Can the admins PLEASE disable certain awards while the US protests over racial issues?

https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/gve2id/can_the_admins_please_disable_certain_awards/

created by thecravenone on 02/06/2020 at 19:34 UTC

264 upvotes, 13 top-level comments (showing 13)

There have been several previous threads regarding trolling using awards.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/fnc2dy/any_updates_on_mods_ability_to_optoutblock/

https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/fut93p/please_consider_giving_subs_the_ability_to/

https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/g78mk2/allow_moderators_to_turn_off_awards_on_certain/

https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/ggu0kr/reward_abuse_in_reddit_posts_a_case_study/

https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/ghn9be/inappropriate_reddit_community_awards_used_for/

https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/gl48gi/is_it_possible_to_hide_awards_from_appearing_on/

https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/gv8zya/when_will_we_be_able_to_remove_awards_or_hide_them/

In cities across the coutry, people are protesting the systemic racial injustice in the US. And the threads about them are littered with monkey and hands up awards. Moderators playing whack-a-mole with these is not an acceptable solution. Reddit, this is *your* platform. When you allow a user to put a monkey next to a story about a dead black man, you are supporting this behavior.

Short term, these awards should be temporarily disabled. Long term, I must urge you to think hard about every award you create and how it can be misused.

Comments

Comment by [deleted] at 02/06/2020 at 19:41 UTC

113 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Awards based around common web memes never seemed like a good idea in the first place.

Comment by GetOffMyLawn_ at 03/06/2020 at 00:53 UTC

26 upvotes, 1 direct replies

somebody tell spez https://redditblog.com/2020/06/01/remember-the-human-black-lives-matter/

Comment by Zagorath at 02/06/2020 at 23:41 UTC

58 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Fuck custom awards. Reddit worked just fine with nothing more than gold. Adding silver and bronze is...fine, I guess. But all these custom awards do nothing more than enable trolls and create clutter.

If they absolutely *have* to allow custom awards, mods **need** to have complete opt-in control over *which* awards are allowed on their subreddit.

Comment by [deleted] at 02/06/2020 at 23:31 UTC

42 upvotes, 1 direct replies

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Comment by [deleted] at 03/06/2020 at 17:58 UTC

6 upvotes, 0 direct replies

/u/redtaboo, /u/sodypop, /u/powerlanguage

Comment by kallisti_gold at 02/06/2020 at 19:40 UTC

17 upvotes, 2 direct replies

They're taking steps and have more planned.

https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/gr6fsc/following_up_on_awards_abuse/

Comment by Ketchup901 at 04/06/2020 at 08:09 UTC