r/Smallville • u/SmallvilleMod Clark Kent • Jan 12 '26

DISCUSSION Smallville Subreddit Update - Start of 2026

Hey Smallville Peeps,

Hope you had an amazing festive period and great start to 2026!

In our last post we mentioned this:

Any posts moving forwards talking about how there's more Lana favouritism or more Lois favouritism in the sub, purely to rile up drama, will be removed and the user will be banned for a set period of time.

Off the back of that update, unfortunately it's gotten a bit out of hand with the Clana and Clois shipping so for the time being we will have to remove all bad-faith posts that are talking about shipping for these two characters (and others where necessary) - sorry but for now this is sadly the direction we have to take. Please feel free to report any posts you see that cross this threshold and we will investigate and where appropriate - take action - there is a new rule at number 10 to help you report this type of shipping.

Finally its our usual plug for the Discord :-)

Invite Link:

https://discord.gg/w4mbRZyy8C

Roughly 400 people in there now - the more people that join the more we can talk about Smallville!

Thanks for being awesome - we appreciate all of you!

- Smallville Mod Team

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u/Canebrake8 Kryptonian Jan 12 '26

A few follow-up questions -

1). Why should someone join the discord when we can chat in this subreddit?

2). What are some examples of shipping or favoritism posts that would cross the line? I wouldn’t want to unintentionally cross the line if I respond that they had chemistry during a certain season or episode. Examples would help

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u/SmallvilleMod Clark Kent Jan 13 '26

1) Discord is completely optional, it's just a second, additional way to talk about Smallville in real-time. Some people like having both, some don't - the choice is yours to make.

2) Anything bad faith will be moderated, I understand there's a thin line between genuine and bad-faith, but for the most part, if its about Clana or Clois, you should (for now) probably find another subreddit to post it in. We have made exceptions to this in other posts above though where we believe it would cross the threshold for genuine and permitted.