Content Policy Update

Cheech5 · 24分前

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?

slyf · 20分前

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?

TheMentalist10 · 24分前

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

Edit 2: Here's what it looks like when you try to access a Quarantined subreddit

ChangloriousBastard · 22分前

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?

WhiteFlight2 · 16分前

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?

Teh_Compass · 17分前

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.

illegal_deagle · 19分前

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

Naked_Bacon_Tuesday · 19分前

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.

CarmineCerise · 24分前

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?

Facerless · 22分前

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?

BillW87 · 23分前

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.

Demolishing · 23分前

Is involuntary pornography

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

dwchief · 21分前

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

GreyWalker · 21分前

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

GamersCorp · 24分前

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

edafade · 19分前

Subs like /r/coontown are banned (in fact, you banned only coontown related subs) but SRS is still up and running. While I didn't agree with their ideology or what they represented, you, /u/spez stated yourself on several occasions, you 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 whereas the former were contained to their own communities and did not.

It's the same shit as before, just packaged with a ribbon.

Very disappointing.

dragonfangxl · 18分前

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?

dustfeather · 24分前

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?

camtns · 13分前

I hope Reddit is vigilant about removing subreddits that promote and foment violence and harassment. I truly believe the site was going to become the preeminent breeding ground for hate in the U.S., if not other nations, and it is a positive step to lop that limb off before it has a chance to grow. I hope the same action will be taken quickly for subs that inevitably pop up that are launching grounds for this kind of behavior.

xienze · 17分前

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.

ThrowGoToGo · 15分前

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

raldi · 25分前

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.

TheSandbergPrinciple · 8分前

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

Really, why is /r/shitredditsays and /r/subredditdrama (basically srs in disguise) still accessible?

LargeSnorlax · 24分前

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

Drapetomania · 11分前

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.

Great! When are SRD and SRS getting the boot?

excoriator · 21分前

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.

Ughable · 22分前

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

What about /r/ShitRedditSays ?!

zachlac · 23分前

Soooooo...shadowbanning? Do you shadow ban for violation of content policy violations? At what point in the list of punishments would this fall?

Goatsac · 5分前

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.

Glad to see /r/againstmensrights and /r/gamerghazi are still going strong.

blanketswithsmallpox · 24分前

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

SteelSaxon · 15分前

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.

SweetJibbaJams · 25分前

So.... Who is getting banned?

themundanematt · 12分前

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

Yet, /r/shitredditsays still exists.

faghat · 21分前

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?

Goasupreme · 19分前

Why is slimgur banned from reddit ?

paulcam · 23分前

Which subreddits are being banned?

Artalay · 19分前

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?

kecos · 20分前

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.

username3 · 22分前

"the average redditor"
Yikes

R3DT1D3 · 8分前

I hope that some day the rules will be upheld for ALL subs not just the politically incorrect ones.

selfabortion · 20分前

ITT: "Which communities are being banned?"

DdMDaniels · 13分前

/u/spez why is /r/shitredditsays still up? this is nothing but a subreddit that brigades and attacks other users?

thesexygazelle · 19分前

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.

The_Homestarmy · 19分前

How will this affect /r/hulkhogan, brother?

meauxfaux · 23分前

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

musicandwords · 13分前

I am surprised nobody has mentioned that by collecting emails for quarentined subs you are essentially creating a database of users who read content you deem 'questionable'. What does verifying the email accomplish? This seems overly broad and Orwellian.

MacorgaZ · 22分前

So ShitRedditSays is finally getting banned?

DubTeeDub · 9分前

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_--___ · 22分前

Which communities are being banned?

geekgreg · 17分前

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?

TheMoralizer · 24分前

Which communities are you banning?

Dracula7899 · 12分前

Mfw SRS isn't banned even though it breaks multiple rules on the list.

What a joke.

I_Will_be_Nice · 24分前

So which subs got banned?

TehAlpacalypse · 23分前

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

IT'S GONE BOIS

Tchocky · 22分前

a handful of communities that exist solely to annoy other redditors

This is a rather broad brush. Annoyingly broad.

Voidroth · 8分前

What will be considered "extremely offensive"?

synsensa · 24分前

Which communities are being banned?

BobHogan · 15分前

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

mcac · 23分前

Which subreddits are being banned?

butch81385 · 23分前

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

ThatRudeCanadian · 23分前

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.

man_and_machine · 22分前

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

Destituted · 21分前

Good to see /r/wtf getting quarantined

Vittles_And_Libation · 17分前

So, you banned COONTOWN. Congratulations, spaz. You're on your way to making a 'safe' platform you can possibly monetize.

COONTOWN has 200-400 upvotes for every submission, and nearly 22,000 members.

What do you think will happen next? Do you think that politically incorrect thinking will just vanish because you channeled your inner Ellen Pao?

Honestly, I like stuff that other people say is bad or wrong because it's my right to choose what I think is right.

I hope reddit crashes and burns. If you guys start monetizing this platform, I will be on Voat or 4Chan.

kksred · 13分前

Lol. And we thought Ellen Pao was the problem. What is the next thing advertisers will find offensive I wonder.

"bastion of free speech" my ass.

Didalectic · 25分前

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

distancerun6 · 22分前

What about shadow banning?

Mobre · 3分前

Can you explain the difference between these two?

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

and

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

and how /r/coontown applies to the latter rather than the former? Because it seems that the application of who is quarantined and who is banned is completely up to the arbitrary decision of the admin rather then an explicit and defined rule set.

shittyshitskin · 16分前

Charlie Hebdo all over again.

You battle for free speech, yet block and ban everything that doesn't fit your social justice beliefs and your perception of the world. I wish you get a nice section 8 zone, so you can learn real life for a bit.

Downvote me all you want, you'll still see my message. And WHEN (not if) it will come to you, you'll regret your past actions, and swallow the acre red pill.

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