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View submission: Shhh! Introducing new modmail mute length options
What made you decide to allow mods to jump straight to a 28 day mute? Personally I feel an initial mandatory escalation process would be better so it doesn't get abused.
Comment by 0perspective at 05/08/2020 at 22:48 UTC
16 upvotes, 3 direct replies
We discussed launching “progressive” muting that would have required shorter mute lengths before being able to apply longer mutes. To inform the decision we considered the size of the potential harm and the recourse for mods and users. We ended up believing that there’s more opportunity for harassment of mods and decided to bias towards allowing mods to exercise their own judgement. In some cases (like abuse and harassment) it can be entirely apparent from the first message that a user has no intent on a productive dialogue. In the case of potential mod abuse, we have established guidelines[1] and channels[2] for reporting such abuse.
1: https://www.redditinc.com/policies/moderator-guidelines
2: https://reddit.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=179106
That said, we’ll continue to listen to feedback from you all and will be taking a look at the data to understand how these new mute lengths may be being applied. We can always revisit this decision if we find more harm than good has come from it.
Comment by ThePantsThief at 05/08/2020 at 20:58 UTC
-2 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Yeah, power tripping mods will absolutely just jump to the 28 day mark.
Comment by probablyhrenrai at 05/08/2020 at 21:24 UTC
-10 upvotes, 0 direct replies
The more reddit censors controversial content, the more ad-friendly reddit becomes and the more ad revenue it gets.
Like the Redesign, the expansion of awards, and their multiple ban-waves, it's all about the money.
Always was, and always will be; if the platform is free, then you're the product.