Reddit could soon punish users for upvoting violent content - Hypertext
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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.
    • TeamAssimilation@infosec.pubEnglish
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      1 month ago

      It’s as if they want bland business-friendly content so advertisers and data miners pay for their users eyeballs or content.

      Well, that, and hate speech directed at government-approved society segments.