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That's a good idea, because I think what the community is seeking right now is straight guidelines that they can follow. /r/cringe for example, the sub actively takes a stance against off-site harassment (yes, including death threats), but it happens every time someone forgets to blur a username. This isn't the fault of the moderators at all, who are actively preventing harm, but the users. How do you intend on handling a situation like that?
Comment by shawnaroo at 16/07/2015 at 20:35 UTC
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I think the reality, for better or worse, is that these sorts of issues are never going to completely boil down to distinct and clear rules. If Reddit puts forth really specific guidelines, then people who are determined to be assholes are going to find loopholes in those rules. And anytime Reddit changes the rules to close those loopholes, a bunch of people will cry about how it's not fair and how it's arbitrary and they're being persecuted or whatever.
That's not to say that Reddit can't and shouldn't provide some general guidelines, but rather that those lines are never going to be fully defined and clear. Reality just isn't that simple.
Comment by QWSAZXCVFDERTYHGBN at 16/07/2015 at 20:32 UTC
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Shouldn't the responsibility be placed on moderators to, for example, quickly ban posts on /r/cringe without blurred names?
Comment by Lolla-Lee-Lou at 16/07/2015 at 20:29 UTC
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I'm pretty sure in the original thread where /r/fatpeoplehate was banned, it was stated that it was because moderators were actively encouraging and even participating in said harassment. So it sounds to me like as long as moderators are putting in a good faith effort to discourage and prevent harassment, the subreddit will be fine.
Comment by WELLinTHIShouse at 16/07/2015 at 20:55 UTC
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They actively take a stance against off-site harassment? That's news to me, since I was targeted by them (on another account) and had a brigade of literally hundreds of /r/cringe users finding me off-site.
Comment by stationhollow at 16/07/2015 at 22:42 UTC
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That was the exact situation with FPH and it got banned because reddit is close with imgur and the imgur fatties had their fefes hurt.
Comment by TonyQuark at 16/07/2015 at 20:41 UTC
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How do you intend on handling a situation like that?
They simply won't ban the subreddit.