created by spez on 24/02/2020 at 21:12 UTC*
36565 upvotes, 80 top-level comments (showing 25)
1: https://www.redditinc.com/policies/transparency-report-2019
Hi all,
It’s that time of year again when we share Reddit’s annual transparency report.
We share this report each year because you have a right to know how user data is being managed by Reddit, and how it’s both shared and not shared with government and non-government parties.
You’ll find information on content removed from Reddit and requests for user information. This year, we’ve expanded the report to include new data—specifically, a breakdown of content policy removals, content manipulation removals, subreddit removals, and subreddit quarantines.
Since the full report[2] is rather long, I’ll call out a few stats below:
2: https://www.redditinc.com/policies/transparency-report-2019
3: https://www.redditinc.com/policies/content-policy
I’d like to share an update about our thinking around quarantined communities.
4: https://www.redditinc.com/policies/privacy-policy
5: https://www.redditinc.com/policies/guidelines-for-law-enforcement
When we expanded our quarantine policy[6], we created an appeals process for sanctioned communities. One of the goals was to “force subscribers to reconsider their behavior and incentivize moderators to make changes.” While the policy attempted to hold moderators more accountable for enforcing healthier rules and norms, it didn’t address the role that each member plays in the health of their community.
6: https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/9jf8nh/revamping_the_quarantine_function/
Today, we’re making an update to address this gap: Users who consistently upvote policy-breaking content within quarantined communities will receive automated warnings, followed by further consequences like a temporary or permanent suspension. We hope this will encourage healthier behavior across these communities.
In addition to this report, we share news throughout the year from teams across Reddit, and if you like posts about what we’re doing, you can stay up to date and talk to our teams in r/RedditSecurity, r/ModNews, r/redditmobile, and r/changelog.
Update: I'm off for now. Thanks for questions, everyone.
Comment by Lester8_4 at 24/02/2020 at 21:17 UTC*
2549 upvotes, 2 direct replies
"110 requests from government entities to remove, *37%* of which we complied with."
50 of these requests were from Turkey. Interesting. I wonder which ones Reddit complied with and why.
Comment by tgnuow at 24/02/2020 at 21:26 UTC
1331 upvotes, 4 direct replies
spez I would like to ask some clarification on this:
"Users who consistently upvote policy-breaking content within quarantined communities will receive automated warnings"
Does this mean
Sorry if it's "reading comprehension", this new rule is actually a big one and some clear clarification would be much appreciated.
Comment by iLLicit__ at 24/02/2020 at 21:37 UTC
1832 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Are you banable on reddit seeing how you are the CEO?? If so have you ever been banned from a sub?
Comment by AndThatIsWhyIDrink at 24/02/2020 at 21:44 UTC
1390 upvotes, 2 direct replies
When we expanded our quarantine policy, we created an appeals process for sanctioned communities. One of the goals was to “force subscribers to reconsider their behavior and incentivize moderators to make changes.” While the policy attempted to hold moderators more accountable for enforcing healthier rules and norms, it didn’t address the role that each member plays in the health of their community.
Have any communities EVER been unquarantined under this policy or does it just exist to provide false hope to prevent these communities from becoming otherwise destructive on reddit? If some have been successfully unquarantined, which ones?
Comment by JohnStamosAsABear at 24/02/2020 at 23:39 UTC
438 upvotes, 1 direct replies
What's the plan with the mobile browser? Why is reddit pushing the use of avatars so hard?
r/mobileweb has been a frustrating experience watching thoughtful feedback by other users get ignored.
Comment by Schuddebuik at 24/02/2020 at 21:20 UTC
1034 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Thanks for the summary! I do have a question: why do some subreddits get banned, but others only get quarantined? Where exaclty lies the line between getting banned and getting quarentined?
Comment by thxxx1337 at 24/02/2020 at 21:59 UTC
460 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Guilding a post by u/spez is like paying him twice with currency he sold you. Fascinating
Comment by Eloiseau at 24/02/2020 at 21:32 UTC*
584 upvotes, 5 direct replies
Some time ago you removed many posts of r/france that criticize a scam called "Le Village de l'Emploi", just because this company asked you to remove these posts. It come to a point that "Le Village de l'Emploi" became a running gag on this sub, because your admins team keep removing some posts on the demand of the company.
Edit : here is the link to see the full context of the story
Comment by Chilbill9epicgamer at 24/02/2020 at 21:17 UTC
1431 upvotes, 2 direct replies
How is reddit karma calculated?
Comment by MaximusMatrix at 24/02/2020 at 21:45 UTC
671 upvotes, 1 direct replies
How many alt accounts do you have?
Comment by sofiepige at 24/02/2020 at 21:17 UTC
1921 upvotes, 6 direct replies
Why is there no limit to the amount of subreddits a user can moderate? It's ridiculous that very few power users can moderate over a hundred or more subreddits.
Comment by RealBlazeStorm at 24/02/2020 at 21:32 UTC
3069 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Why did the algorithm for r/popular (and I believe r/all) change? Often now I see posts with a few hundred upvotes and from more niche subreddits while there's many posts with 10k+ upvotes I haven't seen yet.
On that note, when a new Animal crossing (iirc) trailer released, there were 10 posts in a row from just that subreddit. Which is annoying if you're not interested in it. So that should be a hint that the algorithm needs tweaking at the very least.
Comment by CannedWolfMeat at 24/02/2020 at 21:50 UTC*
624 upvotes, 6 direct replies
Two questions:
And secondly:
1: https://i.imgur.com/qIQRAxz.png
Comment by __87- at 25/02/2020 at 03:49 UTC
54 upvotes, 4 direct replies
Why is r/waterniggas still quarantined? It's literally about drinking water.
Comment by neonrideraryeh at 24/02/2020 at 21:41 UTC
57 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Will more staff be added to help with /r/redditrequest? It's got a backlog of over 2 months, which seems like that many of the people who are meant to do stuff on there are busy with other things, which causes the requests to continue to pile up. Perhaps it would be good to get some people on board who can focus more specifically on that and check the various requests for subs from people to decide which to approve; I'm sure there'd be no shortage of volunteers to help with that. :)
Comment by EpicSketches at 24/02/2020 at 21:29 UTC
553 upvotes, 3 direct replies
When will you let us change our usernames?
Comment by Roboboy3000 at 24/02/2020 at 21:16 UTC
668 upvotes, 1 direct replies
What are some circumstances or reasoning Reddit provides as to why they refuse to comply with certain government/law enforcement information requests?
Comment by [deleted] at 24/02/2020 at 21:31 UTC
6034 upvotes, 2 direct replies
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Comment by DirtyWonderWoman at 24/02/2020 at 21:48 UTC
44 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Hi spez. I'd really like a better way to follow up with admins on moderator abuse. Local subs can get mods in there that block certain companies or people from posting over non-policy reasons. It'd be really great to be able to report moderator issues in a way similar to reporting posts.
Comment by Rockadudel at 24/02/2020 at 22:24 UTC
176 upvotes, 3 direct replies
As you see from these top comments many of reddit's users are unhappy with power mods and power users. There is pervasive abuse in control of subs and in karma farming. This behavior suppresses genuine voices and replaces them with stolen, astroturfed, freebooted, or otherwise curated and censored content.
What's worse if we directly call out the abusive and suppressive behavior we are likely to have our objections removed and accounts banned. Countering foreign influence is important and needed, sure, but most of the corruption and interference on reddit comes from these abusive power mods/users.
Regular users don't stand a chance in the face of power users with inorganic, bot-like posting habits and total immunity. We can't compete with this exploitative behavior and elitist control. Do the admins see a problem here? Is there any way to help us out?
Comment by Zorboid0rbb at 25/02/2020 at 03:16 UTC*
35 upvotes, 2 direct replies
I want to know how you address the issues with a bad abusive mods. There is a subreddit (/r/India) which bans people for any political view that doesn't match their own. No warning, no temp ban. Just permanent. When reached out to them, they mute you for 72 hours. In fact, there is an entire subreddit(/r/indiadiscussion) dedicated to people posting why they got banned. I have wrote admin emails but no response. Can you say what's your take on unfair perma bans from subreddit, given how Reddit is a champion of free speech?
Comment by ibm2431 at 24/02/2020 at 21:21 UTC
2563 upvotes, 4 direct replies
When will Reddit admins take action on karma farming subreddits (ex: /r/FreeKarma4U , /r/FreeKarma4You , /r/FreeKarmaSub4Sub ) which used to bypass subreddit karma requirements, which explicitly violate the site-wide policy of vote manipulation[1]?
Vote manipulation is against the Reddit rules, whether it is manual, programmatic, or otherwise. Some common forms of vote cheating are:
Asking people to vote up or down certain posts
Forming or joining a group that votes together, either on a specific post, a user's posts
Comment by banksy_h8r at 24/02/2020 at 21:31 UTC
121 upvotes, 2 direct replies
How effective is reddit's bot-detection and management? There's large corporations and state actors both creating and buying old accounts and using them to manipulate the content on this site. Can you please publish more information about your countermeasures for this?
I would even be in favor of allowing moderators to see origin-subnet hotspots on threads, account age stats, account "life" patterns, etc. Do you make those available?
And, I know this is a big thing to ask, would it be possible for reddit to make data available to the general research community on this arms race? This kind of manipulation of content manipulation is a huge problem throughout the Internet, and it's getting worse. If one of the largest sites could make a comprehensive corpus available to researchers this would be a massive benefit for everyone.
Comment by Knillish at 24/02/2020 at 21:20 UTC
968 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Did you ever imagine 14 years ago that you would be dealing with things like this on such a large scale?
How has your opinions of the internet changed from when Reddit was created all those years ago compared to now?
Are there any Reddit posts from those years that you specifically remember and that stand out to you?
Comment by N123A0 at 24/02/2020 at 23:15 UTC
59 upvotes, 1 direct replies
when are you going to do something about u/Gallowboob , or do you make too much money off him to care about his abusive behavior?
