Reddit could soon punish users for upvoting violent content - Hypertext
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Upvoting violent content in "a certain timeframe" will now earn Reddit users a warning, and possibly worse in future.
  • Reddit has begun issuing warnings to users to regularly upvote violent content with a view to taking harsher action in future.
  • The company says that it will consider expanding this action to other forms of content in future.
  • Users are concerned that this moderation tactic could be abused or just improperly implemented.
  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
    191·
    8 hours ago

    Guys! This is how we could attract more users for the Fediverse! We could…UPVOTE VIOLENT CONTENT!!!

    …ya know what? It sounded more epic, and made more sense in my head. Saying it out loud it just sounds like something a nutjob would yell out randomly in an Arbys in Iowa one quiet Tuesday.

    • venotic@kbin.melroy.org
      5·
      5 hours ago

      I don’t think so. Mods have a sensitivity crisis, they don’t like it when people praise Luigi and feel CEOs should get theirs. Or that is considered “ADVOCATING VIOLENCE!!111” because I guess it’s okay for CEOs to play god and fuck with everyone’s lives on a regular basis but we can’t cheer for them to get shot.