Note: I'm not talking about banning people who express said opinions in their subreddit. I'm not talking about people who come to your subs and spew racism. Read what I have to say and hear me out.

The idea of banning someone just because they harbor opinions I don't like is very unsettling to me. For example, imagine someone's a raving mad racist, but they have something constructive to say about video games. I don't see a reason from banning the guy from talking about how much he likes a video game just because he also posts on /r/coontown. Ban him when he says something racist, not before.

The cops don't arrest someone just because they might break the law. That's some Psycho-Pass shit.

Can you explain your mindset to me if you're someone who thinks that pre-emtively banning someone before they break your rules is a good thing?

It's a problem, and allows people to continue harassing the modteam extremely easily.

Hello All,

Tomorrow we will be holding a memorial for /u/T_Dumbsford, who passed away last Sunday. She was a dear friend to many in the mod community and often one of the first people to be friendly to new comers. We encourage you to share stories about her in the general channel so they can be edited and sent to her mother.

Before Melinda passed her mother expressed to me that she did not want to bury her daughter. It's my fondest wish that these stories will keep her memory alive for her mother and open up the door to the mysterious world that she lived in. Please join myself, Susan and Merari for the event.

https://discord.gg/PvQwpM

https://www.reddit.com/r/FreeKarma/comments/4ee10t/upvote_for_boobs_used_as_punching_bags/d1znbr0

https://www.reddit.com/r/FreeKarma/comments/4eeyyg/knockout_will_upvote_your_links_and_comments_back/d1znbl7

https://www.reddit.com/r/FreeKarma/comments/4eeyyg/knockout_will_upvote_your_links_and_comments_back/d1znbl7

https://www.reddit.com/r/FreeKarma/comments/4eebcf/upvote_4_upvote/d1znb80

https://www.reddit.com/r/FreeKarma/comments/4edb21/ill_upvote_anything_you_want_me_to_if_you_upvote/d1znb1t

https://www.reddit.com/r/FreeKarma/comments/4efl3s/upvote_and_post_link_i_will_upvote/

Meanwhile, they're gaming the karma system in other subreddits like /r/celebs (where I just banned them).

This is a known technique for getting around spam detection on /r/spam, and because the bot doesn't ignore imgur links (like it should) users like this get away with things.

This kinda thing shouldn't be allowed.

So why do we allow a subreddit that allows people to ask for free up votes if asking for up votes on any other subreddit is against the rules of the site? Shouldn't these kind of subreddit be shut down?

Preface: I tried to post this in /r/communitydialogue and it was auto-removed. I don't know where else to post it. If this is the wrong place, please let me know.

Infowars might be total shit -- I don't know. But there are fucktons of links to total shit on Reddit.

I don't like the idea that the biases of the admins are the foundation of the news / information I consume. You guys need to figure out what Reddit is and then put that out. Is it a platform for users or a moderated content provider? Is it Facebook for anonymous people? WTF is the guiding principle that governs the direction of Reddit?

I think I have the ability to decide for myself what's real and what's fake. I do my research -- in fact, I debunked a bullshit post in T_D just yesterday.

By coddling Redditors and deciding that external websites are "good" or "bad", you are telling us that we're children and can't make our own decisions about the world we live in.

You cannot make the world a safe space, and forcing our heads into the sand so we can't see what's happening in the world is a fucking stupid idea.

You know all those weeping people who simply couldn't believe Hillary could lose? They surrounded themselves with "like-minded" people and never heard a dissenting view.

That's what you're doing -- you're creating a bubble and removing dissenting views.

It's a terrible idea, it's fucking arrogant as hell for you to presume that you know best what we should be allowed to see, and you are driving a view of the world that simply doesn't exist.

TL;DR -- Shame. BONGGGGGGG. Shame. BONNNNNGGGGGGG.

Was it difficult to enforce?

Also, just noticed my last post here is still #1 on the subreddit’s front page. That’s awkward

Fuck u /u/modtalk_leaks

While I agree that mods need better tools to deal with problem users, I don't feel like giving us an unregulated OFF button is the way to go. In a few days there'll be scripts and bots and addons that scrape users (like global ban bots) and add the ability to mute. Unless the admins cock block it, there will be a script to renew muting every 72 hours. Or you could always just do it manually. Not like it's hard.

So potentially, a user who has never participated in a sub, but who participates in other subs, or who has said or done things someone else finds questionable, or who made some comment somewhere that time...they could potentially find themselves global banned from dozens or hundreds of subs and have no ability to respond.

I understand that mods are excited that admins are finally addressing some of our concerns. I am, too. But I think we need to be careful. Some of us influence the browsing experience of millions of people, and this could be a powerful tool.

Discuss.

Be good, everybody. <3

Serious question. It just looks like a purpose-built place to get around automod filters.

At about 6PM CST one of our mod accounts was compromised. Those responsible took down the sidebar, removed a lot of posts and posted a short message directing us to a tumblr log (which was unconnected to the event in any way.) We were completely back up within 30 minutes so it wasn't very effective. Had this happened in the middle of the night there might have been more damage done, though. The password involved wasn't weak. I just wanted to make everyone aware that it can be done. Change your password every so often. Cheers!

So in a sub I mod (you can probably guess which one) we've been having some issues with certain users about username pinging. More specifically we've had people who consider it a form of harassment and constantly threaten us in mod mail to "tell the admins." These are just general username pings and it's not like there are entire threads dedicated to "hey username ping this person!11" and we've told the community to stop being so smarmy about it.

We really, really think it's a bit ridiculous that we may have to create a rule essentially barring username pinging all together (it's a function of the website ffs). A couple mods have messaged the admins to no response so I come to you.

Is there an official admin stance on whether or not username pinging is a form of "harassment"? And if we continue to allow username pinging is our sub in danger of being quarantined or banned because of it?

I'm not a subscriber, nor follower, of /r/altright. I'm also not a Trump voter but this link just popped up in my feed:

http://gotnews.com/breaking-reddit-threatens-shut-compliant-right-wing-subreddit-hate-speech-gives-no-examples/

I can't believe what I'm seeing from /u/chtorrr in the responses.

REGARDLESS of your opinion of the sub and it's content how can you in good conscience hold them to a standard that you're unable, or unwilling, to articulate?

I'm seriously flabbergasted at this.

An interesting trend I've noticed on /r/NintendoSwitch is that a lot of really rude people tend to post heavily on subreddits dedicated to individual games. I haven't noticed much of a trend on particular games, just that they don't have as much posting history in more general gaming subs.

Have you noticed any trends in where your rude users come from?

https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsBattlefront/comments/7cff0b/seriously_i_paid_80_to_have_vader_locked/dppum98/?context=3

TL;DR: Players are upset because an $80 upgrade has unexpectedly locked Darth Vader behind your choice of $15 or 40hrs of grinding. EA comes in and attempts to justify locking such an iconic character behind such a steep paywall, in a game that's already very expensive.

I know there's a vast difference in activity for subreddits based on subscriber count, but it's hard to quantify that activity so I'm just going by average scenarios. Subs like AskScience/History/etc. are fairly heavy-handed with their work (and for good reason) so they're clear outliers, but what do you think is the butter zone as far as moderation is concerned? For me, I think 1:10-20k has been the best without any one mod being overworked.