323 upvotes, 10 direct replies (showing 10)
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what kind of safety controls would you like to see on Reddit?
There needs to be some way to report/prevent/rein in the "report self harm" abuse. There are people out there who use its anonymousness to simply harass people, and while the message you get has the following portion:
If you think you may have gotten this message in error, report this message
the report system linked to does not actually contain any direct way to report the abuse.
Edit: And no surprise, this comment elicited someone to use it on me now.
Comment by [deleted] at 08/02/2022 at 19:21 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Happened to me too during an argument with someone. In fact general abusive harassment appears to go completely unchecked. I have also received a temp ban from admins for absolutely no reason - arguing with someone who claimed I was a member of a cult using psychic powers to invade his dreams.
Reddit needs basic conduct rules, not echo chamber sects.
Comment by TimeIsPower at 04/02/2022 at 01:32 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
As a regular poster to /r/CoronavirusOklahoma, I was wondering why I kept getting these messages. I know they exist for a good reason but figured it was just someone being an annoying spammer, not a "KYS" proxy.
Comment by formerfatboys at 19/01/2022 at 07:22 UTC
6 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Yes, the MAGAs and incels and anti-vaxx crowd loves to weaponize it.
Comment by jdeezy at 19/01/2022 at 01:55 UTC*
10 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Was used on me a couple of times for interacting on conservative subs like kotakuinaction. Reported it each time.
Edit: just got another one, likely from this comment. Trolls.
Comment by IAMATruckerAMA at 19/01/2022 at 01:29 UTC
0 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Can't you block the bot?
Comment by arowthay at 19/01/2022 at 00:53 UTC
29 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Yeah it's literally used as a harassment tool lol
Comment by megman13 at 19/01/2022 at 00:04 UTC*
28 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Glad to see this brought up, I've recently had this happen to me a couple times.
I'm not sure if this can be tracked down a) to certain subreddits or users encouraging this tool's abuse, and it would be nice to find some way to flag people that use this feature frequently for review (or something).
Abuse of this tool is *extra* shitty given its intended purpose, so it would be nice to have some kind of accountability.
Comment by IrrelevantLeprechaun at 18/01/2022 at 23:50 UTC
105 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I've had this message sent to me several times. People basically use it as like a "go kill yourself" reply without actually saying "go kill yourself".
Comment by ADarwinAward at 18/01/2022 at 23:49 UTC*
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
It happened to me once and I rolled my eyes at Reddit’s automated message.
The good news is you can stop it by replying STOP and you’ll never receive it again. :)
Comment by [deleted] at 18/01/2022 at 20:01 UTC
60 upvotes, 2 direct replies
This, just happened to me. I was like, wtf?