r/EmulationOniOS

Pirated ROM's/Content

Do not request or share ROMs/other pirated content.

• Discussion, guides, support with unreleased ROMs is prohibited.
• Discussion of piracy for consoles with an active market is banned.
• You may ask for help when using pirated ROM's, but respect developers who refuse support.

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Be civil

Follow the Reddiquette - Be civil and show respect to other redditors.

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Community Standards

• No personal attacks, brigading, or targeting developers or communities.
• Avoid posts attacking moderation decisions on other servers.
• Keep criticism constructive.

The moderators have the final say in what stays and doesn't stay on the subreddit. This is done on a case-by-case basis whenever moderator discretion is needed.

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Relevance

• This subreddit is for emulation on Apple platforms, though primarily iOS, iPadOS and watchOS, and the community surrounding it.
• NSFW, Reddit ToS-breaking, Al spam, low-effort, misleading, or otherwise irrelevant content will be removed.
• The moderators have the final say in what stays on the subreddit. This is done on a case-by-case basis whenever moderator discretion is needed.

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Reposting

• Do not post about things that have already been posted about recently.
• For questions, use the search function to determine if your question has already been answered.

Bad DM Requests

• Don't ask people to DM you/you to DM them for solutions to problems that you could easily just comment publicly. Having solutions be publicly accessible is one of the main strengths of a forum like this. Comments like this will just lead to 20 other people asking you to DM them too, flooding threads with useless bloat.
• Don't publicly ask people to DM you/you to DM them for piracy-related content.

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Spam and self-promotion

• No spam or excessive self-promotion
• Do not use r/EmulationOniOS mainly to advertise paid content
• You may mention paid apps, but posts must focus on community interaction, not sales
• Do not advertise in comments on others’ posts

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The 9:1 Rule

• Certain post topics are overdone, for those certain topics, you must follow the 9:1 rule. For every 1 post you make on one of the below topics, you should make 9 posts or comments that don't. Below is a list of post topics that must follow the 9:1 rule
• Emulator Drama Posts
• Advertisements
• Rate my emulation setup posts

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User-interactive content

• Before posting an AMA, survey, or giveaway, please contant the mods via modmail. You will be required to prove who you are in some way. If you have received a user flair from a moderator you may post without approval from moderators.
• Single-question surveys such as reddit polls or strawpolls, do not need moderator approval.

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Vibecoding/Slop Project policy

• Low-effort Al-generated content ("Al slop") or "vibe coded" projects with little or no meaningful human contribution may be removed..
• Promoting apps that do not follow licensing requirements of any code used may also be removed.
• Don't recommend emulators or other tools that are known to be harmful, use stolen code, or are otherwise disruptive.

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3 Strikes Policy

• If you break a rule you will be issued a strike, 3 strikes and you will be banned
• Upon receiving your second strike, you may receive a 28 day ban.

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