2289 upvotes, 33 direct replies (showing 25)
Other meta-reddit subs have to use np links.
Even though it's not a meta-reddit sub, /r/KotakuInAction doesn't even use np-links - we have to use archives, or we'd be accused of "brigading" and banned. And yet SRS is permitted to openly brigade every other sub on Reddit. Not to mention the fact that SRS is openly dedicated to destroy Reddit. Why does that not fall under 'breaking Reddit'?
Comment by matthewhale at 06/07/2015 at 18:28 UTC*
837 upvotes, 3 direct replies
Lets not forget we were told we couldn't publish email addresses of PUBLIC PR email addresses or contact emails for companies ~~for a while too, until that was finally clarified and allowed again yesterday~~...
Comment by laukaus at 06/07/2015 at 18:26 UTC
70 upvotes, 5 direct replies
np-links are just a CSS hack, that moderators can implement if they want to.
It is just CSS-rules to hide the voting arrows, reply button, and maybe show a message when the domain is np.reddit.com.
If the sub does not have those rules in stylesheet np does nothing.
Comment by EatSleepJeep at 06/07/2015 at 19:05 UTC
58 upvotes, 1 direct replies
We've been hit hard by SRS on three occasions, and to a lesser extent a few more times. I had to go and ban the srs accounts that were bridging the gap from their link and then took a bunch of harassment from them for doing it, since they celebrated their actions in their thread. Did their mods do anything to prevent or discourage or punish? Not a thing. The admins certainly didn't care, either.
Comment by [deleted] at 06/07/2015 at 19:00 UTC
38 upvotes, 1 direct replies
KiA is especially good at contacting advertisers. So good the admins made a rules just for the one sub that they cannot post openly available contact information of advertisers. Saw today mods in modtalk subreddit want to stick the Pao hate blame on KiA.
Comment by jwyche008 at 06/07/2015 at 18:29 UTC
157 upvotes, 3 direct replies
This is my number one complaint. There is clear favoritism here and if Ellen doesn't respond to this then fuck Reddit. As soon as voat has their shit together I'm jumping ship.
Comment by ether_reddit at 06/07/2015 at 19:40 UTC
33 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Not to mention the fact that SRS is openly dedicated to destroy Reddit
If there was ever a valid argument to take down a subreddit, SRS should be at the top of the list.
Comment by oldneckbeard at 06/07/2015 at 18:35 UTC
79 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Not to mention that some reddit admins were bedfellows with SRS mods. Literally. Whoops, now i'm shadowbanned :)
Comment by TotesMessenger at 06/07/2015 at 21:57 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit:
3: /message/compose/?to=/r/TotesMessenger
Comment by simjanes2k at 06/07/2015 at 21:12 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Admins agree with SRS and not with KIA. It's not hard to understand, just impossible for anyone to acknowledge.
Well, it's either that or colossal incompetence, which I don't think Reddit admins are really *truly* capable of.
Comment by OkIWin at 06/07/2015 at 21:37 UTC
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I know this "SRS is the brigading deathstar of Reddit" circle jerk has been going on for a long time... but have you ever considered going there and seeing if it's actually true? They post the upvote count at the end of each link, so it's pretty transparent if brigading is occurring... Why don't you go there and actually see for yourself if brigading is occurring instead of just following what everyone else thinks?
Comment by DarkDubzs at 06/07/2015 at 18:47 UTC
3 upvotes, 4 direct replies
Not to argue with you or anything, but can you elaborate on how SRS is openly dedicated to destroy reddit? What do you or they mean by that exactly and when have they said it? I'm just interested in that because I never understood why people hated SRS.
Comment by sje46 at 07/07/2015 at 01:01 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
we have to use archives, or we'd be accused of "brigading" and banned.
Did the admins actually say that you'd be banned if you used np. instead?
It always struck me as an extra bit of security. The admins have no problems with another other subreddit using np instead, so unless you have actual evidence that the admins would ban KIA if it used np, I'm pretty sure it is allowed. KIA is just being careful.
Comment by i11remember at 06/07/2015 at 21:59 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
During the FPH banning, I remember /u/krispykrackers said in regards to SRS that "they don't do it any more. We'll make sure to ban them in the future if they do so". I now tag her as SRS admin.
Comment by HeilHitler420Blazeit at 07/07/2015 at 01:30 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Coontown has to use archive links too
Comment by [deleted] at 07/07/2015 at 04:06 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
And yet SRS is permitted to openly brigade every other sub on Reddit.
I have been pretty active for several years on this site and cannot remember actually seeing this occurring at all.
Comment by thearchermage at 06/07/2015 at 20:34 UTC
1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
What's the difference between "np"-links and any other kind of link?
Also, what are np-links? and SRS?
And while you're all answering my super noob questions, why isn't there a set of uniform rules for posting and linking and such that the whole site has to conform to (outside of reddiquette, of course)?
Comment by ForceBlade at 07/07/2015 at 02:10 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Even fucking *THEN* NP. links don't fucking do anything but maybe change CSS...
Comment by gunch at 06/07/2015 at 18:44 UTC
-1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Check your privilege shitlord. SRS are the good guys. Everyone else? Literally Hitler.
Comment by sifumokung at 06/07/2015 at 20:35 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Because shut up, shitlord!
Comment by duckvimes_ at 06/07/2015 at 18:51 UTC
-4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
not to mention the fact that SRS is openly dedicated to destroy Reddit.
No, it's not.
Comment by mage_g4 at 06/07/2015 at 20:33 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I have been personally brigaded by SRS and lost about 1,700 comment karma in a few days.
Comment by benmarvin at 06/07/2015 at 21:06 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Didn't srs recently say NOT to use np links?
Comment by kia_harrasses_users at 06/07/2015 at 18:57 UTC
-9 upvotes, 2 direct replies
That's hilarious, because I got name dropped on KiA once with slander and got a dozen TERRIBLE PMs (kill yourself, rape threats, called a fag, etc) and people brigading my posts in other subreddits.
/r/kotakuinaction is everything wrong with reddit.
Comment by Teblefer at 06/07/2015 at 21:40 UTC
-2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
It's actually very simple: They don't ridicule people. They make fun of the people being racist, homophobic, transphobic, nativist, and generally exclusionary. They downvote bigotry.
Comment by Fallline048 at 06/07/2015 at 19:06 UTC
-4 upvotes, 3 direct replies
Completely ignoring that one time KiA brigaded the shit out of /r/planetside, huh?