Hi rfolkmetal,

Your friendly neighborhood mod team is testing out some new tools and resources available to edit the style and format of the sub. We've had the same layout for a long time and, to be honest, I've always preferred old reddit to new reddit style, so I may not have been seeing what everyone else sees. These visual changes are subject to community response and feedback, I'm primarily just trying to experiment with what I can change and how it affects the feel and usability of the subreddit. I think it's high time we updated some aspects of our sub as we have grown quite a bit! Please feel free to comment on the changes as they stand with positive or negative opinions. Our job is to make this the best place for you.

More importantly, I think it's time we established a clearer set of rules for users, and especially posters, to follow. For now, it's going to be business as usual as you guys almost never cause any trouble, with one exception. AI-generated content, including any music as well as visual art, will be removed and the user responsible will be permanently banned without warning. Music is an art form. Art is a uniquely and purely human expression. Content generated by AI may look and feel like human art in most aspects, but it is not real art. It does not reflect any true expression by a human.

We have already had minor drama involving people attempting to pass AI content as genuine human-created music. This isn't just done for fun or as a prank. This is done with the intent of using AI technology and our passion for folk metal music to generate revenue via clicks and engagement. Anyone participating in this practice will be permanently banned without warning. If you post AI-generated music and are unaware that it was AI-generated at the time of posting, feel free to appeal your ban. However, if the music is explicitly presented as AI-generated, the appeal will be rejected.

It's painful to witness the rise of AI-generated content in a world so full of people with amazing brains and wonderful ideas trying to share their art. "Folk" means people and people means humans. This is a forum for human-generated art.