Technology @lemmy.zip Tea @programming.dev 18h ago

Reddit could soon punish users for upvoting violent content.

htxt.co.za Reddit could soon punish users for upvoting violent content - Hypertext

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.

Technology @lemmy.world Tea @programming.dev 15h ago

Reddit could soon punish users for upvoting violent content.

htxt.co.za /2025/03/reddit-could-soon-punish-users-for-upvoting-violent-content/

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For profit media is state controlled. The state being the corporations.
- It is just galling to me that some massive rich dweebs interpreted all of my favorite dystopian cyberpunk as a blueprint
Violent content is against Reddit rules. So why is the content not being removed and the poster banned?
- It still drives engagement. Same for the subs that have been flooded with AI stories and bot responses. It can be marketed as engagement to advertisers.
  
  Ah so violent content is banned unless it’s making Reddit cash. Then it’s fine.
- Because when a trap kills the rats you do not punish the bait in the rat trap.
- I ve gotten banned for reporting violent content, and also for inciting violence the same month, the ban for reports was something very stupid like harassing mods, person I reported was just straight up advocating for violence, while me advocating for violence was "I dont think h1b visas help americans, college grads are already struggling to get relevant jobs, one thing I agree with some conservatives on" (in the conservative sub, funny enough most of them were against it day 1, by day 2 they were all for it on that sub, think trump had also said his support by then)
Reddit is now Fascist media. They will suppress talk of armed resistance, if (god forbid) it comes to that.
Supporting Palestine: violent.
Supporting Ukraine: violent.
Suggesting Lemmy: believe or not, violent too
"Violent" needs scare quotes, because it's obviously subjective and ripe for abuse.
- Like hate speech(, e.g. against Israel/Ukraine/.., or in favor of Palestine/Russia/Iran/.., debunking/denying the uyghur/bosnian/.. "genocide", etc.)
  
  Ah, lemmygrad.ml; you'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
Is there hope for digg’s rebirth?
- Yeah actually old Reddit founder and another similar dude buying it and refreshing it soon, apparently.
- "Hope" read as "won't some corporation save us?!"
Lol people use that website
Ahhhhhh

Baby sad
They keep telling me that China isn't controlling Reddit, yet I keep seeing nonstop evidence they are. 😶
- I've literally never heard that

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