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effieokay t1_je6ubmd wrote

I've been on Reddit for a while and I'm glad to see these changes. There used to be some really questionable communities and concepts that appeared to be endorsed via the lack of action.

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sus-water t1_je70vsd wrote

They're trying to ipo. They aren't doing this from the kindness of their hearts

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The_NiNTARi t1_je75uxm wrote

100% this it’s exhausting how many people feel companies do things out of kindness. They are either seeking profit or found profit and want to add color to give the appearance of grace and kindness.

99% of Corporations do not think any other way. Giving a 1% variable so I don’t have people trying to correct me.

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codyt321 t1_je7jrq7 wrote

Yeah ok? I'm still glad the subreddits flirting with child porn are gone.

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firemogle t1_je7broh wrote

It's the same reason a company will take out ads to talk about how much they give to charity, when they could just spend the ad money on more charity. Caring sells but only if everyone knows how much you care.

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WackyBones510 t1_je8f2fx wrote

This is very literally the only purpose a for-profit corporation can have - it’s not like some cool cynical take. It’s still fine to praise positive actions as earned media will create a demonstrable value for other businesses.

This is like being upset because you found out you computer isn’t genuinely nice.

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Erriis t1_je7bbya wrote

Way to lift the branches so the gremlins can’t cherry-pick!

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asdaaaaaaaa t1_je7ods6 wrote

Some people just really struggle to separate business from personal feelings, and understand the complex nature of having an investment board or large groups running things. While it's nice they did this, it should be obvious that many other changes will eventually follow that will be a net negative for the content and users unfortunately. Always is when this happens. It's good the subreddits are gone, but bad if overall users drop like a rock or leave in droves because of profitable changes.

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holliups t1_je9i0ch wrote

Even if other changes follow that will be a net negative for the content and it's users, it'll still be a 100% worth it since revenge porn will no longer be allowed. No matter what happens next, the entire platform could shut down, and it'd still be worth it in order to get rid of that content. I'm not sure what you're saying here?

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Ostracus t1_je89h7z wrote

Well I think we all know the current status of internet statistics. Maybe they are, maybe they aren't, but in the end it works out for everyone else so it really doesn't matter their reasons.

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Scary-Perspective-57 t1_jeayodt wrote

Bro, corporations only exist on paper, corporations are just groups of people like you and I. I am all for criticising them but the reality is that we are just criticising ourselves.

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antigonemerlin t1_je7adf6 wrote

As long as they are doing it, that means the pressure is partly working. Corporate investors only care because they know consumers care.

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LeadSky t1_je7qe5c wrote

Still good that they’re permabanning these shitheads, whether it’s from kindness or not. That’s not what matters.

What matters is they are cracking down on the vile shit

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_w2- t1_je9ebho wrote

As a tech guy, I love this. Tell me about the permaban. Does anyone know how reddit actually plans to keep these people off their platform?

Permaban isn't real. 😂

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Luci_Noir t1_je7h0xk wrote

Does it matter? Some people will get outraged about anything.

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garlicroastedpotato t1_je765ae wrote

And I mean, it's an announcement about the effects of a policy they released almost a year ago when they were intending to IPO earlier. There's a lot still wrong with Reddit that'll make for a terrible public social media company. Their moderators are such massive liabilities. The corporate and country regulated subreddits are like Chinese TikTok level nightmares. And then the fact that it still has porn subreddits that really only act as an advertisement for its posters onlyfans.... like.... they got a lot of work ahead of them.

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The_Blue_Adept t1_jeai9ra wrote

There will be a culling soon. The massive removal will reduce this app to MySpace when it's over.

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nobody_smith723 t1_je763by wrote

also. nothing stops anyone from making a new account.

now if reddit announced aggressively working with law enforcement to see anyone engaging in revenge porn or non-consensual image sharing... brought up on criminal charges. and here is some success stories.

that might be something.

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sus-water t1_je76nrm wrote

You can get an IP and device ID ban, but if someone gets around both, there's nothing reddit, or any social media site for that matter, can do

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Redqueenhypo t1_je84cas wrote

I’m sure that’s true. Doesn’t mean I think we should bring the jailbait sub back in the interest of freeze peach.

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dangerbird2 t1_jebc1tv wrote

Just like how the admins refused to remove the "jailbait" and other pedophilia-adjacent subs until Anderson Cooper and other big-name media started reporting about it.

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User9705 t1_je7q34x wrote

Soon as they IPO, I’m signing up for the new version at sus-water.com

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asdaaaaaaaa t1_je7o56m wrote

Agreed. Not to mention while one or two things might end up being a positive, the overall change will be a net negative for the content and users. It always is.

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Samurai_Meisters t1_je839ff wrote

Though I think reddit has been a little overzealous in their suspensions lately. Like the mods of /r/girlfriendreviews got suspended for playing Hogwarts Legacy on stream and being harassed for it. Which is ridiculous.

And more and more I see accounts that are suspended for I don't even know what. A reddit post will turn up in a search result and it will be very helpful, then I click the user to see more from them, and they are suspended.

They can't all be up to some shady shit.

It really feels like reddit is overall getting worse and worse, and I can't help but think it's at least partially due to permabanning good users.

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mudman13 t1_je9crz4 wrote

Power hungry mods that ban or suspend for spurious reasons and an ineffectual appeal process, or when you try and reason with the mod teams about it they just reply with some snarkasm

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holliups t1_je9ihc1 wrote

People wanna blame the mods, but overall the issue is the fact that Reddit won't pay the money to hire people to moderate. They rely on whoever is willing to just do it for free in their own spare time, and there are no concrete guidelines on how to do it. You can't be surprised that the moderation is shit, blame Reddit instead.

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holliups t1_je9ictg wrote

I'll take a few fools getting suspended cause of a game over revenge porn being on the platform any day of the week, but suit yourself.

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BowiesAssistant t1_jeagdtw wrote

Is it gatekeeping? Ive just hecome aware on another sub about the gatekeeping shit stains that edit on wiki. What you and others describe re cherry picking and banning certain subs has me thinking its a similar structure in terms of gatekeeping basement bros&petty nonsense.

Also notice I cant find one single sub for tenant rights in ontario that is active? The one I found only allows "trusted users" to post and has ZERO posts itself other than the initial welcome etc etc. Seems landord stacked in the other subs.

Im new to this environment but late to the party as it seems. Overall I've found it helpful and more engaging than social media nonsense...but eek. This all sounds like a fucking mess.

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Full-Hedgehog3827 t1_je93pmt wrote

Disagree. People get banned for the dumbest shit these days. Corrupt mods just ban people they don't like.

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futatorius t1_je98ahw wrote

The politics subs have vague rules, which they selectively enforce. And just coincidentally, those banned often seem to have different politics than the mods who ban them.

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esran7 t1_je9t5yn wrote

You can get action taken against your account by admins for criticizing a youtubers video style/cadence.

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thegreatgazoo t1_je9ryy7 wrote

There were a bunch that weren't even questionable. /r/jailbait comes to mind, and I know there were worse out there. It wasn't quite as blatant as Usenet used to be/still is (there were/are such lovely groups as alt.binaries.pictures.erotic.preteens, .early teens, and .boys). I haven't been on it in 20 years, so I have no idea what it's like now. I wouldn't even want to look because I'd presume it's all honey potted at this point (basically if you go there, everything you do is logged)

That said, the only reason Reddit banned them was that they were embarrassed in the press .

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catharsis23 t1_je9vkl0 wrote

Lol I still remember when tons of subreddits locked arms to defend subs that posted underage porn and basically blacklisted links to the sites that exposed the creeps behind the subs

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