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Content Policy Update (self.announcements)

spez[A] が 投稿

Today we are releasing an update to our Content Policy. Our goal was to consolidate the various rules and policies that have accumulated over the years into a single set of guidelines we can point to.

Thank you to all of you who provided feedback throughout this process. Your thoughts and opinions were invaluable. This is not the last time our policies will change, of course. They will continue to evolve along with Reddit itself.

Our policies are not changing dramatically from what we have had in the past. One new concept is Quarantining a community, which entails applying a set of restrictions to a community so its content will only be viewable to those who explicitly opt in. We will Quarantine communities whose content would be considered extremely offensive to the average redditor.

Today, in addition to applying Quarantines, we are banning a handful of communities that exist solely to annoy other redditors, prevent us from improving Reddit, and generally make Reddit worse for everyone else. Our most important policy over the last ten years has been to allow just about anything so long as it does not prevent others from enjoying Reddit for what it is: the best place online to have truly authentic conversations.

I believe these policies strike the right balance.

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[–]Cheech5 95ポイント96ポイント  (38子コメント)

Today, in addition to applying Quarantines, we are banning a handful of communities that exist solely to annoy other redditors, prevent us from improving Reddit, and generally make Reddit worse for everyone else. Our most important policy over the last ten years has been to allow just about anything so long as it does not prevent others from enjoying Reddit for what it is: the best place online to have truly authentic conversations

Which communities have been banned?

[–]spez[S] 34ポイント35ポイント  (13子コメント)

Today we removed communities dedicated to animated CP and a handful of other communities that violate the spirit of the policy by making Reddit worse for everyone else: /r/CoonTown, /r/WatchNiggersDie, /r/bestofcoontown, /r/koontown, /r/CoonTownMods, /r/CoonTownMeta.

[–]GreyWalker 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

So this was a direct attack aimed solely at that subreddit? Wow. I expected more from you guys.

[–]Cheech5 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Thank you for the response, it's greatly appreciated. I wasn't concerned with any one particular subreddit, but the overall goal of transparency being upheld.

[–]mar10wright 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

Check out /r/quranimals, looks pretty bad.

[–]AirPhforce 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'm actually shocked you did it.

I was thinking for-sure they would just become an ad-free subreddit dedicated to hate hidden behind an 'opt-in' wall.

[–]JoyousCacophony -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

THANK YOU!

Now, can we get a special flair for people that were regular posters in those subs so we can watch them in our subreddits?

[–]Guardax 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Rest in peace CoonTown, no one will miss thee

[–]cincyfan04 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Holy crap they actually did it.

[–]fonetiklee 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Hahaha

Good, fuck those morons

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      [–]TheMentalist10 54ポイント55ポイント  (18子コメント)

      Will you be sharing information about the communities which are Quarantined? Will moderators of those communities know if their subreddit has been affected?

      Edit: Just as it's not immediately obvious, /r/Coontown has been banned

      [–]spez[S] 33ポイント34ポイント  (11子コメント)

      They receive a message, yes.

      [–]TheMentalist10 18ポイント19ポイント  (4子コメント)

      Thanks for clarifying. I'm glad to see reddit taking a firmer, less fence-sitting stance on the matter.

      [–]MerryChoppins 4ポイント5ポイント  (1子コメント)

      Will the individual subscribers receive a message?

      [–]booklover13 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Will there be a list of quarantined subs keep so we which have been quarantined? Will there be an appeal process for a quarantined sub or a way for them to be quarantined if they can make the necessary changes?

      [–]dwmfives 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      I'm 99.9% sure I'm not anyway, but will users of affected communities also be notified?(by admins, not by mods if they chose to pass it on.)

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          [–]CarmineCerise 61ポイント62ポイント  (5子コメント)

          Today, in addition to applying Quarantines, we are banning a handful of communities that exist solely to annoy other redditors, prevent us from improving Reddit, and generally make Reddit worse for everyone else.

          Will there be a clear list of banned subreddits?

          [–]BillW87 27ポイント28ポイント  (1子コメント)

          For the sake of transparency I feel like it would be best to make the list of banned communities public. With all of the concerns lately about the admins not being transparent enough, banning subs without telling us who they are seems counterproductive.

          [–]Facerless 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

          • Encourages or incites violence
          • Threatens, harasses, or bullies or encourages others to do so

          Are these going to be used against communities that are centered around the pre-existing hatred or dislike of a group or person?

          I realize this is nit picking but this is still fairly vague

          What constitutes encouragement or how will you decide what incites someone to action?

          [–]dustfeather 14ポイント15ポイント  (5子コメント)

          Today, in addition to applying Quarantines, we are banning a handful of communities that exist solely to annoy other redditors, prevent us from improving Reddit, and generally make Reddit worse for everyone else

          Sooo... who is getting banned?

          [–]slyf 5ポイント6ポイント  (2子コメント)

          This page (https://www.reddit.com/about/alien/) says that

          Remember: "reddit" is always lowercase.

          But your Content Policy spells it with a capital R, has this branding changed?

          [–]SweetJibbaJams 51ポイント52ポイント  (11子コメント)

          So.... Who is getting banned?

          [–]xienze 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Today, in addition to applying Quarantines, we are banning a handful of communities that exist solely to annoy other redditors, prevent us from improving Reddit, and generally make Reddit worse for everyone else.

          And yet, SRS remains.

          [–]GreyWalker 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

          A community will be Quarantined on Reddit when we deem its content to be extremely offensive or upsetting to the average redditor or to ourselves. The purpose of quarantining a community is to prevent its content from being accidentally viewed by those who do not wish to do so. Restrictions on a quarantined community include:

          • Requiring an account with a verified email address
          • Requiring an explicit opt-in
          • No custom images
          • Will generate no revenue, including ads or Reddit Gold

          [–]Demolishing 9ポイント10ポイント  (1子コメント)

          Is involuntary pornography

          How will this affect stuff like /r/amateur and /r/realgirls and /r/SluttyHalloween ?

          [–]raldi 44ポイント45ポイント  (10子コメント)

          I'm sure some of you are rushing to find the Imgur link about how ripping out someone's tongue doesn't prove them wrong, and that the real answer is to engage them in debate.

          But it doesn't really apply, because nobody's tongue was ripped out. The bigots have already migrated to another site, and they're doing just fine.

          Shockingly, it doesn't look like the conversation going on over there in any way resembles an intellectually-honest debate on racial issues.

          [–]GamersCorp 7ポイント8ポイント  (1子コメント)

          Can you give us any examples of specific subreddits that will be quarantined?

          [–]edafade 7ポイント8ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Subs like /r/coontown are banned but SRS is still up and running. While I don't agree with their ideology or what they represented, you, /u/spez stated yourself, you also did not support the beliefs of /r/coontown but believed they had a place here on reddit. SRS clearly violates reddits Content "Policy" but remains unaffected.

          Nothing has changed, you just put a ribbon on top.

          Very disappointing.

          [–]illegal_deagle 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Unfortunately it looks like SRS will continue to enjoy their harassment and downvote brigading.

          [–]ChangloriousBastard 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Under "Enforcement", shadowbanning is not listed. I know the list is not comprehensive, but does that mean that shadowbanning will no longer be used to enforce the rules as illustrated in the updated content policy?

          [–]I_Will_be_Nice 7ポイント8ポイント  (0子コメント)

          So which subs got banned?

          [–]LargeSnorlax 7ポイント8ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Out of sheer curiosity, can we get a list of specific subs that were so awful that they have to be banned immediately?

          [–]Ughable 46ポイント47ポイント  (11子コメント)

          we are banning a handful of communities that exist solely to annoy other redditors

          What about /r/ShitRedditSays ?!

          [–]MacorgaZ 30ポイント31ポイント  (1子コメント)

          So ShitRedditSays is finally getting banned?

          [–]excoriator 7ポイント8ポイント  (0子コメント)

          handful of communities that exist solely to annoy other redditors, prevent us from improving Reddit, and generally make Reddit worse for everyone else.

          IMO, this describes the "drama" subreddits.

          [–]dwchief 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

          If a user is subscribed to a Quarantined subreddit, will it still appear on their front page?

          [–]WhiteFlight2 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

          I thought you were going to provide a link with why a subreddit was banned. /r/coontown, despite being reviled amongst some users didn't appear to violate any of the rules. It also did well to enforce additional rules that places like SRS flaunt. Why was /r/coontown banned, specifically?

          [–]TehAlpacalypse 23ポイント24ポイント  (9子コメント)

          https://www.reddit.com/r/coontown/

          IT'S GONE BOIS

          [–]paulcam 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Which subreddits are being banned?

          [–]mcac 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Which subreddits are being banned?

          [–]ThatRudeCanadian 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Will there be a list of the subreddits that were banned today? Will there be any previous banned subs that are brought back under quarantine?

          Thanks for the update.

          [–]senorchicken 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Could we get a list of said quarantined communities?

          [–]Teh_Compass 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Quarantining is a good step from outright banning. But banning more subreddits in addition to that isn't going to solve anything.

          Banning subreddits that break the TOS like harassing users and such makes sense, but you can't go and ban subreddits that don't, no matter how much people don't like them.

          /r/fatpeoplehate, for example, was annoying to people but could easily be ignored. It didn't need to be banned initially. But I totally understand that it was banned for the brigading it did. I was subscribed to one of the subreddits that was being brigaded and its users harassed.

          /r/coontown, for example is easily ignored and doesn't deserve to be banned, even if they are racist as shit. I hear rumors about brigading but I personally don't know enough about it. If there is evidence that they are doing something like that then by all means ban them. But just because you don't agree with them doesn't mean they should be banned.

          You essentially run the site and can do whatever you want. But remember what the users want.

          [–]geekgreg 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

          I know a bunch of people will say "Who is getting banned?" but the reality is that drawing attention to them only empowers them. Let's give it a few days and not draw the massive traffic from an /r/announcements thread into toxic communities.

          [–]Naked_Bacon_Tuesday 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Today, in addition to applying Quarantines, we are banning a handful of communities that exist solely to annoy other redditors, prevent us from improving Reddit, and generally make Reddit worse for everyone else. Our most important policy over the last ten years has been to allow just about anything so long as it does not prevent others from enjoying Reddit for what it is: the best place online to have truly authentic conversations.

          If you do plan to ban subs, I'm sure reddit would enjoy an itemized list of ban reasons/offenses by each sub. This shouldn't necessarily include a link or something to an example of the offense, but the list provided should be detailed enough for a reasonable person to say, "OK, yeah, that's clear enough to require the ban."

          But the bans should definitely be released and reasons for them made clear.

          [–]_--___ 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

          Which communities are being banned?

          [–]Goasupreme 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Why is slimgur banned from reddit ?

          [–]commiecat 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Glad to see these changes start to be implemented. Thanks for your work and willingness to communicate so frequently since taking over.

          [–]meauxfaux 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Thanks for keeping us in the loop. It's important to me to be part of this conversation.

          [–]synsensa 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Which communities are being banned?

          [–]TribeFan11 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Will a list of quarantined/banned subreddits be made available?

          [–]petratsarecool 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Is there a list of communities being banned?

          [–]dragonfangxl 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Today, in addition to applying Quarantines, we are banning a handful of communities that exist solely to annoy other redditors, prevent us from improving Reddit, and generally make Reddit worse for everyone else.

          I dont understand. Why bother making this new tool (quarantines) if you're still going to ban subreddits? Do you not trust the effectiveness of this tool? Also is there a list of the subreddits being banned?

          [–]Kilo181 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Is there a list of subreddits that are quarantined/banned?

          [–]cssblondie 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Can you say which communities are banned?

          [–]blanketswithsmallpox 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

          To those with RES, turn off night mode when reading it.

          [–]drumcowski 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Could you tell us which subreddits have been (or will soon be) banned/quarantined?

          [–]SteelSaxon 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          No supporter of Coontown but this is ridiculous

          Arbitrary definitions of what gets banned and what doesn't, what makes Reddit worse and what doesn't. It won't work in the long run you'll fight a never ending war to please everyone and end up pleasing nobody. How SRS didn't make the cut for a ban since it interferes in every Sub when Coontown was relatively contained is case in point.

          [–]superslab 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          we are banning a handful of communities that exist solely to annoy other redditors, prevent us from improving Reddit, and generally make Reddit worse for everyone else.

          I doubted and I complained and I probably said none of that was ever going to happen. I apologize, and thanks for proving me wrong.

          [–]butch81385 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Interesting approach. But I'm sure Reddit won't be happy because Reddit is never happy.

          [–]TheMoralizer 4ポイント5ポイント  (1子コメント)

          Which communities are you banning?

          [–]xRollbacks 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          we are banning a handful of communities that exist solely to annoy other redditors, prevent us from improving Reddit, and generally make Reddit worse for everyone else.

          Drama in 3... 2... 1...

          I still don't understand how you don't realize that if reddits keeps going in the direction it's going we'll just move to another website

          [–]rkahockey 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Good, ban them. This isn't a public place. It's a website. I don't want to feel like I'm supporting something that's vile. If the "slippery slope" eventually spreads to banning something I find valuable and useful I'll just leave...

          [–]selfabortion 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

          ITT: "Which communities are being banned?"

          [–]obviously_suspicious 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          we are banning a handful of communities that exist solely to annoy other redditors

          Say what you want, I say you are stepping on a thin ice, and you are opening up room for silencing anyone admins dislike. Rules for subs' existance should be much more explicit than "don't annoy".

          [–]Didalectic 9ポイント10ポイント  (4子コメント)

          Does this mean /r/Fatpeoplehate comes back under quarantine?

          [–]ForsakenBob 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

          I have to say, this looks like a really nice set of guidelines. In particular, I'm glad to see how you guys have clearly defined what you consider to be "illegal", as this was a huge point of contention in the past.

          [–]thesexygazelle 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          With the new push for transparency I would expect that the list of banned subreddits would be published. I feel like there is a lot of talk about transparency and community involvement but not a lot of actual transparency and the community involvement seems more for posterity's sake.

          [–]Quil0n 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Will previously banned subreddits be quarantined or will they remain banned? Also, will banning subreddits still be a possibility for admins? Outside of that though, I personally think this is a great idea, simply because it keeps the idea of free speech alive on Reddit.

          [–]baldrad 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Spez I am glad you are doing stuff like this but we really need you to engage with the moderators a bit more, I haven't seen you around at all and we are lacking so many tools.

          You are not even saying what your plans are. When is this going to be addressed?

          [–]geekgreg 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          The content guidelines refer to a harassment policy which uses the words "bully" and then "demean" as a part of harassment.

          Could we get some clarification on those terms?

          [–]username3 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

          "the average redditor"
          Yikes

          [–]travisrd 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Yay another Front Page Shitfest

          [–]Wrecksomething 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

          We will Quarantine communities whose content would be considered extremely offensive to the average redditor.

          If we're being honest, that's an extremely high bar.

          Did I understand correctly, quarantines started today?

          [–]man_and_machine 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Is there an appeal process for subreddits banned or quarantined? Will ordinary users be notified when a subreddit is banned or quarantined, or will they only find out when they try to access that subreddit?

          [–]Tetheta 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Can we get a thread somewhere tracking the actions that have been taken since your return /u/spez? I appreciate the changes but I'd like to be able to keep track and compare things.

          [–]NBegovich 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          I understand forgoing profit from quarantined communities by not putting up ads, but how do you stop those subreddits from generating profit vis-a-vis Gold purchases?

          [–]Artalay 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Out of curiosity what constitutes the "average redditor"? And if you don't have a working definition of that, what steps will you be taking towards coming up with it?

          [–]distortion111 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Were these communities warned in anyway before the policy update took effect? Giving them the chance to change might be better than banning them outright upfront.

          [–]confederacist 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

          banning communities hinders free speech, i dont believe that is balance, its compromising what Reddit has stood for

          [–]faghat 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Who decides who the "average redditor" would be? Is Reddit going to be polling this, for example? Will users be able to tell you what content we would like Quarantined, or will you just handpick a bunch that SRS whine about most frequently?

          [–]texxx16 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          neat

          [–]pustulio18 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Well so far this doesn't seem like a complete meltdown of Reddit. But of course we might all be frogs in a pot.

          Grabs Popcorn

          [–]subterranean37 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Temporary or permanent suspension of accounts

          Does this mean that users that are not spammers will now be informed of a ban?

          [–]BobHogan 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Can everyone stop asking the same damn question and read through the thread before you ask, yet again, which subs were banned?

          [–]angrybiter 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Coontown has been banned! This is going to be quite the shitstorm.

          [–]midir 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          I believe these policies strike the right balance.

          Then you shouldn't be afraid to post the list of affected subreddits.

          [–]kecos 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Like other people have said it would be nice to see a list of what's banned. Nice to see coontown is one of them though.

          [–]BenjaminGamepedia 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Is there a list of communities that will be banned/quarantined?

          [–]ThrowGoToGo 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Still murky as all hell. TL; DR: Subs we like will stay (SRS), subs we don't like will go (FPH variants, coontown).

          [–]man_and_machine 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

          What is accomplished by making "quarantined" communities only available to users with a registered email address?

          [–]Guardax 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          This seems like a really good solution, thanks for being so open with the community in coming up with this

          [–]RedVsBlue209 7ポイント8ポイント  (2子コメント)

          grabs popcorn

          [–]Kowal1488 -1ポイント0ポイント  (9子コメント)

          Well CoonTown doesn't exist solely to annoy other redditors. We've been quarantined and have gone above and beyond any rules, in addition to keeping to ourselves entirely.

          Can we have an explanation?

          [–]GayGiles 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Is there any way for mods to find out if any of the subreddits they mod have been banned/quarantined?

          [–]Tchocky 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

          a handful of communities that exist solely to annoy other redditors

          This is a rather broad brush. Annoyingly broad.

          [–]Bamres 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Seems like a decent compromise but some will still definitely not be happy

          [–]abedneg0 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

          Today, [...] we are banning a handful of communities

          Is there a list?

          [–]vtbeerio 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          /u/spez is a spineless pussy. Grow a pair of balls, nigger lover.

          [–]RarewareUsedToBeGood 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          What if I said this post is preventing me from enjoying reddit?

          [–]airmandan 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          What does "no custom images" on quarantined communities mean?

          [–]strayainacan 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          don't worry guys it looks like no porn subs were banned.

          [–]crwcomposer 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

          I thought reddit was supposed to be stylized in lower case. Your post and policy capitalized it multiple times.

          [–]0xBEEFBEEF 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          When can we expect a global, transparent moderation log?

          [–]neonsnow 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          wait. pitchfork time. who is organizing the angry mob?

          [–]Maoist-Pussy 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Which communities have you quarantined, you cocksucker?

          [–]crash__bandicoot 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Which communities are you banning? Can we have a list?

          [–]KeptSayingTryAnother 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Why don't you say [insert subs] will get quarantined?

          [–]silentalarm_ 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Good decision!

          [–]The_Homestarmy 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          How will this affect /r/hulkhogan, brother?

          [–]Pungy8 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          How else am I to casually see rape jokes?

          [–]SpiderTechnitian 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          This is getting upvotes so damn fast haha

          [–]Starquasia_Thomas 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          ITS ANUDDA SHOWAH

          [–]brock_lee 5ポイント6ポイント  (1子コメント)

          I approve.

          [–]Kimbobbins 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Here comes the salty, salty popcorn

          [–]tizorres 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Awesome, I'm looking forward to the future of reddit.

          [–]Caleb_M 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          What happened to the NSFL tag?

          [–]GOTradeAutoMod 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          /r/CoonTown was banned. Yay!

          [–]EugeneNix 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Free speech is dead on reddit.

          [–]bnr55 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          "truly authentic [APPROVED] conversations"

          [–]distancerun6 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          What about shadow banning?

          [–]Tox77 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          /r/coontown has been banned

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