are passionate about sharing the reality of the world with others.

I hope all of our users consider venturing over there to read news articles that contain all sides and sources of the news instead of sources that cater to only one side of the story (such as what happens on other world news subreddits).

/r/Worldnewsvideo will always love to be your first and foremost venue for news videos and raw videos from around the world - and are proud to affiliate with r/InternationalNews to bring about the same open policy in regards to news articles. Stop by and join us for excellent and engaging discussions/debates! Hope to see you there!

~Plenty and the r/Worldnewsvideo mod team

Greetings everyone,

I am making this announcement in hopes of touching base with all of our members about what we hoping to see in future submissions on our subreddit. As most of you know, this subreddit has a long history of documenting the humanity of all people around the world regardless of race or religion. Though our primary goals and mission of our subreddit has not changed since its founding, current geopolitical events have unfortunately complicated what was seemingly a straightforward policy on openness towards posting videos that are real around the world. Due to the ongoing bombardment of civilians in Palestine, we are unfortunately seeing an immense rise in the amount of videos that show raw footage of children being mortally wounded and other crimes against humanity. These videos are often traumatic and have caused immense psychological suffering and pain to some of our users and moderation team.

Moving forward, we will be asking our users to please use their better judgment and avoid posting videos of children that showcase raw violence and gore without any discussion or context. While we are not asking our users to completely omit raw footage from the ground of Gaza and the rest of Palestine, we are specifically calling for our users to avoid posting videos that focus on excessive gore/violence involving children.

Many of our users and moderators have children of their own… and seeing such devastation on the ground of Gaza has been traumatizing to witness and moderate. When I helped found this subreddit, I never expected to see such horrible depictions videos of war against a civilian population and could never have anticipated such a thing when creating the ruleset of the subreddit. I have given instructions to my moderator team to please be mindful of these types of videos, and to remove any if they cross that line. We will not be banning any users for posting videos that are real, but we will be trying to re-orient and remind our users to please respect the humanity of the children that have been lost in this conflict. These children had families and stories of their own that we as observers must respect and empathize with.

This policy will not be used to stifle discussion or the showing of reality in Palestine but instead will be used in extreme circumstances to reign in the amount of extreme violent content being posted at times that truly crosses the line and does not serve to provide any type of advocacy for the human rights of Palestinians. We do not want shock videos and gore being a central focus of the subreddit. Instead, we will be reminding our users that the subreddit’s focus is to humanize all human beings regardless of where they come from around the world.

Remember, please keep the humanity of those shown on video in mind when you are deciding to upload something to the subreddit. If any of you have any questions pertaining to how this policy will be implemented you may ask on this thread and I'll do my best to try and elaborate further.

Thanks everyone.

Hi everyone! As the year 2022 comes to a close, we wanted to celebrate by having a little subreddit prize giveaway! Participation is easy! All you have to do is nominate a submission or comment that you believe should win one of these categories:

• Best News Video
• Best Live Video
• Best Human Rights Video
• Most Informative Video
• Must See Video of 2022
• Most Funny Video
• Best Protest Video
• Best RPAN Live Video
• Most Informative Comment
• Funniest Comment
• Top comment of 2022

Please comment with your nominations underneath each category comment I have made. Please include a link to the nomination within your comment.

The winning choices and those who nominate them will get an award for helping make this subreddit such an excellent place! Each award gives recipients a month of Premium. (Similar to receiving a Platinum award!)

May the best of 2022 win!

Edit: The contest has come to an end! Thanks to everyone who participated!

Greetings everyone,

I am making this post due to a noticeable change in admin policies to combat hate on reddit resulting in an influx of punitive user suspensions. In the past, it was mostly up to the moderators of each community to handle hate speech and screen for it on their own. Nowadays, it appears that the admins are slowly implementing tools that screen each comment for particular things that could be considered hate speech and suspending violating users themselves regardless of mod action. Prior to this change our community handled hate speech internally and either removed comments silently, shadowbanned, or permanently banned users depending on severity of their violation. Up until now, our internal policy has been mostly successful in keeping the comments healthy and our community a positive environment.

Usually we resort to silent removals in hopes that our userbase would slowly recognize and avoid certain hateful statements. Due to the change in admin policy, we will continue with the removals as we have been but feel we should try to disclose some of our methodology in screening for hate. We feel like this is a good opportunity to come to our userbase directly to clarify what we have been removing as hatespeech so that users may understand why they got suspended if they happened to be suspended by an admin.

Dehumanization:

As a humanist subreddit… its fitting we start with defining dehumanization and some brief examples that I often run across.

• Definition = Dehumanize : to deprive (someone or something) of human qualities, personality, or dignity: such as

1. : to subject (someone, such as a prisoner) to inhuman or degrading conditions or treatment

2. : to address or portray (someone) in a way that obscures or demeans that person's humanity or individuality

3. : to remove or reduce human involvement or interaction in (something, such as a process or place)

Examples of removed comments:

• “[Nation/Group of People] are [gross object]/[insect]/[animal]” - A comment structured like this a is classic dehumanizing statement. Sitewide Violation.

• “The most racist people I've ever met in my life were [specific demographic].” - Gross generalization of a population of people. Sitewide Violation.

• “[Group of people] are incompatible with civilization/Western society.” - Violation for stating that a group of humans are subhuman and incompatible with humanity. Sitewide Violation.

• “Peace will come when [group of people] will love their children more than they hate us.” - Dehumanizing comment that states a group of people do not value their own lives so its not worthwhile to value theirs as well. Victim blaming xenophobia.

• “((([Group of people]/[Individual])))” - A blatant antisemitic dogwhistle that fuels hate. Implies a conspiracy of control and power that simply doesn’t exist. Sitewide Violation.

… and countless other generalizing statements about large groups of people intended to stoke hate. Many dehumanizing statements are often targeted towards minority groups such as people from developing nations, the LGBTQ+ community, Muslims, Jews, Sikhs, Hindus, and other vulnerable demographics of people.

Violence:

Don’t advocate for violence ever or wish harm on anyone else. Even the vague statements like “put [person] down” are rightfully seen as violations by the admins. More examples that were directly removed by admins resulting in suspensions:

• “You'd boot lick the law if they saved your a$$. F$%^& moron I hope they don't save you one day” - Sitewide Violation for wishing harm on another person

• “[Nation of people] are gonna pay for this. In the eyes of God. Provoking non combatants where is the justice in this. Then are always looking for sympathy. Remeber” - “Payment” in the form of violence is a violation. Sitewide Violation.

• “[Group of people] been fighting for the same piece of rock for 2000 years, can we nuke em all yet” - Wishing war is promoting violence. Sitewide Violation.

• “Destroy [building/object/place] because they are evil!” - Targeting violence towards a specific thing is a violation. Sitewide Violation.

• “[Use weapon] on [place/person/thing]” - Obviously a sitewide violation not needing too much explanation. Sitewide Violation.

• “I would've knocked the glasses off [person] but that's just me” - Physical violence violation. Sitewide Violation.

Misogyny:

We wont tolerate misogyny here. Its a form of regressive thought and it is antithetical to human progression. Covert misogyny is not acceptable either and our mod team are passionate supporters of reproductive rights for all. While the admins still havent figured out how to act against misogynistic comments, we try to act as an example for other subreddits on how to handle misogyny. Here are some easy example of violating misogynistic comments:

• “Women ☕️” - Lazy misogyny is a subreddit violation

• “[Mistake] always happens because of women” - Blaming a whole gender of people for a societal problem is a subreddit violation. Also likely a dehumanization violation based on the gross generalization of the comment.

• “These sl-ts just want to have sex and not worry about the consequences” - Spiteful misogyny meant to punish women. Also another harmful generalization violation.

Obfuscation/Marginalization of Human Suffering:

• “Actions have consequences” (In the context of human suffering or war) - A callous and cold statement made in the context of human suffering. We are a humanist subreddit that relies on empathetic users who value ALL humans equally. Such a statement while acceptable elsewhere on reddit and is not a sitewide violation would still be considered a subreddit violation.

• “[Group of people] use their own as human shields so why do you care?” - This one counts as dehumanization through generalizing and also marginalizes the suffering of the victims as inconsequential collateral damage.

• “[Nation/Group of people] are Nazis” - Sitewide Violation. We don’t want users conflating other crimes against humanity or fascism itself with Nazism and its crimes. Nazism lead to the genocide of millions of human lives through evil measures and actions that have never been replicated again. While other nations or groups of people may commit crimes against humanity… we do not want to marginalize or conflate the evil of Nazism with other hateful ideologies that have manifested or will manifest in the future. Address crimes against humanity for what they are and do not resort to lazily labeling others as Nazis. The admins seem to agree with this stance as some suspensions seem to involve these types of lazy comparisons.

There are comments that occasionally marginalize genocide or even go as far as to say ethnic cleansing isn’t genocide... both are crimes against humanity and a user trying to thread that needle will get banned from here. No humanist would unironically debate such things.

Ableist Slurs:

Fairly simple to avoid if you aren’t looking to be a jerk. Don’t insult peoples intelligence or compare IQs. Here are some examples of some violations:

• “You must be rtardrd to think I'm defending this guy or his actions. The war machine sent him to kill. Get mad at the war machine not the tools it tosses out.” - An ableist slur violation.

• “No one said “as a mother” you dumb reading comprehensionless rtard.” - An ableist slur violation.

• “Laid in bed being a f-king rtard. Well done to you “ - An ableist slur violation.

• “Heroes? Man you Americans are rtardrd. They're not heroes. They're terrorists who go to other countries and murder people in the name of western secular ideology.” - A dehumanization violation via generalization and an ableist slur.

We have been moderating with this philosophy against hate since our founding. We will continue to refine and improve our methodology so that all groups are equally protected and their humanity is recognized. We assess comments across all of reddit when it comes to user appeals and assess whether a user is acting in good-faith. If you ever are suspended by an admin, you will need to contact them to unsuspend your account (if warranted) but if we banned you we will do our best to handle your appeal in a fair manner. We make judgement calls based on context and sometimes make mistakes. We hope you all are patient and understand that we are trying our best.

Thanks everyone and be safe out there!

Hello everyone,

In light of recent events on a certain work related subreddit I wanted to come to our userbase directly with a request to assist in helping us grow the subreddit. We recently crossed over the 100k subscriber mark which was an amazing achievement within one year of opening up shop. One year after starting the subreddit, we are in a better position than before to reach more people but we need to reach even more. We need your help.

Why help grow WNV?… in short… because we are the only subreddit on reddit that will allow ALL truthful videos to be shown here.

We aren’t looking for reasons to remove truthful submits. We want to host the truth here no matter how painful it is. We make sure any violent posts require sources and news accreditation if we are going to allow it. Our ultimate goal is to document humanity and the reality we live in.

In my time on reddit and in my time trying to grow WNV, I have consistently hit roadblocks due to moderator teams purposely controlling submissions and the information we are allowed to share. If anyone knows me, I make sure I submit posts that fit the communities that I participate in… so when I get bizarre removals I tend to start asking questions. I’ve had healthcare submissions removed from “COVID” subreddits, worker related submissions removed from worker subreddits, leftist submissions blocked by “leftists”, been banned for submitting justice on a justice sub, and had perfect fits removed just because mods just didn’t happen to like me or this subreddit threatening their hegemony. Immature mods have plagued my reddit experience thusfar and have slowed down WNVs growth.

What is wrong with this subreddit that makes some mod teams worried? Are there some things not supposed to be seen? I don’t know. What I do know is that our userbase should know who is moderating them and why they should stay here if they want to have some sense of security in how content being submitted is being handled. I am a physician who loves reddit. Preech and one of the other mods are MDs as well. I enjoy driving, art, and serene settings… these are easy things to see when you look at the subs I moderate. I hate medical misinformation and have been protecting our userbase since our founding from bad-faith actors. My mission is to help educate and spread knowledge using this platform.

I ask our users to consider who is running their favorite communities and to consider the importance of understanding the mods that lead them. I learned that the power of reddit rests in modship… and many mods might be power-hungry asinine asshats that want to feel a slight dopamine rush when they remove content or troll a user. There are so many amazing submits that get to r/all that are removed by mods over asinine reasons or just because a mod got upset. We don’t do that here. We just want the truth and the rules of our sub are centered on the preservation of knowledge. If the submission gets too hot… we will lock it before removing it.

How do I help grow WNV?

Crossposting is the fastest way. Sadly, most of the largest communities have disabled crossposting (to maintain their hegemony) but if a community allows it please make sure your crosspost fits. Don’t be surprised if your crosspost gets removed… many mods are quietly engaging in embargo tactics against us or have actually turned off crossposts due to our activities because our subreddit might have challenged their hegemony or shown something in the world they did not like. If it is a subreddit that doesn’t allow crossposts, then please consider mentioning us in the comments if we are relevant to the conversation. Don’t be spammy. Follow the rules of the communities you participate in.

If you choose to help us grow don’t be surprised if you get stonewalled by other mods. Its a risk. The majority of large mod teams do not like what we are doing here and see us as a threat to their dominance on what the userbase sees on reddit. The endgame is to grow WNV enough so that anyone trying to share truthful content won’t need to twist themselves into a pretzel to submit content on other subs filled with mods trying to find dumb reasons to assert their authority. The privilege of moderating a sub like this should be held by people who actually care about the truth and want to fight tooth and nail to show it. We are those mods.

Please help us grow so that we can reach more. A hivemind centered on sharing the truth with each other could be immensely powerful for humanity. So far, its mostly me submitting content and I am only one person.. A group of people focused on sharing the world could be something amazing to have on reddit. That is the ultimate goal of WNV.

Thanks everyone.

I have come to our userbase with a sad announcement about the cessation of RPAN (live streaming) on Reddit and r/Worldnewsvideo…

While we would love to continue to offer a native option for our users to livestream reality to our subreddit - this decision is out of our hands and cannot be changed. If Reddit offers a native livestream option again, we will reapply for access so we may continue to have that option available to all of you. Though we currently are relatively small subreddit of 180k users, we have had many wonderful and insightful RPAN submissions that I would like to mention below before they are removed from the site. Feel free to view them now because it is likely they will be removed from Reddit in December 2022.

———-

In the first days of the war in Ukraine, a Ukrainian member shared the world from the eyes of an average citizen. A few unforgettable discussions happened on this post and this post. He also attended a protest as well in Ukraine and shared many posts about the reality of life in a wartorn nation.

A protest in Portland against war was shared by one of our users.

A subreddit member attended a protest in Germany against the war in Ukraine.

A brave member shared her perspective of Hurricane Ida.

A serene member shared a calm stream with all of us to relax beside for more than one day.

A member shared protest they attended against Bolsonaro.

A subreddit member in Canada counter protested against the truckers in Winnipeg.

————

There were many other notable livestreams that sadly haven’t been mentioned but were loved and enjoyed by myself and the rest of the community. If you are an OP of one of the streams mentioned or any other stream on this subreddit/Reddit then please be mindful of the instructions shared by the admins on the post I linked above. While I wish we would be able to permanently archive these posts for all to view forever… it seems we will likely not be allowed that luxury.

Thank you to all of our RPAN OPs for sharing the world with us. On behalf of myself, the mods, and our users… we thank you.

Three Posts a Day Gives the Platinum Away!

Hello everyone! I am pleased to announce our newest subreddit submission contest!

Every week during this contest I will be giving away 3 Platinum awards to our most consistent high quality submitters. I will keep the contest going for at least 3-5 weeks depending on enthusiasm… and I may extend it if the userbase loves the contest (and if I have the extra platinum to give).

The Rules:

• In order to qualify, you must submit at least 3 direct submissions (not crossposts) to the subreddit every day of the week. Deleted and removed submissions do not count.

• The top 3 direct submissions of the week will be awarded 1 platinum each, limited to 1 platinum awarded per qualifying participant user per week. That way 3 separate winners win each week and more people win Platinum (hopefully). Once the week is over, the contest resets and all users can participate again. So at max, you can win 1 Platinum per week during this contest if you are a top quality poster.

• Video memes for “Sunday Funday” posts will be counted towards a user’s daily total of 3 posts… but it will not be considered to qualify for “a top 3 post” because memes are not usually accurate or a pure depiction of reality.

• Avoid reposts. Don’t be lazy! Try to find interesting new things from across the world to post! I get plenty of my content from Twitter, Reddit, and Tiktok so there are many sources out there! Try to share the world with us as best as you can.

• Act in good-faith. Don’t bully any users who are participating and dont discourage others from posting. I want people to post. Try to have fun with this contest as much as you can!

• Anyone can win except me. My posts naturally won’t be considered in this contest.

• The contest begins on 3/21/2022!

May the best and most consistent posters win!

~Plenty

Greetings WNV!

I am reaching out to our community members in hopes of finding additional comment mods. We recently crossed over the 150k subscriber mark and due to our diverse content we sometimes have large spikes in subreddit activity. As is, we are managing commentary adequately but there have been moments where I think we might want additional eyes on modqueue helping us out... we are specifically looking for commentary mods.

What are we looking for in a good Commentary Mod?

• We are looking for active mods that would be able to help us clear modqueue and keep an eye on the discussion to make sure it remains healthy and productive. We want mods who love WNV and will make this subreddit one of their primary moderation focuses. We have had a few powermods trialed in the past with little success… we want real mods with passion to participate and grow the subreddit. Sadly, it appears this bar is a high bar to meet and I have been forced to dismiss more than a few mods due to little to no moderation activity.

• We are hoping for mods with balanced temperaments not itching to flex their ban hammers. A comment mod on WNV may find themselves spending much of their time approving comments instead of removing them due to the frequency of accidental filtered removals through automod.

• A WNV mod should have a benevolent desire to make the world a better place and an understanding and respect for the importance of sharing knowledge. We aren’t interested in cynical mods who don’t take the dissemination of information seriously… we want mods who will fight tooth and nail to advocate for the truth of the world to be shared and spread. You will be more than a “janitor” here… you are going to be partly responsible for the flow of information on this subreddit and such a responsibility isn’t something I or the rest of the mods take lightly.

If you feel like you would be a good fit to help us mod this subreddit please reach out to us in modmail telling us why you would be a good fit. I also recommend all potential applicants consider completing the Mod 101 and Mod 201 courses offered by the admins so that you can refresh or aquaint yourselves with the modtools you will be using. In order to get your cool Mod 101 and 201 certification badges please visit r/ModCertification101 and r/ModCertification201 to participate in those courses.

Thanks everyone and good luck to any potential applicants!

Howdy everyone! I am here to announce that our subreddit will be trialing a new (hopefully fun) concept for every Sunday. We are calling it Sunday Funday!

What is Sunday Funday???

After a long week of hard work and serious posting on reddit, why not stop by r/worldnewsvideo for a bit for some fun "worldposting"?.. at least thats what I intend to call it. "Worldposting" on r/worldnewsvideo is easy. All you have to do is make sure your post is relevant to the world we live in and is interesting for our userbase. Memes are included in this category but they gotta be good quality. Mods will be curating all posts and Sunday Fundays can be cancelled if unforeseen world events arise that take precedence.

What would be a good "Worldpost" for Sunday Fundays?

• Is it a meme video about a world event that is relevant to the news we have been discussing here all week? Post it!

• Is it a deepfake of Putin dancing on the deck of the Titanic as it sinks? Post it!

• Is it a meme video of someone handing out broccoli to people at a sports game? Post it!

Here are some more examples of acceptable posts for Sunday Fundays:

• The Russian invasion of Ukraine boiled down to meme format.

• Compare and contrast

• Wartime dart throwing

We have always had a bit of a flair for the unexpected so I think this trial for Sunday Fundays might be something fun to test out. If it doesn't seem to be a good fit or becomes impossible to mod, we will end the trial and continue with our regularly scheduled programming. Lets see how this experiment goes as a subreddit.

We appreciate all of your patience as always while we test this out.

~Plenty

Hi guys,

We'd like to announce a new 'news' sub, r/NewsAndPolitics. Our goal is to facilitate civil discourse on world news & politics within the bounds of Reddit TOS.

If you're looking to talk about important issues affecting our world, and want to try a new space - please consider joining.

As we are a new sub, everything from the subreddit design to our rules are likely going to be modified over time, but our commitment to sincere discourse will remain our core philosophy. We would like to emphasize our pursuit of fostering sincere discourse without being tied down to rigid enforcement of rules - which often stifle the way we interact with one another.

We appreciate your patience as we figure stuff out together.

Hello everyone!

I just wanted to make a request to our users to consider crossposting (not spamming) our videos and sharing our subreddit with others on Reddit. I and the rest of the mods have been frequently hearing from new users that they are surprised about how they have never heard about this subreddit before... Those that hear about it tend to stay, and those that stay don't seem to unsubscribe.

My belief is that this place will continue to improve with more members and I encourage our users to let other redditors know about this subreddit. More members means more videos and more discussions.

Our long term members are aware of our mod team's humanist perspective with appreciation for scientific data. We don't tolerate any type of hate and act proactively to stomp it out of our subreddit. We believe ourselves to be the right caretakers of this type of subreddit and want to be the subreddit people go to for videos from around the world. We do our best to operate as a "TrueReddit" version of a humanist video subreddit and our recipe seems to have the right flavor for success... so please help us share it with greater Reddit!

TLDR:

Why help WNV grow?

• More users = more videos
• We are a "TrueReddit" version of a real video subreddit. Not a lame replication of youtube like r/videos
• Moderation philosophy that bans evil

How to I help grow WNV?

• Crosspost, Crosspost, Crosspost!.. BUT NEVER SPAM. Follow each respective subreddits posting rules and always make sure you aren't pestering anyone!
• Post something real on WNV from around the world
• Mention our subreddit (if it is relevant in conversation) in commentary on reddit.
• Share our videos with friends and family!

Thanks everyone!

The Daily Top Submission Gold Contest has begun!

Contest Rules:

• The most upvoted user post on the subreddit for the day will be given a gold award. One winner will be selected every day until the end of the contest.
• A user's first 3 submissions per day are the only ones considered. After 24hrs their next first 3 submissions will be considered for the next day. A post's votes are only considered for the first 24hrs of it being submitted.
• Do not delete your submission if it was not upvoted. Please play fair. If you delete submissions in hopes of cheating to win you will be disqualified.
• The daily gold contest starts December 20th and ends the 31st. One gold award will be given every day for the top voted submission on the subreddit until the end of the contest.
• Moderators will not be allowed to participate in this contest. Users only!

I will pin a comment below and update it with the winners and their posts for each day. Also, please don't forget about our plantinum contest for the end of the year if you wanted to participate in that as well!

What type of posts are good for WNV?

• Political videos and news that everyone needs to see.

• Submissions that show people living their everyday lives. Whether its funny, celebratory, or just a snapshot of a day... anything goes if its true.

• Submissions that make you identify with someone you may never have met before. Things that make you see that most people are just trying to live their lives peacefully and provide for their families.

• Interesting and eyecatching things/events from all over the world. Rockets landing, TVs being stolen, Backflips off of buildings, crazy parkour, and anything else that makes you turn to the person next to you and say "hey you gotta see this."

Good luck to all of our members!

Hello everyone!

Another year is about to go by on this earth and hopefully there will be many more to come! Our tiny subreddit continues to grow and the discussions we are having continue to get more and more interesting. I have learned much from all of you and I hope all of you have learned much from each other as well. This little experiment as a humanist subreddit has been so much fun to moderate and we are glad to have each and every one of you as a member of our community.

We will continue to prioritize humanizing all people and showcase videos that help us better understand one another. Our intent has always been to make the world a better place through empathy and understanding while educating everyone about the complex world we live in. We truly believe that truth through seeing the world is the only path towards resolving many of the world's issues. We will continue to uphold this philosophy moving forward.

Now onto more exciting things!.. our end of the year video submission contest! From December 20th-31st we will be giving a gold award every day to the submission that gets the highest upvotes on our subreddit. In addition, on January 1st we will give a Platinum award to the user who submits the best "2021 summary/compilation/flashback" video between now and January 7th. Mods will decide who is the winner of the "In Review" contest.

Daily Gold Submission Contest Rules:

• The most upvoted user post on the subreddit for the day will be given a gold award. One winner will be selected every day until the end of the contest.
• A user's first 3 submissions per day are the only ones considered. After 24hrs their next first 3 submissions will be considered for the next day.
• Do not delete your submission if it was not upvoted. Please play fair. If you delete submissions in hopes of cheating to win you will be disqualified.
• The daily gold contest starts December 20th and ends the 31st. One gold award will be given every day for the top voted submission on the subreddit until the end of the contest.

2021 in Review Platinum Contest:

• Submit one 2021 "most memorable moments" compilation. You can use this as an example for what we are looking for but honestly creativity is the key. Please make sure any compilations are a good fit for the subreddit and not gorish.
• Quality > Quantity. You only get one attempt! Please make your upload special so that all of us may enjoy it!
• The "In Review" Contest lasts from now until January 7th.

I will announce all of the winners of the daily gold contest on New Year's Day and the Platinum award will be announced the moment it is awarded.

(Note: Moderators like myself will be ineligible to participate in this contest.)

It's been a pleasure having all of you here with us.

We thank you for your support!

Hello everyone! I am pleased to announce that we are partnering with the kind folks over at r/TranscribersofReddit in order to be better accessible to everyone. While initially, I doubt many of you will notice anything different... after a while we hope to occasionally have some of our more interesting or pivotal videos transcribed by passionate redditors that want to help make things more accessible.

Why would WNV want transcriptions of video posts? The folks over at /r/TranscribersOfReddit do an excellent job explaining how visually impaired or deaf people may benefit from written text assistance. We want everyone here to equally enjoy what is posted here and this is one way we can help make sure that happens. If you think that you may want to become a transcriber then head over to /r/TranscribersOfReddit and learn more!

If you are a transcriber and have completed a submission please don't hesitate to contact our mod team through modmail if you haven't been granted a special flair for transcriptions. We will be trying to find a way to pin referral comments that link to transcriber comments so that it helps make things easier for anyone seeking transcriptions.

Final Note:

I ask our users please be patient with us while we are ironing out the wrinkles during these early days of transcription implementation... but I anticipate there won't be many if any noticeable hiccups that our users will notice while we figure things out in the background. We are fast approaching 75k subscribers which is very exciting for us as well!

Anyways... thanks everyone and please be safe out there!

~Plenty