874 upvotes, 11 direct replies (showing 11)
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What about spam subreddits like r/RedditSteamTrade whose sole purpose is scamming? Are you going to do anything about those?
I reported this and other subreddits both through modmail, and emailing your zendesk address, and your admins told me to get lost with a form-letter reply[1] and then filed all further correspondence from me into the ignore bin.
1: https://i.imgur.com/KT9XTrL.png
Me and my friends, with high profile and reputable Steam accounts, are being linked there along with the scammer's own throwaway, to legitimize the scammers' Steam accounts, who will then use their "Official Valve" Reddit wiki as proof of their "adminship" before phishing someone's account, then shifting the hate onto us when they delete the Steam account and swap it out for another. This hate brigade has been going on for years, and your admins will do NOTHING to stop it. I don't even accept friend requests anymore, because it's always some scam victim who either thinks I'm a part of Steam Support or that I'm a part of the group who scammed them.
Example scam page: https://www.reddit.com/r/RedditSteamTrade/wiki/index
Comment by sarcissae at 29/06/2020 at 22:28 UTC
121 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Reddit will only ban a subreddit if it:
a) threatens to become a scandal or
b) goes against reddit's agenda
If you want to try getting the sub taken down, you'll have to bring mass attention to it, maybe take it to a journalist who doesn't have anything better to do or something.
Comment by InterestedVoter2k16 at 29/06/2020 at 20:39 UTC*
27 upvotes, 1 direct replies
If applicable, you and your friends can pool money together to file a formal cease and desist letter, no jokes/sarcasm here. A lawyer will help you write one for anywhere from 500 to 3500usd, I'd expect the lower end.
Comment by Justice_R_Dissenting at 29/06/2020 at 20:01 UTC
84 upvotes, 0 direct replies
When I see this shit it just reinforces that reddit hasn't been sued NEARLY enough over this bullshit. A few costly settlements and nasty litigation leaks would right this ship.
Comment by Ottothotto at 29/06/2020 at 22:46 UTC
9 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Honestly reddit is just filled with the most god awful moderators on earth. I'm black and I got banned for saying the n-word from a subreddit that I've never interacted with in my life. When I asked why did they ban me, do they have proof I was racist and when I told them I was black they told me I'm a liar and I'm only using it as an excuse. Fuck reddit honestly I honestly used to hate being black and would avoid other black people but when I finally start owning it I get told I'm not black by some rando on the internet.
This place has honestly gone to shit
Comment by Lognipo at 30/06/2020 at 13:44 UTC
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Not everyone is paying for these awards. I gave someone plat in this thread earlier for an absolutely amazing response to reddit's new explicit endorsement of hatred. I did that with points paid for *two years ago*, and I have plenty left to give more as/where needed. Giving the plat today gives Reddit nothing they did not already have, but it absolutely does draw attention to great reasoning. The Reddit admins will see those awards as well, and you can be sure that ability and willingness to give gold/plat factors *somewhere* into their mental calculus. Giving it to these posts is a good way to show them what they stand to lose by officially embracing hatred.
Comment by NostraDavid at 29/06/2020 at 23:36 UTC*
7 upvotes, 0 direct replies
With /u/spez, every day is like an episode in a corporate drama series.
Comment by vxx at 30/06/2020 at 18:52 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
This sounds like a letter from a lawyer would work wonders here.
Comment by Bainy995 at 30/06/2020 at 11:14 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Wait how many members does that steam trade really have?
Comment by rabbitlion at 30/06/2020 at 00:43 UTC
-4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
You got tricked by someone who copied a middleman's steam profile to try to appear as the real deal. You did not use one of the middlemen actually approved by the subreddit.
Comment by [deleted] at 29/06/2020 at 21:19 UTC
-12 upvotes, 1 direct replies
You know that linking these unknown Subs only makes them more popular, free exposure especially when you posted on this thread. You're unknowingly promoting it not fighting it.
Comment by BidenSaysUAintBLACK at 30/06/2020 at 01:02 UTC
-1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
No because it doesn't have a political sway. go download saidit app. It's like old reddit.
