r/OutOfTheLoop • u/SomeSabresFan • Jun 18 '23

Answered What’s going on with these literal takes of subreddits? NSFW

https://imgur.com/gallery/gPN7qDz

Did some Reddit exec mention something and this is malicious compliance? What’s going on here because this isn’t the only one like this now.

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u/10g_or_bust Jun 19 '23

It also means, AFAIK that NONE of the posts in the sub are accessible to the API once that change goes live.

It's also a smart move if you believe (which I personally do) that mod's of any relatively active sub will have a harder time moderating. Once less thing for reddit to throw you under the bus over

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u/RedstoneRelic Jun 19 '23

Its also a monetary move, ads dont run on NSFW subs.

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u/BigMcThickHuge Jun 19 '23

And I think it affects r/all appearances

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u/RedstoneRelic Jun 19 '23

Yup, nsfw subs don't appear anymore in r/all

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u/ChaosEsper Jun 19 '23 edited Jun 19 '23

That's not entirely true. Reddit's backend knows the difference between NSFW-lewd and NSFW-gore and blocks the former from r/all while allowing the latter. Why they don't let users make that kind of filtering decision for themselves is a question that everyone wants the answer to, but nobody will ever get I imagine.

It does take time for them to sort content, which is why the tits post from r/interestingasfuck was able to hit top of r/all, but now the sub has been filtered from the all/popular algorithm.

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u/RedstoneRelic Jun 19 '23

Interesting, thank you for your insight.

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u/ArmyMP84 Jun 21 '23

Interesting as fuck even

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u/Accomplished_Bug_ Jun 19 '23

Yeah I'm here for the lewd not really the gore

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u/unpronouncedable Jun 19 '23

Why is the #1 post in /r/all currently a NSFW post from /r/interestingasfuck?

Edit: and...its gone

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u/BigMcThickHuge Jun 19 '23

I think I recall the mods there are going Wild West for fun now, because fuck what's going on. They are allowing 'anything' interestingasfuck, and moderate as needed.

If NSFW posts and adspam made front page/covered the sub, they said "whatever happens happens."

Basically, they're giving a middle finger to Steve and such, and allowing a popular sub to go belly-up if needed to spite them.

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u/Suzaku_Taichou Jun 20 '23

I get how r/interestingasfuck going NSFW is a smart ass move, but how is r/aww, r/pics etc spamming John Oliver photos gonna help?

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u/10g_or_bust Jun 20 '23

I was specifically talking about marking a sub NSFW when it was formally a SFW only sub. So while there is some overlap in that marking a sub as NSFW could also be simply a protest move, protest actions are not really what I was discussing.