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All mods of /r/self and /r/shittylifeprotips were removed and suspended for 7 days without any warning first. (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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We toggled to 18+ and sort of let nature take its course by only enforcing TOS. I say "we" but in reality I was the only active mod on either sub, so I do feel bad for getting awkwardtheturtle banned by association (lol). After the fact got the "It’s not ok to show people NSFW content when they don’t want to see it.

Mods should not make malicious changes to their communities, such as allowing rule-violating behavior or encouraging the submission of sexually explicit (18+) content in previously safe-for-work spaces."

This is my first post, also fuck Spez

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is there actually a particular rule against turning SFW subs into NSFW subs?

No, and historically it's been the admins' stance that it's up to the mods to determine what is an acceptable level within the sub. They're absolutely just making up the shit as they go and trying to retroactively justify their impulsive actions after the fact.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What I don't get is this:

Previously, reddit admins could distance themselves from what the moderators were doing.

You know plausible deniability. "We allow our users to post stuff, users moderate themselves. Oopsiedoodle. We allowed users to post pictures of underage girls on reddit for years, time to fire the volunteer mod responsible."

Obviously, anyone who's been on reddit for a while, knows that's bullshit. Reddit's perfectly happy to profit off questionable and outright illegal content. But the admins had that excuse.

But now they're literally and openly forcing subreddits like /r/piracy to re-open.

This strikes me as legally questionable. They're not just tolerating or even condoning some of the more questionable content, they're now actively promoting it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ad dollars. They're losing money with the nsfw content because the ads can't be shown next to porn. They still get plausible deniability with r/piracy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I don't understand how they get plausible deniablity with r/piracy if they kick out the existing mods and then run it themselves.

But maybe that's why they're leaving the subs restricted and unmodded. Can't be blamed for running the sub if you don't actually run anything i guess.