Author: /u/boshaus

Houston Freeze Megathread VI

Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V

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Post all things related to the upcoming Houston freeze here. Remember the three P’s, pipes, pets and plants. Stay warm r/Houston

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Houston Freeze Megathread V

Part I Part II Part III Part IV

/u/munx1er lost power 🙁

Post all things related to the upcoming Houston freeze here. Remember the three P’s, pipes, pets and plants. Stay warm r/Houston

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Some things to post:

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Subreddit rules regarding COVID Trolling

As the Coronavirus pandemic continues, we’ve been seeing a increased number of trolls and attempts to derail conversations so we’re attempting to step up enforcement of rules. What we don’t want to do is create an echo chamber. Beliefs and assumptions should be challenged, but more and more we’re seeing people who have no interest in defending or supporting their belief and just want to fan flames. Anyhow, we’re going to be expanding on some rules.

  • No COVID trolling – Advocating against the medical advice of the authorities, blasting threads with misinformation, posting with no intent to productively engage or support your positions, etc. [EDIT/Clarification: This isn’t to say we’re micromanaging each comment, but targeted if your comment history shows a history of this behavior or it’s an obvious throwaway/alt, etc]
  • Personal Attacks / Hate speech – This has long been against the rules, but we’re going to be more diligent on enforcement. This includes things like sexualizing political figures.

We’ll be removing comments, handing out temporary bans or perm bans depending on severity. I’m sure we’re due for some interesting attacks on us in modmail.

Feel free to discuss below and share your opinions.

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Coronavirus / COVID-19 Megathread & Discussion pt 2

Previous Megathread

As this is a developing Houston issue I’m refreshing the megathread as major events have continued to occur since the last megathread, including Houston declaring a public health emergency and the cancellation of the rodeo.

Local Links:

Harris County COVID-19 Info Page

https://houstonemergency.org/

UT Medical Branch Info Page

Harris County Guide of what to do if you have COVID-19

US Links:

CDC COVID-19 Info Page

Don’t Panic: The comprehensive Ars Technica guide to the coronavirus

Reddit AMA of COVID-19 Experts

Social Media:

https://twitter.com/readyharris

https://twitter.com/texasdshs

Related Subreddits:

/r/coronavirus

/r/coronavirustx

/r/coronavirushou

Discord Chat:

Reddit Houston Discord – We have a #covid-19 chat channel for live discussion

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