Comment by MoralMidgetry on 03/03/2021 at 19:12 UTC

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View submission: Announcing Online Presence Indicators

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The purpose is to make it easier to harass someone on reddit.

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Comment by bakonydraco at 03/03/2021 at 21:00 UTC

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I would have significant worries for 2 groups in particular:

• Users who routinely get harassed by other users. This is a problem that plagues all social media but that affects Reddit in particular. I could see engagement going considerably down for people who get spammed the second they come online. I feel like there could be a very negative gendered aspect to this too.
• Mod teams. It completely changes the expectations on the team if there's a live status indicator next to every mod on the team, in a way that seems a significant negative. I don't see this as compatible with a volunteer mod team that Reddit depends on.

Overall, any feature that compromises privacy in any way should be 100% opt in, and I don't think this was thought through before pushing live.

Comment by BlatantConservative at 03/03/2021 at 20:42 UTC

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As a mod I'm expecting to get people dropping in saying "I saw you're online can you remove this post I don't like" and I am going to respond with "I am currently masturbating to waluigi/link scat fics leave me alone"

Comment by hutre at 04/03/2021 at 16:55 UTC

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this. I can already see the message

Hey! I see you're online. Why aren't you replying to my comment where I'm personally insulting you and your family while calling your opinion wrong