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View submission: Announcing the Crowd Control Beta
Seems like this could be interesting, depending how the final implementation works out.
Reading comments it seems a big concern is communicating to users what this feature is in a way that makes sense. While "Crowd Control" is definitely an accurate description for what the feature is trying to do, it has negative connotations and I guarantee you any user that sees "Crowd Control" next to their comment will be displeased while will lead to poor behavior.
A potential solution is a feature I've been wanting for a while that would work in conjunction with this one. A couple of subreddit settings that when turned on will display a small "badge" or icon next to the user's name in posts. Similar to a flair or the cake day icon. One setting will display an icon for users new to Reddit (a new user icon, essentially) and a different setting when turned on will display an icon for users new to the community.
The two settings just mentioned above can then interact with the "Crowd Control" feature, allowing moderators to see which kind of users have their posts automatically collapsed (and an icon that says "Auto Collapsed" can display to denote exactly what it did rather than a somewhat ambiguous "Crowd Control").
Comment by dragoon_scale at 11/12/2019 at 04:15 UTC
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Honestly I’m all for having them sew a “bad-egg” on to all of their clothing so they’re more easily identifiable in the wild.