We heard you.

After thoughtful discussion within leadership and meaningful feedback from the community. We’re moving the Lakes of Fire Facebook Group to a post-approval model for all posts, while keeping comments fully open.

Here’s what that means. Starting March 1, 2026:

• You can still submit posts.
• People can still comment freely.
• Hard conversations can still happen.
• Criticism is not being filtered out.

What is changing is how posts appear on the page.

All posts will go through approval before they’re published. That doesn’t mean your post won’t be approved. It does mean that if we’re releasing important organizational information, your meme masterpiece might wait a few hours while that announcement has time to breathe. We may also experiment with a weekly meme thread so major updates don’t disappear into a sea of mayo memes (we say this with love).

We’ll also consolidate duplicate topics. Instead of fifteen threads saying the same thing, we’ll guide discussion into a central thread. This helps keep information visible and makes the page easier to navigate. It also means questions are more likely to get clear answers rather than being buried in snark and half-truths.

Posts that will be approved

• Theme camps recruiting, fundraising, or promoting events 
• Department leads sharing needs or deadline reminders already announced
• General event questions not clearly answered on the website or newsletter
• Artists seeking assistance, fundraising, or sharing work they’re bringing (art grant recipient or not)
• Participants sharing what they’re building or bringing and looking for feedback (this may evolve into a weekly thread)

Posts that will not be approved

• Explicit sexual or drug-related content
• Trauma-dumping posts with highly specific details (hard conversations are welcome; graphic detail is not required for them to happen)
• Multiple duplicate posts on the same topic (these will be consolidated)

If a post isn’t approved, the team will reach out directly to explain why and in many cases, simply answer the question if that’s what’s needed.

This change is about focus and clarity giving important updates room to land, keeping conversations organized, and helping the group function as a useful resource for everyone. It does not remove your voice or your ability to engage.

We know this year has brought a lot of change, including a new venue, and we appreciate the community speaking up about the original one-way plan. This updated approach reflects that feedback and represents where leadership has aligned.

To support this shift, we’ll be adding two new moderators to the team. If you’re interested, please fill out the form. You must be in good standing within the Facebook community to be considered.

Thanks for helping keep this space informative, weird, occasionally hilarious, and ultimately helpful.

See you in the threads.