Something big is happening, as Reddit seems to have purged literally every NSFW sub they know. Reason is always “unmoderated” despite some of the banned subreddits being fully moderated.


Edit: seems to have been a bug in automation (thanks @[email protected]):

https://old.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/1ii67mt/_/mb3fewv

It’s still a good reminder on how quickly a community (or communities) thousands of people enjoy and in some cases rely upon can disappear.

  • @[email protected]
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    27 hours ago

    The reason for all of them was unmoderated. So it seems to me like they have/are testing a method to auto ban unmoderated subs. Not that crazy, imho.

    • @Clasm
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      Then why weren’t there loads more “unmoderated” subs of different categorize blocked?

      If it was just a glitch, I suspect that the affected subreddits would better represent a random distribution of topics than what we witnessed.

      • @[email protected]
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        16 hours ago

        A glitch is when something doesn’t work as you expect it to. I don’t know why you’d suspect any kind of behaviour from a glitch. Glitches can do all kinds of crazy shit.

        To be clear, I’m speculating on what tool they may actually be working on.

        • @Clasm
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          I’m aware of what a glitch is. What I’m saying is that they are already targeting these specific subs regardless of their moderation status. The only ‘glitch’ here was that they got caught pushing an agenda.

          • @[email protected]
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            15 hours ago

            You countered the assertion that it was a glitch with “well then why…” and presented a scenario you’d expect to see if it really were a glitch. I tried explaining why that doesn’t make any sense.

            Have a good day.

    • Jomn
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      76 hours ago

      If they are really testing things like that, it’s quite worrying that they did it on the production server…

        • @[email protected]
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          16 hours ago

          I see, I assumed trans_surgeries wasn’t a nsfw sub, so I was weary of why it would be in the list with the rest.

          • @[email protected]
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            NSFW doesn’t mean literal porn it means “what would be potentially catastrophic for the prudes at work to see on my screen out of the corner of their eye”.

            As it turns out, anyones’ loins falls under that definition because vivimos en una sociedad.

            And taking a scythe to anything with that tag is much simpler than actually being an arbiter of what is and isn’t “degenerate” porn for the sake of this batshit prudish regime.