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Hey everyone! I'm u/IM_NOT_BALD_YET, the moderator of r/floordesk. Welcome back if you were here before the ban, and thanks for joining us if you're brand new here. We're the original community for DIY floordesks and looking forward to seeing all of your wonderfully simple or outrageously luxurious builds!

What to Post
Post anything that you think the community would find interesting, helpful, or inspiring. We love to see your desk setups, articles about the lifestyle, seating options, and scientific studies of the effects on the body - especially for all of you WFH workers! Feel free to share your thoughts, photos, or questions about your own setup or setups you're curious about. No matter what your "why" is for having a floordesk, we'd love to discuss it with you and see what you come up with. We're happy to discuss the lifestyle and its benefits!

Community Vibe
We're all about being friendly, constructive, and inclusive. We've built a space where everyone feels comfortable sharing and connecting. We ask that you stay on topic and be excellent to each other. Please note that this is a SFW community so you'll want to be logged in to a SFW account to participate, and this is not a buy/sell/trade subreddit.

How to Get Started

1. Introduce yourself in the comments below.
2. Post something today! Even a simple question can spark a great conversation.
3. If you know someone who would love this community, invite them to join.
4. Active on Discord? The r/floorliving Discord is open for sharing links to specific products, questions about mobility and flexibility, or build brags - basically anything you might find here, but in a convenient location on Discord for those that find that platform more accessible!

Thanks for being here - we're excited for you to get down on the floor!

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Have you changed out the top or legs to your desk? Added a monitor arm or extra shelf? Did you swap to a larger desk or make your desk portable? Share the little tweaks you performed this month to optimize your floor desk!

A good reminder for anyone new to using a floor desk - sitting on the floor has many benefits but it is important to be mindful of your posture and move even when on the floor!

I've had this link saved for nearly a year now and trying to decide if I should take a stab at a DIY version. Does anyone have this desk from Muji? Do you know the dimensions?

Does anyone else have a desk that's portable? This one looks like it could be easy to travel with. The back board could be shortened and I could see this being a good candidate for use in hotels, but also painting/sketching/writing outdoors.

First, no one has done anything wrong that I am aware of. This post is meant to clarify what brigading is, how to avoid interfering in another subreddit, and what is permissible to talk about.

Brigading is explicitly forbidden on Reddit. You can see more about what Reddit considers as interference in another subreddit at this link.

In short, we need to respect our neighbors. Another community that discusses floor desks considers this smaller, older community to be a "duplicate" in competition with theirs and has updated the rules to include any mention in comments, posts, or DMs (inviting users to this community) of this community as a bannable offence. This is their prerogative.

I have removed my few comments linking this community in their posts and will not mention this subreddit within their community going forward - this is something I agreed to so that my own surprise ban would be lifted. You may or may not have noticed the new rule there but you need to be aware of it going forward, lest you end up with a ban.

Calls to action that interfere with that subreddit (like suggesting a coordinated attempt to link or mention this subreddit in their community) will be considered harassment and I will have to ban the user who suggests it. Users who reach out to that Mod Team to question their moderation policies may be seen as harassing or attempting to interfere and you must understand that you do so at your own risk of being actioned by Admin.

Examples of behavior that is considered interference and/or harassment by Admin are in the link above but are here for your convenience:

• Content that makes a call to action to interfere in another community.
  • “I got banned. Post this in r/Hedgehogs_On_Motorcycles and see if you get banned too.”
  • “I modmailed the r/Dalmatians_On_Yachts team to tell them they’re a bunch of losers. I encourage all of you to do the same.”
  • Redditors replying, “Me too!”, "I just tried it. Me three!" to a post stating: “LOL, I just got banned from r/Dalmatians_On_Yachts!”
    • Note: This is an example that illustrates how indirect calls to action can be made.
• Mod tools and/or community styling that are used to encourage interference or harassment.
  • A redditor makes a post that brags about being banned from a community, and a mod adds a “Badge of Honor” flair to the post.
  • A mod uploads a community banner that contains harassing imagery of another community’s mod team.
• A community intended for harassment created by a redditor who is banned from your community.
  • “I got banned from r/Ants_Riding_On_Ferries, so I made r/Ants_Riding_On_Ferries_Mods_Suck. I also added a community description that states that we should go harass the mod team.”

Members of this community who have been banned or receive a ban in the future from the other subreddit are allowed to discuss their experience. Members of this community who have questions about the other community's new rule (as it has been explained and understood) and the consequences (again, as it has been explained and understood) are also allowed to discuss that here, but I am requiring that those discussions remain in this post.

Examples of what is permissible to talk about are in the link earlier, but this part is important to note: "Redditors are allowed to discuss the experiences they have on Reddit (provided they follow site policies when doing so)."

For the record, there is no rule against mentioning the other community here. Our rules remain the same - stay on topic, remain civil, refrain from self-promotion, use your SFW accounts to participate, and do not post sales/wanted ads.

I'm not sure that u/Captain_Nachos is still around but I've recommended their wisdom to so many people in the past - and this short article (with pictures!) shows several ways to sit on the floor at your desk. Enjoy!

Someone sent me this link a couple of years ago and I thought the pics of different setups was a nice touch. The author says they're over 6' tall and I liked seeing how someone with some height on them is making the floor desk work.

Especially appreciated this observation - "I cannot sit for 8 hours like this, but this is kind of the point. The idea is movement and improving flexibility. Throughout my day I transition between the floor, sitting, and standing."

This fits in with one of my "whys" for all things floor living. Improving and maintaining flexibility and mobility.

Hey everyone! I'm u/IM_NOT_BALD_YET, the new moderator of r/floordesk. I’m happy to announce that we’ve managed to get this subreddit unbanned and back open. This is again our home for all things related to DIY floor desks. I’m excited to have you join us!

What to Post
Post anything that you think the community would find interesting, helpful, or inspiring. Feel free to share your thoughts, photos, or questions about your builds - past and present, ideas you have for builds, parts sourcing or how to determine measurements for your use case or height, etc. We’re here to discuss how we’re working and playing at our floor desks!

Community Vibe
We're all about being friendly, constructive, and inclusive. Let's build a space where everyone feels comfortable sharing and connecting. As this is a space for DIY and minimalist builds, you can relax here - no AI, no ads from commercial desk builders, no influencers.

How to Get Started
1) Introduce yourself in the comments below.
2) Post something today! Even a simple question can spark a great conversation.
3) If you know someone who would love this community, invite them to join.
4) Interested in helping out? I’m looking for a few moderators to join my team, so feel free to reach out to me to apply.

Thanks for sticking around through the ban. Together, let's make r/floordesk amazing.