https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/fut93p/please_consider_giving_subs_the_ability_to/
created by BuckRowdy on 04/04/2020 at 12:56 UTC
284 upvotes, 16 top-level comments (showing 16)
The troll face award[1] along with a few other awards, (I'm deceased) are completely inappropriate on nearly every sub that I'm on and I would like the ability to prevent these awards from being used on posts.
1: https://i.imgur.com/q4v4VxZ.png
I'm aware that awards can be hidden, but I don't think that's good enough. I understand that this is being done to increase revenue and user engagement but not every sub is a meme sub and a policy of one-size-fits-all for awards and subs is short sighted.
Please give subs with serious issues and topics the ability to suppress tasteless awards such as trollface from ever being awarded in the first place.
Comment by eric_twinge at 04/04/2020 at 14:37 UTC*
144 upvotes, 4 direct replies
Well, we already know how this is going to go.
Then, next month, another mod that cares about their community will make a similar post, and a different but still uninvolved admin will pop in and say 'i'll have to ask' probably with some 'sorry, i know it's frustrating' type phrasing in there. And then you won't hear back from them and nothing will change.
Then, another month will pass and people will point to all the inaction, the non-consultation before making this unnecessary change that only increases the inanity of the site, and then you'll get that sweet, sweet apology and 'we promise to do better' that makes everyone love the admins again and we then move on to the next short sighted change the admins can't get enough of.
edit: looks like we're already on step 2 here
Comment by [deleted] at 04/04/2020 at 15:11 UTC
24 upvotes, 1 direct replies
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Comment by TheOutrageousClaire at 04/04/2020 at 22:42 UTC*
20 upvotes, 0 direct replies
overwriting old posts, sorry to any mods inconvenienced by this. this is being done as a measure for my safety.
Comment by Bhima at 04/04/2020 at 15:06 UTC
41 upvotes, 3 direct replies
So often it feels like Reddit Inc has a lack of consideration towards communities with certain serious themes that boards on a kind of disdain. It's something I'm increasingly frustrated with.
Comment by hereiamtosavetheday_ at 04/04/2020 at 18:50 UTC
18 upvotes, 1 direct replies
An award meant to insult. This is what reddit meant to do.
Comment by [deleted] at 04/04/2020 at 17:25 UTC
13 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I wholeheartedly agree. Many of these awards are so inappropriate for some of the subs on Reddit. I know our mod team probably wouldn’t allow them on our sub. Nothing wrong with gold. Don’t fix if it ain’t broke.
Comment by ruinevil at 04/04/2020 at 15:52 UTC
9 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Is there a Automoderator setting than can auto-hide certain awards?
Comment by bookchaser at 04/04/2020 at 16:40 UTC
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Tell me about it. I have a sub about not having gold... Reddit allows people to give gold in the sub and doesn't respond to complaints about it. This was quite the little moneymaker for them as people thought it was funny to then give gold.
Comment by BashCo at 05/04/2020 at 08:29 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I would like to have the option to disable awards and medals completely, except maybe gold and silver. Giving money to reddit is wasteful.
Comment by commmander_fox at 04/04/2020 at 18:38 UTC
14 upvotes, 1 direct replies
What the fuck, who thought that the troll face, a meme so dead that not even Facebook boomers use it, was funny
Comment by SCOveterandretired at 04/04/2020 at 14:34 UTC
11 upvotes, 1 direct replies
https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/fnc2dy/any_updates_on_mods_ability_to_optoutblock/
Comment by [deleted] at 06/04/2020 at 21:08 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I don't begrudge Reddit looking for new ways to pay the bills, but *my gosh* they are treating these things like a shiny new toy. I swear I keep seeing new ones all the time, many of them increasingly childish or based on really dumb memes. Although, it's the internet here, so maybe that's just playing to the audience.
Comment by kuilin at 04/04/2020 at 18:17 UTC
5 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Newly awarded posts and comments go into the /gilded page right? If so, it should be simple to make a moderation bot that watches new awards and hides them if they're disallowed.
Comment by shaggorama at 05/04/2020 at 06:42 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Hear hear
Comment by [deleted] at 14/05/2020 at 06:44 UTC
1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
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Comment by woodpaneled at 04/04/2020 at 17:55 UTC
-2 upvotes, 5 direct replies
Hey there - hope you are doing well, and sorry this has been frustrating for you. 100% understand how this award is not appropriate in all contexts. I want to make sure to address all the aspects of your post.
It sounds like you know how to do it, but for those reading this thread that don't, here's how you hide the award:
1. Visit the post page on new Reddit. If you're on old Reddit you can get there by changing the "old" or "www" in the URL to "new" (this shouldn't opt you into new Reddit, just temporarily load it up.
2. Click the award on the post.
3. Click the "hide" icon in the upper right.
My understanding is that should hide the award from the post *and* prevent that award from showing up on that post in the future. Yes, I know it's annoying for those using old Reddit but it's significantly faster and easier to code these things up on new Reddit and this is a new feature. It's possible it could get ported to old Reddit later.
I'm going to follow up with the product team on Monday to see if we're looking at the volume of "hides" per award, as it seems like that would be a good way for us to decide which awards aren't resonating and remove them.
Your suggestion (which I know you brought up previously) that mods should be able to disable a certain number of awards (but be required to keep a certain number live) sure seems like an elegant solution to me. The fact of the matter is that it takes time to build these things and the team working on awards is currently trying a bunch of different things to see what works, so I can't promise this will happen immediately. But I will continue to champion it with that team.
In the meantime, I would encourage you all to use that "hide" functionality as that'll be good data to prove the point that this is broadly needed.
Thanks for sharing your feedback and ideas in a thoughtful way - I totally understand your frustration, and you stated it really clearly. I hope I can make some progress for you! Have a great weekend and stay safe.
