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Yeah, one extreme case of this was on Reddit, where people DM'd 'kill yourself' messages to others. When mods started banning people for this, attackers switche
by torginus 2mo ago
Yeah, one extreme case of this was on Reddit, where people DM'd 'kill yourself' messages to others. When mods started banning people for this, attackers switched to abusing Reddit's mental health features, reporting people as suicidal, which led to victims being flooded with links to suicide hotlines. That feature got taken offline as well.
- hypfer 2mo agoHa, thanks, I completely forgot that that was a thing. I got hit by that too, which was incredibly funny and a great throwback to early 4chan culture. So fwiw, these things at least do breed creativity. Same as with the aforementioned "unalive" or "keep yourself safe". There's some beauty in the online hellscape if you just go looking for it.
- torginus 2mo agoYeah another kind of a*hole who I've encountered on Reddit were the ones who would keep mouthing off to you (carefully keeping within 'letter of the rules' of moderation), trying to goad you into snapping at them, and they'd insta-report and ban you. Though for this scheme to work, it required Reddit mods to be... Reddit mods(can't come up with a better insult), at which point the whole thing seems so pointless - why have this elaborate song and dance with rules you pretend to follow, when you can and will ban anyone who rubs you the wrong way. Just announce that the rules are whatever the mods feel like that day, and stop pretending.
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- inigyou 2mo agoWhen did that feature get taken offline?