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.
  • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    In theory that doesn’t sound so bad, but in practice, what are they actually labeling as violent and does some violence get a pass?

    There have definitely been inconsistencies in the past where certain types of violent rhetoric gets a pass but other content that even comes close gets axed no question.