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I used Spez as an example. It's going to be happening to thousands of people.
I never even said it was a new concept, I said it was a terrible and problematic one for reddit.
Comment by MableXeno at 23/12/2021 at 17:54 UTC
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This isn't a new concept on the wider internet...I've seen it in action. People attempt to tag others while talking about them and generally someone just screenshots it & sends it to the user, the user temporarily unblocks them, reports the content as harassment and the content comes down.
I think most communities have some version of the "remember the human" sitewide guideline in their own rules anyway. Whether it's to be kind, civil, polite, etc...Going into a sub with rules like this and attempting to call someone out knowing they can't see you (or doing it to check if you've been blocked) will still be subject to moderation and most communities won't tolerate it. I get plenty of reports from community members about someone else's content being unkind to a third party.
Is there a chance a post or comment will be live before mods get to it? Sure. But even a basic automod command for anything containing "u/" will filter results to the mod queue so you have a chance to see them and remove inappropriate tags.