https://www.reddit.com/r/modhelp/comments/l6k45z/inadvertent_brigading_of_roptions_when/
created by redtexture on 28/01/2021 at 01:16 UTC
2 upvotes, 3 top-level comments (showing 3)
2nd time in three days. Now Jan 27 2021, about 7pm New York time.
For undisclosed reasons, r/WallStreetBets has gone private, temporarily.
r/options, with 500,000 subscribers up 100,000 in a week, with guidelines for civil behavior, is inundated with homeless r/WallStreetBets commentors with wildly different standards of civility and quality of participation; their subscriber count is I believe above 3.2 million, up 1.2 million from three days ago.
Looking to tighten up permissions until this passes.
Automod is active and covers routine issues.
Recently increased new reddit IDs threshold to 5 days.
Thanks.
Comment by chelonids at 28/01/2021 at 01:29 UTC*
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
r/modhelp is a peer-to-peer support community. If you need admin attention, post in r/modsupport instead.
I recall this from r/automoderator.
I can write a simple rule to remove posts with "GME", "BB", "WSB", "wallstreet bets", "wallstreet" and any other variants you can give me. Would you like that?
Comment by kallisti_gold at 28/01/2021 at 01:28 UTC
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Exactly what are you looking for when you say "tighten up permissions"?
Comment by Bright_Sunny_Day at 28/01/2021 at 05:45 UTC
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
This sounds like a situation that could permanently change the culture of your sub.
Personally, I would consider putting a freeze on all posting for a couple of days, get everyone's attention, and re-establish the ground rules and expectations for participating in the sub.