Comment by Yunjeong on 05/08/2015 at 22:10 UTC

640 upvotes, 10 direct replies (showing 10)

Have the admins ever explicitly addressed SRS?

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Comment by RaindropBebop at 05/08/2015 at 22:21 UTC*

764 upvotes, 15 direct replies

/u/spez actually replied to a comment specifically about SRS here: https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/3fx2au/content_policy_update/ctsqkfz

Uploaded an image of his comments, just in case: http://i.imgur.com/YcSMnjA.jpg

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Edit: I'll just outline his comments, please visit the link above for the full context.

/u/spez in response to someone stating that it looks as if SRS will continue to enjoy their brigading and harassment:

For the the time being we believe that brigading is best fought with technology, which we are actively working on.

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/u/spez expands on what he meant:

It means that we can see downvoting brigades in that data, and we are working on preventing them from working. We used to do this in the past, and it worked quite well.

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/u/spez does some Matrix-level dodging of a comment highlighting that this "technology" could easily be/have been applied to other subs that have been banned:

We take banning **very** seriously. I believe we can combat negative actions like theirs by improving our own technology without banning them, so that is what we'll try first.

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*TL;DR** Apparently SRS gets preferential treatment from the admins regarding harassment and brigading. Admins/devs will bend-over-backwards to introduce new technology to help make SRS less shitty to the rest of reddit. But enjoy your ban if you're not on the admins' good-side.

Comment by muhtriggurs at 05/08/2015 at 22:12 UTC

990 upvotes, 15 direct replies

They claim that they're "not as bad as they used to be".

The post above quite clearly shows they are violating the *spirit* of the rules, and should be treated the same as the ones /u/spez listed.

It won't be, of course, which makes them all fucking hypocrites.

Go fuck yourself spez. You're as phony as a three dollar bill.

Comment by [deleted] at 06/08/2015 at 00:34 UTC

10 upvotes, 0 direct replies

EVERY time admins ban anything the entire thread is complaints that SRS is still around and I have never, ever seen an admin directly respond to any of these complaints.

Admins don't give a shit about what the customer thinks.

Comment by Warlizard at 05/08/2015 at 22:15 UTC

40 upvotes, 7 direct replies

In this thread, /u/spez said they're looking for technological solutions to SRS.

Comment by asimplescribe at 05/08/2015 at 23:13 UTC

5 upvotes, 0 direct replies

No they always avoid that hate group during these discussions.

Comment by BlackBlarneyStone at 05/08/2015 at 22:14 UTC

13 upvotes, 0 direct replies

not that i ever saw.

Comment by anxdiety at 05/08/2015 at 23:39 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

The shit doesn't smell as bad when you're sitting in the washroom.

Comment by not_a_throwaway23 at 05/08/2015 at 22:48 UTC

5 upvotes, 0 direct replies

/u/intortus was an admin. Now the account is a moderator at /r/shitredditsays.

Comment by Thementalrapist at 06/08/2015 at 00:05 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Pretty sure they're also mods of srs.

Comment by Roboticide at 05/08/2015 at 22:37 UTC

-1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I think the only official statement I ever saw came from /u/deimorz, I believe, when he first became and Admin. Claimed something to the effect that they weren't actually that bad and had never violated the rules.

I think he's a pretty okay Admin mostly, but that comment always struck me as proof that the Admins really don't care about stopping SRS. They can get away with anything here.