Current Events > Top subreddits across the site are banding together to stop the spread of COVID

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misinformation. They're calling for a ban on all subreddits that share misinformation or promote conspiracy/antivaxx/antimask content.

You'll find this copypaste on the top of many of the most frequented subreddits:

https://www.reddit.com/r/vaxxhappened/comments/pbe8nj/we_call_upon_reddit_to_take_action_against_the/

Millions of users are seeing these posts now, and pressure is mounting on Reddit admins to combat misinformation about the pandemic.

I hope this means /r/conspiracy and /r/conservative get banned. Or quarantined. The irony there lol.

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/r/Ivermectin is in a meltdown
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Reddit admin responds to the situation.

https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/pbmy5y/debate_dissent_and_protest_on_reddit/

Hey everyone
The pandemic has been extremely hard on many of us. We believe the best way forward for everyone is to get vaccinated and continue to follow CDC guidance on masking. Throughout the pandemic, we have also provided COVID-related resources to support our volunteer moderators, users, and communities, including a dedicated AMA series connecting users with authoritative experts on coronavirus and vaccines, as well as deploying homepage and search page banners directing users to the CDC and r/Coronavirus.

We appreciate that not everyone agrees with the current approach to getting us all through the pandemic, and some are still wary of vaccinations. Dissent is a part of Reddit and the foundation of democracy. Reddit is a place for open and authentic discussion and debate. This includes conversations that question or disagree with popular consensus. This includes conversations that criticize those that disagree with the majority opinion. This includes protests that criticize or object to our decisions on which communities to ban from the platform.

While we appreciate the sentiment of those demanding that we ban more communities that challenge consensus views on the pandemic, we continue to believe in the good of our communities and hope that we collectively approach the challenges of the pandemic with empathy, compassion, and a willingness to understand what others are going through, even when their viewpoint on the pandemic is different from yours.

When it comes to COVID-19 specifically, what we know and what are the current best practices from authoritative sources, like the CDC, evolve continuously with new learnings. Given the rapid state of change, we believe it is best to enable communities to engage in debate and dissent, and for us to link to the CDC wherever appropriate. While we believe the CDC is the best and most up to date source of information regarding COVID-19, disagreeing with them is not against our policies.

However, manipulating or cheating Reddit to amplify any particular viewpoint is against our policies, and we will continue to action communities that do so or that violate any of our other rules, including those dedicated to fraud (e.g. fake vaccine cards) or encouraging harm (e.g. consuming bleach); and we will continue to use our quarantine tool to link to authoritative sources and warn people they may encounter unsound advice. We humbly ask and encourage everyone to report content that may violate our policies.
*We are using our political ads system to facilitate discussion of this post within the context of your own communities.

Basically they're okay with communities pushing dangerous alternative medicine and misinformation about the pandemic.

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ZMythos posted...

Reddit admin responds to the situation.

https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/pbmy5y/debate_dissent_and_protest_on_reddit/

Hey everyone
The pandemic has been extremely hard on many of us. We believe the best way forward for everyone is to get vaccinated and continue to follow CDC guidance on masking. Throughout the pandemic, we have also provided COVID-related resources to support our volunteer moderators, users, and communities, including a dedicated AMA series connecting users with authoritative experts on coronavirus and vaccines, as well as deploying homepage and search page banners directing users to the CDC and r/Coronavirus.

We appreciate that not everyone agrees with the current approach to getting us all through the pandemic, and some are still wary of vaccinations. Dissent is a part of Reddit and the foundation of democracy. Reddit is a place for open and authentic discussion and debate. This includes conversations that question or disagree with popular consensus. This includes conversations that criticize those that disagree with the majority opinion. This includes protests that criticize or object to our decisions on which communities to ban from the platform.

While we appreciate the sentiment of those demanding that we ban more communities that challenge consensus views on the pandemic, we continue to believe in the good of our communities and hope that we collectively approach the challenges of the pandemic with empathy, compassion, and a willingness to understand what others are going through, even when their viewpoint on the pandemic is different from yours.

When it comes to COVID-19 specifically, what we know and what are the current best practices from authoritative sources, like the CDC, evolve continuously with new learnings. Given the rapid state of change, we believe it is best to enable communities to engage in debate and dissent, and for us to link to the CDC wherever appropriate. While we believe the CDC is the best and most up to date source of information regarding COVID-19, disagreeing with them is not against our policies.

However, manipulating or cheating Reddit to amplify any particular viewpoint is against our policies, and we will continue to action communities that do so or that violate any of our other rules, including those dedicated to fraud (e.g. fake vaccine cards) or encouraging harm (e.g. consuming bleach); and we will continue to use our quarantine tool to link to authoritative sources and warn people they may encounter unsound advice. We humbly ask and encourage everyone to report content that may violate our policies.
*We are using our political ads system to facilitate discussion of this post within the context of your own communities.

Basically they're okay with communities pushing dangerous alternative medicine and misinformation about the pandemic.

What a bunch of utter tripe
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ZMythos posted...

Reddit admin responds to the situation.

https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/pbmy5y/debate_dissent_and_protest_on_reddit/

Basically they're okay with communities pushing dangerous alternative medicine and misinformation about the pandemic.

sounds like a good excuse to just abandon reddit then.

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I don't understand why spreading misinformation deserves a platform. It's not "different opinions" it's just straight up false.

Forum admins don't have the balls to do the right thing these days.

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monkmith posted...

sounds like a good excuse to just abandon reddit then.

I disagree because there are a lot of fringe communities that only have a home on reddit. The site should be pressured to do better.

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Sneaky word add to the topic title. Was gonna say they're not doing a good job stopping the spread

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More authoritarianism

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Aren't you able to see people's posts on reddit and ban them for any reason from subs. Mods should just start banning everyone who posts that shit

loooooooooooooooooooooooooooool what a bunch of horseshit.

"We believe in discussion"
>Locks post preventing any actual discussion

Axiom posted...

Aren't you able to see people's posts on reddit and ban them for any reason from subs. Mods should just start banning everyone who posts that shit

No Reddit Mods have that kind of time.
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Axiom posted...

Mods should just start banning everyone who posts that s***

What about the mods of subreddits where that shit's the whole purpose?

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spez would make a good GameFAQs Mod
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