Welcome back for another year of Panthers hockey! As usual, we want to go over a few subreddit etiquette/rules for all our new Panthers fans that have joined us.
To start, we have some exciting news. As of this morning… we are now over **22,000** members of the community! As of this time last year, we were just surpassing 17k members… That is a yearly growth of 5k! Thank you to all the existing and new members who continue to make this subreddit what it is, we all appreciate your participation.
**GDT/PGT’S**
Please refrain from posting Game Day Threads or Post Game Threads, as this is done automatically by u/hockeymod. If there is no GDT one hour prior to puck drop, or 10 minutes post-game, feel free to make one, but stick with the appropriate title.
Example – *Post Game Thread / Game Thread: Florida Panthers Vs / at XYZ – Oct 15 2023*
**Rules**
1 – Buying & Selling – [r/FloridaPanthers](https://www.reddit.com/r/FloridaPanthers/) does not allow for buying and selling of goods; this includes promoting merchandise, jersey sales or ticket sales. If you are looking to sell jerseys, please check out [r/HockeyJerseys](https://www.reddit.com/r/HockeyJerseys/). Offering to give tickets out for free is fine.
2 – Uncivil Participation – No harassing, bullying, threatening or talking down to others. Users will be banned for either a limited amount of time, or even permanently banned if the user continues to cause issues.
3 – Low Content Posts – Low content posting will be removed, and repeat offenders will face a temporary ban, and possibly a permanent ban if the issue persists. Examples of low content posts are generally considered to be posts that could be something discussed in an existing thread or pre/post game threads. Please dont spam the subreddit post-game, when you can post in the PGT instead.
4 – Trolling – Trolling/trash talking on other teams’ subs will get you a ban here. Good-spirited trash talk is generally welcome on [r/hockey](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/), so stay out of other team subs if you don’t want to be banned from [r/FloridaPanthers](https://www.reddit.com/r/FloridaPanthers/). We are in constant communication with other teams mod’s for cross-harassment / trolling, and will gladly ban anyone who is harassing other subreddits.
Additionally, you can join the [/floridapanthers discord](https://discord.gg/jGw9bXPY3f) for daily discussion about the team.
If anyone has any questions / comments / thoughts about the subreddit, we would be happy to listen! We hope everyone has a great season!
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\- Florida Panthers MOD team
by ohwowitsrambo
