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View submission: An update on subreddit classification efforts
In case of disagreement, does the choice of what a sub is tagged as ultimately belong to the admins, to the mods, or to the community? (As a matter of policy, I mean. Obviously the admins ultimately control the database.) Same question for the themes/descriptions.
Is the tag purely descriptive, or to some extent prescriptive? E.g. what happens if a sub tagged G starts seeing hardcore porn (by normal users not in violation of the sub's rules)? I assume the tag will eventually change to match, but is there any risk the posts would get deleted, the mods pressured to enforce the tag, anyone penalised in any way?
Comment by 0perspective at 02/09/2020 at 01:41 UTC
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I’d like to see trusted user crowdsourcing verify the mature themes for the majority of communities. These mature themes would set the community content tag. That said, this trial and beta will help us better understand how to achieve this. It’ll be instructive to see where and how often crowdsourcing may differ from the mod’s own mature theme answers.
Ultimately, Admins will be responsible for these content tags but we hope that the majority of them defined with the community using crowdsourcing. As we go through this trial and beta we’ll assess whether we need additional processes for content tag appeal, etc.
In terms of the content tag changing. That’s another thing we’re trying to evaluate during the trial and beta. It’s totally plausible that a community content tag could change over time (or rapidly).