Reddit has started warning users who upvote "violent content"

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Current Events » Reddit has started warning users who upvote "violent content"
FL81
03/08/2025
10:15 AM
#1
https://www.reddit.com/r/RedditSafety/comments/1j4cd53/warning_users_that_upvote_violent_content/

I'm sure this publicly traded company has our safety in their best interests
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viewmaster_pi
03/08/2025
10:16 AM
#2
that's my trick, cap...
i only downvote
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SgtBash
03/08/2025
10:19 AM
#3
I thought Voting was anonymous
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FL81
03/08/2025
10:21 AM
#4
SgtBash posted...
I thought Voting was anonymous
Well now it should be clear to everyone at this point, that it is not .
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Tmaster148
03/08/2025
10:23 AM
#5
It appears it might be related to content around Luigi.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/1j5tcgj/after_an_rpopculture_moderator_is_suspended/

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Philip027
03/08/2025
10:25 AM
#6
All the more reason not to bother with their stupid voting system anyway.
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FL81
03/08/2025
10:26 AM
#8
Tmaster148 posted...
It appears it might be related to content around Luigi.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/1j5tcgj/after_an_rpopculture_moderator_is_suspended/

https://www.reddit.com/r/nintendo/comments/1j6gh3k/reddits_automatic_moderation_tool_is_flagging_the/

hmmmmm
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coolboy11
03/08/2025
10:32 AM
#10
I upvote very rarely anyway lol.
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KiwiTerraRizing
03/08/2025
10:36 AM
#11
I got banned for wishing death on Russian invaders in Ukraine. Pretty sure it was pro Russian schills because I got that bs message claiming I was suicidal too. Havent been back since.
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FL81
03/08/2025
10:37 AM
#12
KiwiTerraRizing posted...
I got banned for wishing death on Russian invaders in Ukraine. Pretty sure it was pro Russian schills because I got that bs message claiming I was suicidal too. Havent been back since.
well now you can get banned for simply upvoting that sentiment
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Thermador446
03/08/2025
10:40 AM
#13
Tmaster148 posted...
It appears it might be related to content around Luigi.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/1j5tcgj/after_an_rpopculture_moderator_is_suspended/

Shit I'd up vote Luigi
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tripleh213
03/08/2025
10:41 AM
#14
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DoesntMatter
03/08/2025
10:41 AM
#15
Tmaster148 posted...
It appears it might be related to content around Luigi.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/1j5tcgj/after_an_rpopculture_moderator_is_suspended/
meanwhile, according to a commenter here, there are upvoted posts on the Conservative subreddit calling for Democrats to be rounded up, that are not getting auto-flagged. convenient.
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CRON
03/08/2025
10:43 AM
#17
They're doing this to protect the 1%
Thanks for reading!
voldothegr8
03/08/2025
10:50 AM
#18
Bold move when the original Digg guys plan on resurrecting it.
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ellis123
03/08/2025
10:54 AM
#20
SgtBash posted...
I thought Voting was anonymous
Why in the world would you think that it was anonymous on the back end? Did you think that Reddit operated on the honor system for people not just upvoting/downvoting as much as they wanted?
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Solar_Crimson
03/08/2025
10:59 AM
#21
I have never seen the uber-rich get as spooked as they did when Luigi did what he did.
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Toonstrack
03/08/2025
11:10 AM
#22
Solar_Crimson posted...
I have never seen the uber-rich get as spooked as they did when Luigi did what he did.

It turns out that when you reveal to society that you're willing to put on a mask and gun down people you have problems with they are uncomfortable with your presence. Whod have thought?
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012yArthur0
03/08/2025
11:19 AM
#23
Could be many reasons. Maybe endorsing Luigi, maybe because it had posts about openly killing Elon Musk.

Probably a knee-jerk reaction for their stock dropping? Idk.
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ExtremeLuchador
03/08/2025
11:20 AM
#24
They plan to do this with all rule-breaking posts eventually. There's also issues with their AI moderation taking out posts that aren't violations.
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Toonstrack
03/08/2025
11:38 AM
#25
012yArthur0 posted...
Could be many reasons. Maybe endorsing Luigi, maybe because it had posts about openly killing Elon Musk.

Idk why the internet keeps having to learn this lesson. Advocating violence or openly discussing killing public fillers is all fun and games until one of those nutjobs goes and does it, and then the site gets scrutinized, shut down, censored and everyone suffers. This has happened multiple times on the internet and on reddit. Reddit is not some dark web sector, it is a public message board with plenty of impressionable people on it.
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Tmaster148
03/08/2025
11:48 AM
#26
Toonstrack posted...
Idk why the internet keeps having to learn this lesson. Advocating violence or openly discussing killing public fillers is all fun and games until one of those nutjobs goes and does it, and then the site gets scrutinized, shut down, censored and everyone suffers. This has happened multiple times on the internet and on reddit. Reddit is not some dark web sector, it is a public message board with plenty of impressionable people on it.

Perhaps if reddit was known for taking such stances against the MAGA crowd advocating violence.
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Toonstrack
03/08/2025
11:49 AM
#27
Tmaster148 posted...
Perhaps if reddit was known for taking such stances against the MAGA crowd advocating violence.

Several maga subs got shuttered after Jan 6
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012yArthur0
03/08/2025
12:10 PM
#28
Toonstrack posted...
Several maga subs got shuttered after Jan 6
I remember that there was a sub specifically made about Trump and that was shutdown.

Toonstrack posted...
Idk why the internet keeps having to learn this lesson. Advocating violence or openly discussing killing public fillers is all fun and games until one of those nutjobs goes and does it, and then the site gets scrutinized, shut down, censored and everyone suffers. This has happened multiple times on the internet and on reddit. Reddit is not some dark web sector, it is a public message board with plenty of impressionable people on it.

Meanwhile, Twitch has streamers openly advocating for violence and they get at most a 1 or 2 day ban.

Reddit might be making a stance now because they might be cracking down on botting, because some main subs are/were incredibly astroturfed.
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Dynedux
03/08/2025
12:13 PM
#29
Reddit and the upvote/downvote system was always comically fucking stupid
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Bass
03/08/2025
12:17 PM
#30
012yArthur0 posted...
I remember that there was a sub specifically made about Trump and that was shutdown.
Yeah, r/The_Donald was shut down years ago.
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ROBBAN
03/08/2025
12:25 PM
#32
does this include like "Russian tank got hit with a rocket and exploded" posts in the subreddits meant that?
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ellis123
03/08/2025
12:40 PM
#33
Toonstrack posted...
Several maga subs got shuttered after Jan 6
And then they just moved to the other MAGA subs and continued to do the exact same things.

Such an extreme stance. Only going against MAGA when it makes it to the news that there is an active terrorist group being open about their terrorism.
"A shouted order to do something of dubious morality with an unpredictable outcome? Thweeet! "
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012yArthur0
03/08/2025
12:48 PM
#34
ellis123 posted...
And then they just moved to the other MAGA subs and continued to do the exact same things.

Such an extreme stance. Only going against MAGA when it makes it to the news that there is an active terrorist group being open about their terrorism.
Well, they are doing it because Luigi and Elon Musk also went to main subs.
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ellis123
03/08/2025
01:03 PM
#35
012yArthur0 posted...
Well, they are doing it because Luigi and Elon Musk also went to main subs.
Duh? They would have gotten rid of Ida Wells' posts as well.

And it has nothing to do with Elon. Right-wingers have to do something pretty heinous to get a slap on the wrist.
"A shouted order to do something of dubious morality with an unpredictable outcome? Thweeet! "
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A_Good_Boy
03/08/2025
01:07 PM
#36
Reminds me of how gamefaqs.gamespot.fandom.com will moderate you for simply quoting someone else's post if it gets modded.
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Toonstrack
03/08/2025
01:44 PM
#37
012yArthur0 posted...
I remember that there was a sub specifically made about Trump and that was shutdown.

Meanwhile, Twitch has streamers openly advocating for violence and they get at most a 1 or 2 day ban.

Reddit might be making a stance now because they might be cracking down on botting, because some main subs are/were incredibly astroturfed.

Twitch CEO is a tankie aligned creepy old gooner who follows several young women's "steamy" accounts on twitch. hes accidentally exposed himself following these accounts numerous times. Hes a huge Hasan fan too
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012yArthur0
03/08/2025
02:22 PM
#38
ellis123 posted...
Duh? They would have gotten rid of Ida Wells' posts as well.

And it has nothing to do with Elon. Right-wingers have to do something pretty heinous to get a slap on the wrist.
They banned subs devoted to Trump and even some rightwing-sided gaming boards. What do you want Reddit do now?

"Call for non-violence" is pretty above partisanship. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of call of violence posts (be either rightwing or leftwing) are mostly bot trying to stir shit in the platform.
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FL81
03/09/2025
11:57 PM
#39
Judging by the admin's responses in the original thread I posted, I really don't think they've put any more effort into this whole thing than just a basic text filter catching anyone saying the name "Luigi".
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darkmaian23
03/10/2025
12:39 AM
#40
This new rule doesn't make any sense. What is "violent content"? What do the warnings mean? The idea that down voting content "bad" content is what "responsible" users do is asinine because it's about even odds whether something unpleasant or unhinged will have a ton of upvotes or a ton of down votes. I have never once actually thought that upvotes down votes was indicative of what anyone actually thought, and I've never been too careful myself with what I pressed.

I wonder if I should be worried?
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M1Astray
03/10/2025
01:05 AM
#41
Solar_Crimson posted...
I have never seen the uber-rich get as spooked as they did when Luigi did what he did.

Luigi was a reminder that they are mortal and going to have hundreds of millions of angry people wanting them dead in the very near future when the world starts to end due to climate catastrophe (less than five years till 2.0C warming folks, buckle in).
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