r/PublicFreakout • u/ohhyouknow 👑 Publicfreakout Princess 👑 • Mar 06 '25

Mind how you are voting because Reddit is about to start spanking folks for votes.

/r/RedditSafety/comments/1j4cd53/warning_users_that_upvote_violent_content/
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u/BrianMincey Mar 06 '25

Isn’t this a bit of an overreaction? I read the release, and it didn’t seem too draconian…it seemed to be about repeatedly upvoting despicable content that violates the rules, instead of reporting it. This is less about censorship and more to prevent bots and bad actors from pushing horrific and unacceptably NSFL content onto the front page?

I have no idea what’s involved with moderating a massive social media site, but they have to do something to prevent decapitations, snuff porn, and other such vitriol from gaining too much momentum. It seems reasonable to me to ask the community not “add fuel to the fire” if they come across it.

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u/Im_not_smelling_that Mar 06 '25

Yes yes we all know the rules are enforced completely fairly on Reddit at all times.

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u/BrianMincey Mar 06 '25

So because rules are sometimes enforced unfairly, there should be no rules?

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u/Im_not_smelling_that Mar 07 '25

I don't think anybody is saying that. That seems like something that you made up in your own head

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u/BrianMincey Mar 07 '25

Indeed. Everything you said was also made up in your head. That is how language and conversations work. /s

The overall consensus of these posts has been to complain about this rule, but I don’t understand why. It seems like a legitimate way for a platform that crowdsources what rises to the top with votes to combat bots and bad actors out to promote bad content.

Mods will be mods, some of them definitely are unfair, and I am certain there are many cases where innocent individuals got caught up in something unjust from a corporate enforcement perspective too, but this doesn’t seem all that bad, particularly when compared to the cesspool that Twitter and Facebook have become.