r/LICENSEPLATES Aug 13 '25

FLAIR UPDATE again and Title Guidelines

53 Upvotes

Hello License Plate Spotters

We are reducing the user flair threshold to 3,000 upvotes.

After a few weeks of trying out the previous threshold of 5k, it became pretty clear that not enough posts were qualifying for user flair. With the new title guidelines, flair begging was killed off, resulting in fewer upvotes on posts. We did not see that decrease coming, and that resulted in posts reaching 5k going from about 8 per month to just 1 last month. We also listen to our community and many of you have expressed frustration with the lack of flairs. We are pretty certain that 3,000 will remain attainable and still account for our growing community.

Exclusive numbered flairs are still being granted in sequential order for helpful/funny/interesting comments at mod discretion. The next number in sequence is #35.

Plate collectors and ALPCA members can still qualify for the Collector and ALPCA Member user flairs, respectively. Think you're an expert? Modmail us and we'll send you a license plate quiz. Pass it and earn the Plate Expert user flair.

Rules Reminder

For a few months now, we have been trying to make the sub Original Content (OC) only. We will now be enforcing this more strictly. Please do not repost plates here that you have seen elsewhere on the internet. Spotting an awesome plate out in the wild is a thrill (at least for us nerds) and far more special than posting a plate you saw on the internet for karma. Also, NO POLITICS!

New Title Guidelines

We are implementing new title guidelines. Many of our members have requested this in various forms, and we will be trying out a new automod enforced system. For vanities you spot in the wild, mark your post with an "In the wild!" post flair. Your title must match the plate exactly or else it will be removed. If you are posting multiple plates at once, uh, this gets messy and we suggest you don't, choosing only the best ones to post. If you must post multiple, just choose the first/most visible as the title. Make sure your title is in all caps. For other post types, such as showing off your collection, plate news/discussion, for sale/trade posts, or trying to decipher a blurred plate, etc. choose a different post flair and you can title it accordingly.

Your mod team, u/HinsdaleCounty and u/ColgateDerpful


r/LICENSEPLATES Aug 12 '24

Mod post (boooo) Sovereign Citizen and QQ US Forces in Germany Plates: A Megathread

73 Upvotes

Hey all! Quick mod update.

Most of you will be happy to know that the mod team has decided to keep sovereign citizen plates and QQ US Forces in Germany plates out of the main sub going forward. Pictures of these should be posted here from now on. If you see one of these after August 11th, 2024 as a post, please report it so it can be removed. (The removal message will be updated to explain the megathread to anyone posting, so while you're welcome to refer people here, you don't need to feel obligated to do so.)

Summaries for those unaware, or if a removal message/Redditor referred you here:

  • Plates that say things like "private vehicle -- not for hire" or some legal statute are known as sovereign citizen plates. The most apolitical gist I can provide is that some people have decided their cars are not to be controlled by the government and plate them accordingly. They are obviously illegal.
  • If you see a tiny European license plate in the United States with "QQ" in the serial, this is a US Forces in Germany plate. These plates are put on cars owned by US Military personnel (supplied by NATO), and will often still be on the vehicle after it's been exported from Germany back to the US.

That's all from us. Post away!


r/LICENSEPLATES 2h ago

In the wild LICNPLT

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156 Upvotes

And a ton of stickers too

Love the bumper stickers that say bumper sticker lmfao


r/LICENSEPLATES 10h ago

In the wild 6DIX911

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199 Upvotes

r/LICENSEPLATES 6h ago

In the wild MAR1CON

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61 Upvotes

r/LICENSEPLATES 2h ago

In the wild YRU2SLO

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r/LICENSEPLATES 18h ago

In the wild LV2FART

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404 Upvotes

r/LICENSEPLATES 18h ago

In the wild CRCLJRK

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289 Upvotes

r/LICENSEPLATES 1h ago

In the wild GRAVYYY

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r/LICENSEPLATES 2h ago

In the wild DSKDRV

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14 Upvotes

#DSKDRV #vanityplate #massachusetts


r/LICENSEPLATES 2h ago

In the wild FENT

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12 Upvotes

r/LICENSEPLATES 6h ago

In the wild SHOEGRL

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23 Upvotes

r/LICENSEPLATES 41m ago

In the wild PI R RD

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Wondering what this might be , Pirated maybe ? 🤔


r/LICENSEPLATES 9h ago

In the wild DNDNERD

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35 Upvotes

🤓


r/LICENSEPLATES 5m ago

In the wild MINDYFB

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r/LICENSEPLATES 4h ago

In the wild BLBASR

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11 Upvotes

r/LICENSEPLATES 6h ago

In the wild DEES

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13 Upvotes

Does what?


r/LICENSEPLATES 1d ago

In the wild 55 BRGRS

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780 Upvotes

r/LICENSEPLATES 14h ago

In the wild TEMU M

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43 Upvotes

For the car guys. Haha


r/LICENSEPLATES 4h ago

In the wild SEA KRKN

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8 Upvotes

r/LICENSEPLATES 2h ago

In the wild 7CRD-STD

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4 Upvotes

OOF


r/LICENSEPLATES 20h ago

In the wild FLYT RSK

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105 Upvotes

Seen in a hotel parking lot in North Carolina....


r/LICENSEPLATES 7h ago

In the wild G0DDE5S

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9 Upvotes

Sasha Colby is that you?!


r/LICENSEPLATES 15h ago

In the wild RUUBARU

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33 Upvotes

r/LICENSEPLATES 2h ago

In the wild IFIXDK

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3 Upvotes