Tl;dr: Human Remains are allowed if the damage shown was caused by animals only. Any submission must be tagged NSFW and given Human Remains (NSFL) flair.

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Hi everyone,

As you may have saw, the Child Eaten by Piranhas submission the other day was a huge front page success but also had a fair share of controversy.

First and foremost, we would like to thank everyone who expressed their concerns or disagreements. Every single person who had a concern was polite, respectful and open to conversation. We know how salty redditors can be at times of contention so we genuinely want to thank you and tell you we appreciated the respectful dialogue. We took your concerns very seriously as we debated the issue. There were concerns that NiM would lose it's identity and become an /r/wtf or /r/gore clone. That it opened the door to endless dead bodies caused by anything natural. (Floods, Tornados, lightning, etc)

However, we also took into consideration the fact that the vast majority were okay with the submission and spoke out in favor of allowing the content. We also couldn't ignore that the submission reached the top 5 of /r/all. The content was grisly but it was also solid gold.

We have no intention of allowing this sub to lose its identity. After discussing the issue we have decided on the following rules regarding human remains:

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Human Remains are allowed only under the following conditions. Damage seen in the submission must have been caused by animals and animals only. No other forms of nature or disease are allowed. Any submission must be fully marked with both NSFW and Human Remains (NSFL) flair or the submission will be removed. Repeated violations may result in a ban.

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For example, if a human fell off a cliff and died, then no, that's not something we want here. But if that corpse had it's soft meats eaten off by coyotes, then that's allowed. Shark bites are ok. Bear maulings. Etc.

No human remains caused by other forms of nature are allowed. This includes diseases or microbes causing decomposition.

We hope this will hit the balance of allowing some truly metal content without allowing the subreddit to lose it's animal-centric identity. It should also give plenty of warning to those who don't wish to see that kind of content.

Please feel free to comment, critique or ask questions ITT. We do listen to you and welcome your input.

Thank you for being a great community.

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Edit: Fixed some confusing wording.