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Basically a "feature" of Reddit which can be used to anonymously harass somebody on Reddit by having it send them a DM about suicide prevention. https://www.th
by jffry 4y ago
Basically a "feature" of Reddit which can be used to anonymously harass somebody on Reddit by having it send them a DM about suicide prevention.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/4/21164687/reddit-new-suicide-prevention-tools-crisis-text-line https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/4/21164687/reddit-new-suicid...
- formerly_proven 4y agoWhich, just to be clear, is meant to convey the opposite obviously. "Reddit cares" is 99.99 % used by people to send others (I've seen mostly women raise this) a "kill yourself" message. Just like people who put "heartwarming" awards on posts about abuse, harassment etc. On some subreddits every other post will be reported like this. Meanwhile, Reddit tends to do very little about reports of even direct violence threats ala "I will find you and I will kill your children" etc. which are frequently found to "not be in violation of the terms of service".