• ToadOfHypnosis@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    18 days ago

    The oligarchs are getting nervous. Good. I hope they are a scared. Fuck their platforms and their false backing of “free speech.”

    • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
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      17 days ago

      I’m just going to latch onto the top comment…

      An actual reddit admin posted this 2 days ago:

      Today we are rolling out a new (sort of) enforcement action across the site. Historically, the only person actioned for posting violating content was the user who posted the content. The Reddit ecosystem relies on engaged users to downvote bad content and report potentially violative content. This not only minimizes the distribution of the bad content, but it also ensures that the bad content is more likely to be removed. On the other hand, upvoting bad or violating content interferes with this system.

      So, starting today, users who, within a certain timeframe, upvote several pieces of content banned for violating our policies will begin to receive a warning. We have done this in the past for quarantined communities and found that it did help to reduce exposure to bad content, so we are experimenting with this sitewide. This will begin with users who are upvoting violent content, but we may consider expanding this in the future. In addition, while this is currently “warn only,” we will consider adding additional actions down the road.

      We know that the culture of a community is not just what gets posted, but what is engaged with. Voting comes with responsibility. This will have no impact on the vast majority of users as most already downvote or report abusive content. It is everyone’s collective responsibility to ensure that our ecosystem is healthy and that there is no tolerance for abuse on the site.

      Screenshot

      This was the only thing left reddit had going for itself: that users can influence the algorithm with their votes.

      The subredditDrama posts are here:

      reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/1j5cqq1/multiple_subreddits_express_concern_after_reddit/
reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/1j5tcgj/after_an_rpopculture_moderator_is_suspended/

      As someone who switched to feddit just a few days ago I can say this has been building up. Small things like deciding which comments get visibility, phasing out old.reddit, doing nothing about bots, introducing bot/karmafarma-friendly mechanisms, an uptick in pro-MAGA posts/comments as well as disinfo bots … but still, this feels like an uncharacteristically large step.

      • OnASnowyEvening@lemmy.world
        1·
        17 days ago

        So, starting today, users who, within a certain timeframe, upvote several pieces of content banned for violating our policies will begin to receive a warning.

        I saw users warning other users to be careful (how they upvote) or they might get banned. I don’t know what else screams “censorship” and “hostile environment” quite like encouraging your own users to caution those around them to shut up.

      • Lemminary@lemmy.world
        1·
        17 days ago

        It is everyone’s collective responsibility to ensure that our ecosystem

        It’s whose responsibility?? HAHAHAH

  • MyDarkestTimeline01@lemmynsfw.com
    1·
    17 days ago

    Good. I hope Reddit tears itself apart. After having three accounts banned because I was better at insults than the one trying to haze me I think that site had run its course.

    • socsa@piefed.socialEnglish
      1·
      17 days ago

      It won’t, it will just complete the transition to a right wing propaganda platform, because right wing chuds are very profitable.

    • Match!!@pawb.socialEnglish
      1·
      17 days ago

      I’ve been on lemmy for like a year and

      • the worst thing that’s happened on lemmy is that nicole botspam

      • meanwhile Reddit has done at least 3 heinous unforgivable things in that time

  • Cocopanda@futurology.todayEnglish
    1·
    18 days ago

    I lost my 14 year old Reddit mod account. That modded a million plus subreddit. Because I made a joke that McConnell was close to death. Which he is. But they banned me before having to offer me stock options. Cunts.

    • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      18 days ago

      reddit is making way for right wing-only content, they allow “other side content” to drive up engagement.

      • Cocopanda@futurology.todayEnglish
        1·
        18 days ago

        Remember what killed Digg? Sarah Palin super users getting Republican content to the top of Digg. That will just kill Reddit off sooner.

        • umbraroze@lemmy.world
          1·
          18 days ago

          People often think it was the encryption key controversy that broke Digg. Nah, the massive vote brigades and cliques operating blatantly on the open were the first nail. The second nail was Digg redesign with the stated goal of “power users are good ackshually and no way this will go wrong”

          If random ordinary users don’t have any power on the site anymore - won’t be heard and will just be punished for ordinary actions - what has Reddit really become?

    • OnASnowyEvening@lemmy.world
      1·
      17 days ago

      Refreshing to see a comment like this. I was dumbfounded when I opened the Reddit thread this morning and found NONE of this. The Reddit of Old is quite dead. Long live the Reddit of Whatever the Fuck this is; or, better yet, platforms like Lemmy.

  • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    17 days ago

    Reddit has been doing this shit for years. It’s a big reason why I left. Spez (little piggie) was only the catalyst.

    A few ban-happy,power tripping moderators did come over here, though. I don’t have specifics on that, I just know I’ve seen them, and I’ve also been banned for some real dumb shit. I just stay away from those communities/instances.

    • bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      1·
      17 days ago

      This feels somewhat different because previously, generally speaking, the problematic subreddits (jailbait, fat people hate, etc) were pretty much isolated to that subreddit, so action could be taken to that subreddit without a big blast radius to the rest of the site. Also, for the most part, the issues were targeting marginalized people. Going after people in the comments of r/popculture for upvoting a comment about Luigi is nothing like previous controversies.

  • TeoTwawki@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    16 days ago

    they ban for upvoting “eat the rich” too.

    yet reddit admins never had a problem with thedonalds posters litteraly saying people should be shot and other violent rhetoric for years. the key difference is this time the billionaire class got upset.

  • Gawdsausage@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    17 days ago

    They banned my old reddit account because I reported fake news that was being posted on r/conservative. Apparently subreddit mods can report users who use the report tool and can just get you banned.

    • socsa@piefed.socialEnglish
      1·
      17 days ago

      And then they say “if a user is breaking the rules, don’t engage, use the report button.”

      • Cinder Bloc @lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        17 days ago

        Which is stupid. A mod can just ban you forever and call it a day. Where the Admins have fucked up is if you harass a mod via modmail, they can only mute you for I think 28 days max, before you can start harassing them again. So, instead of letting a mod simply mute you forever, they created the report bullshit.

    • SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world
      1·
      17 days ago

      I got banned because I posted a comment on an anti vaxx sub (I was challenging one of their comments) and found out a lot of subs had ban bots that just watched who posted to subs they didn’t like. Whatever you do don’t put any thought into your mod work or look at the comment’s context.

    • commander@lemmings.worldEnglish
      1·
      17 days ago

      So much shady shit going on on reddit.

      The modlog is a breath of fresh air for lemmy. Praise whoever came up with and supported it.

    • Taldan@lemmy.world
      1·
      17 days ago

      I got a warning for a similar thing. They can disagree with the report, but warning/banning users for it is insane

      • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        17 days ago

        i got hit with report abuse a couple times. there were legitimate comments that should be reported but not getting removed.

    • Cinder Bloc @lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      17 days ago

      They recently, meaning I don’t exactly know when it happened, gave mods the ability to report you for “Abuse of the report tool”. For the record, I’m a mod on some subreddits, and that’s an absurd thing to need. I’ve learned a few things about being a Reddit mod.

      1. It’s not nearly as hard as some mods make you think it is.
      2. If they actually experience difficulty, it’s probably cause they suck at being a mod.
      3. Subs that experience issues, are typically cess pools like r/conservative.
      • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        17 days ago

        yea ive been reported for “report abuse” when the comments were legitimately trolls or obviously posting misinformation, crossbanning is also just as ridiculous. from what ive gathered, some mods are lazy into responding to every post being reported so they decided just to get rid of the reporter instead having to deal with.

    • andros_rex@lemmy.world
      1·
      17 days ago

      I got permanently banned for pointing out that a popular sex advice subreddit was being run by a rapist…

  • papasan_mamasan@lemmy.world
    1·
    17 days ago

    So sad…I loved Reddit…I’m so sad to see it come to this. I’m so sad for all of the young people who think this is how the internet should be……

  • ramble81@lemm.ee
    1·
    18 days ago

    We all know what’s gonna happen next. The Admins will lock out the remaining mod and take it over for being “unmoderated” and install their own puppets like nothing ever happened.

  • arotrios@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    18 days ago

    Yea, my blessed Fediverse brethren, hear ye!

    Mark thy holy lemmings, gird thy loins with smelling salts and prepare for the unwashed tides. The memes will be terrible and swift, and no one will be safe from the waves of idiocy.

    Tremble, for the 2nd Dawn of the Age of Incelius has arrived, and the Reddexodus Reddux is upon us!