this megathread is for frequently asked questions re. general nail care, general nail concerns, and nail & salon service questions (aka posts that are only allowed on sunday should be posted here if it is not a sunday.) this will be a weekly thread that is pinned, available and accessible Monday thru Sunday. New megathreads will be created weekly. if your post is removed, you may be directed to post here.

FAQs include, but are not limited to:
★ questions re. general nail care and maintenance. for example "i want to start my nail care journey, where do i start" or "how should i trim/file my nails" or "how do i make my nails look better" or "i bite my nails, how do i care for them"

★ questions re. salon experiences. for example "i just got these done today, do they look bad" or "are my nails supposed to look like this after i leave the salon" or "should i get a fill?" or "am i being too picky?" or "would you go back"

★ questions re. salon services. for example "what is gel x" or "what is the difference between biab and acrylic" or "i want nails that look like this photo, what should i ask for?"

★ press-on application and removal questions, or press-on sizing questions, press on glue recommendations etc

★ questions that are NOT allowed - "was i overcharged", "how much should/would these cost" "should i get a refund" (these will be removed)

this megathread is for kind and courteous engagement, patience is required — if you don't have bandwidth for that, that's okay! these comments/this megathread is not for you.

hi nail babes! buckle up! this is going to be a long post !! [this was originally posted on 6/6 (saturday) and is being reposted with minor changes + a few clarifications and to make sure it is as widely seen as possible since weekday engagement is higher]

over the last few months the sub has seen a lot of growth and this seemed like a great time for a mod-post. these updates, expansions, and new rules are meant to make the sub safer and thus, funner while remaining true to the sub’s objective of being a place to show off your beautiful nails. for ease of reading, this post is broken into sections. there is an index and then corresponding sections below.

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Index:

• Rule 1: Be civil and respectful [reminder only] 
• Rule 2: No asking for/giving medical advice [OMITTED, NO CHANGE]
• Rule 3: Tag Your Inspo Pic/No Stolen Content [reminder only] 
• Rule 4: Keep posts high quality [updates, expansion]
• Rule 5: No AI creations (human work only!!!) [OMITTED, NO CHANGE]
• Rule 6: Stay on topic [reminder only]
• Rule 7: No NSFW content [reminder only]
• Rule 8: No advertising [OMITTED, NO CHANGE]
• No trolling or spamming [OMITTED, NO CHANGE] -- being merged with Rule 4 (Keep Posts High Quality)
• Rule 9: No Distributing personal information [reminder only]
• Rule 10: Flair & Mark your posts [updates, expansion]
• Rule 11: No politics [OMITTED, NO CHANGE] 
• Rule 12: Cursed Pose [reminder only]
• ✨✨✨3 NEW RULES✨✨✨***[EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY]***

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RULE 1: BE CIVIL AND RESPECTFUL [REMINDERS]: this is rule 1 for a reason, and it will continue strictly enforced. comments or posts that violate this rule are subject to warning, mutes, or bans.

1. there is a zero-tolerance policy for anything that could be perceived as bullying, harassment, ridiculing, trolling. this applies to comments and posts.
2. this includes but is not limited to insulting an artist's work, criticizing someone's preferences/style/color choice/length preferences, criticism when none is asked for.
3. criticism must always be constructive, non-constructive criticism will be removed

this means:

• WE WORK EXTREMELY HARD TO KEEP THIS CORNER OF THE WEB WARM AND WELCOMING. THERE ARE PLENTY OF CORNERS OF THE INTERNET TO BE MEAN AND SNARKY THIS SUB IS \*NOT** ONE OF THEM. BE KIND, BE COURTEOUS, AND MIND YOUR MANNERS WHEN ENGAGING HERE. RULE 1 IS STRICTLY ENFORCED.*
• unnecessarily rude/mean (incl. obviously backhanded compliments and snarky memes) or negatively critical comments will be removed and are subject to a warning, mute, or ban.
• 🚨‼️PLEASE BE ADVISED: if your post includes "thoughts" or "what do you think" in the title or body, your post may receive critical comments/constructive critical feedback. if you do not want this, consider not including these words in your post🚨‼️
• 🚨‼️PLEASE BE ADVISED: if you leave any \NEGATIVE* criticism at all, whatsoever, on a post marked with flair "[NO CRITICISM]" it will lead to an automatic 30-day ban. Posts that are flair'd [NO CRITICISM] are reserved for positive, encouraging, and uplifting engagement ONLY🚨‼️*
• 🚨‼️PLEASE BE ADVISED: if you are rude, condescending, and/or mean {incl. in tone] on posts made on sundays, you will receive an automatic 30-day mute. sunday's are being carved out for newbies to learn and learning here comes with patience.
• please report comments that violate this rule so that they can be dealt with

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RULE 3: TAG YOUR INSPO PIC/NO STOLEN CONTENT [REMINDERS]:

1. ALL inso pics must be tagged in the title OR the username must be visible in the screenshot [no exceptions]
2. Claiming or posting photos that are not your own/claiming stolen content as your own will result in an immediate ban [no exceptions]

this means:

• if you found the picture on pinterest, instagram, tiktok - then the page you found the picture on should be tagged in the title or the username should be visible in the screenshot.
• if you found the photo on google, etsy, amazon, etc. then the site/storefront should be visible in the screenshot.
• bots, burner accounts, and karma farmers love to use stolen pictures and this helps us to keep those accounts off the sub.
• please report posts that violate this rule

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RULE 4: KEEP POSTS HIGH QUALITY [UPDATES & EXPANSION]

1. Low quality photos will be removed
2. Frequently asked questions & low quality posts will be removed.
3. No trolling or spamming

this means:

• Low quality photos = photos/videos too zoomed out, blurry/out of focus photos, low lighting, heavily filtered
• Frequently asked questions are also questions that yield many results when using the subs search functions like "what is the best nail glue?", "hema free polish recommendations", "what tools/supplies do i need starting out
• Low quality posts include, but are not limited to "looking for inspo/drop your inspo"
• posts that will NOT be allowed ANY DAY -- "should i get a refund", "how much should i charge", "was i overcharged" and/or any price related posts are prohibited and will be removed. (why? there are to many variables and this varies from city to state, product to product, etc.)
• see below, for a list of frequently asked questions that are allowed on SUNDAY's only; negative salon experience posts are reserved for sundays [see rule 15]
• you know when you're trolling/spamming, we know when you're trolling/spamming. trolling and spamming = warning, mute, ban.
• please report posts & comments that violate this rule

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RULE 6: STAY ON TOPIC [REMINDERS]

1. All posts must be related to nails (hands and feet)
2. Any posts that could be used to show off other objects (faces/body parts, cars, children, pets, etc.) will be removed and you will likely receive a warning

this means:

• your face/body/body parts should not be used as the background of your post, please see the feed for examples/confirmation if needed -- this includes, legs, bust, etc. in any capacity.
• steering wheels are **NOT** allowed to be in the background of posts. too many posts of people taking pictures of their nails in moving vehicles. (so why not cropped? because we want to promote safety and safe habits and it would defeat the purpose if someone just cropped out the speedometer.)
• will be lenient with pets [however, your nails should be the focus of this picture. your hand hurried in fur is going to get removed.]
• good backgrounds are walls, tables, the sky -- anything but your face, body, bare legs or steering wheels.
• please report posts & comments that violate this rule

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RULE 7: NO NSFW CONTENT [REMINDERS]

1. keep posts and comments SAFE FOR WORK. Anything sexual (including innuendo), graphic, or explicit will be removed, including posts depicting dangerous, risky or illicit activity will be removed and you may receive a warning, mute, or ban.
2. this includes, but is not limited to: fetish content (discrete or not), sexual posts/comments, use of drugs/cigarettes/vapes, posts while operating a vehicle etc.

this means:

• comments should always be SFW -- we have noticed that on sapphic nails posts especially that the comments tend to get sexually explicit and graphic, this is a violation of this rule. you should not use the comment section of any posts on this sub to provide sexual education or participate in graphic sexual conversations or depictions. this is a sub for nails.
• if you see a creepy comment or an inappropriate conversation taking place in the comments PLEASE REPORT IT
• please report posts & comments that violate this rule

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RULE 9: NO DISTRIBUTING PERSONAL INFORMATION [REMINDERS]

1. This applies to private information about yourself or others

this means:

• no posts that ask for a nail tech in your city (why? safety, there are a lot of creeps on this reddit and we do not need anyone sharing places they frequent regularly or routinely)
• instagram and tiktok links that have any information after the "?" in the link [comment if you need clarification on this]

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RULE 10: FLAIR & MARK YOUR POSTS [UPDATES & EXPANSION]

1. Flair is required on all posts -- please make sure you are selecting the appropriate flair or your post may be subject to removal
2. ALL Pedicure posts (posts included feet) MUST be marked *SPOILER* (not to be confused with NSFW) -- even if your post is not flair'd "pedicure" or "manicure & pedicure" your post MUST still be marked *SPOILER* or it will be removed.
3. ALL Graphic Nail Damage (photos included nail breaks or damge) posts MUST be marked *NSFW* (not to be confused with SPOILER) -- your post MUST be flair'd "Nail Care Help [Graphic Nail Damage]" or "[GRAPHIC NAIL DAMAGE]" -- if your graphic nail damage post is not marked AND flair'd it will be removed

this means:

• if your photo is of any kind of graphic nail damage -- this includes, minor nail breaks, nail breaks, damaged nails (inflamed, swollen, moderately/severely bitten) MUST be marked *NSFW* (not to be confused with SPOILER) -- your post MUST be flair'd "Nail Care Help [Graphic Nail Damage]" or "[GRAPHIC NAIL DAMAGE]"
• NO BLOOD -- if your graphic nail picture includes ANY blood, it will be removed and you will receive a warning.
• please report posts that violate this rule

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RULE 12: CURSED POSE [REMINDER]

1. your post MUST have a clear "non-cursed" and non-angled photo as the first photo in the photo set.

this means:

• the first photo must be a standard claw or flat hand pose and not "cursed" angled; cannot be claw poses with all five fingers lined up next to each other (see the "cursed pose" modpost for more info)
• please report posts that violate this rule

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\*NEW RULES*\**

RULE 13: NSFW Profiles (Exemplary Expectations) \*NEW RULE*\**

1. NSFW profiles will be held to a higher standard to maintain and ensure the safety of members and to continue our mission to keep this sub SFW.

this means:

• NSFW profiles CANNOT post anything requesting low quality, general engagement, for example "do you like this color?", "what do you think?", "what color should i get next" -- posts that ask for help regarding nail application, specific nail help are allowed.
• NSFW profiles found to be discretely engaging with other NSFW profiles will be banned.
• pedicure posts from NSFW profiles must be both feet on the ground, up to the ankle
• the NSFW content rule applies to explicit/NSFW usernames/profile pictures -- these accounts will be muted.

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RULE 14: PROHIBITED QUESTIONS: these questions are not allowed, at all, ever. absolutely no exceptions. these comments WILL result in a warning, mute, or ban. **NEW RULE*\*

1. "how do you wipe" [any variation of this, incl. "hygiene concerns"]
2. "how do you function" [any variation of this]
3. "why two/three short nails" [any variation of this]

• these questions are rude, annoying, and asinine -- end of story.
• please report comments that violate this rule

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RULE 15: SUNDAY Q-DAY \*NEW RULE** - based on community feedback -* sunday's are now reserved for nail care & salon experience question day (dubbed "Sunday Q-day"). sunday's will be the day designated for posts that include frequently asked questions that vary by individual/experience. this is aimed to keep the feed high quality while still making space for people who are in various states of learning.

• if you do not have the bandwidth to be patient and kind when explaining/engaging with posts made on sundays, we are going to kindly ask that you sit this one out. learning on this sub should be met with patience and kindness -- please keep in mind that some people come to this sub because this is the only place they can chat nails and others are having their first salon experiences. there is space for that here.
• "why didn't you speak up?" = not okay; "next time you should speak up when you notice xyz"= okay. // "posts like this annoy me" , "i am so tired of ya'll coming to complain on the internet." = not okay & will be removed with potential warning.

this means:

1. Sunday begins at 12AM (US-Eastern Standard Time and ends at 11:59PM (US-Pacific Standard Time) -- you can engage with your post into perpetuity, it just needs to be posted on sunday only. -- "Normal" posts are allowed on sundays
2. Posts that are ONLY to be posted on Sundays: negative salon experiences, questions about a salon experience, and questions about salon services,
3. posts that should ONLY be posted on Sunday's also include: "what i asked for vs what i got (unhappy)", "newbie looking for advice", "what do you think?", "should i be upset?", "are these bad?", "what is the difference between gel x and acrylic?", "what's wrong with my nails?", "help with sizing?", product recommendations/questions, general gel allergy questions
4. Frequently asked questions are also questions that yield many results when using the subs search functions like "what is the best nail glue?", "hema free polish recommendations", "what tools/supplies do i need starting out"
5. posts that will NOT be allowed ANY DAY -- "should i get a refund", "was i overcharged", "how much would this cost", "did i overpay", -- any price related posts
6. posts that will be allowed outside of sunday -- "how to fix specific thing" like "how do i get charms to lay flat", "why is my blooming gel not blooming"
7. there will be a monthly megathread on sunday's for users to post questions, that don't want to make their own posts. next megathread will be in July.
8. please be patient with users and modteam as the sub adjusts to this change
9. please report posts that violate this rule

• non-question captions/titles if you're stuck:
• "showing off my new nails"
• "new nails", "new set"
• "i love my nails"
• "nail day is the best day", "nail day is my favorite day"

✨💖✨this post will eventually become a part of the sub's wiki page.✨💖✨

/end_modpost

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