I get that it's a sub that documents recently banned subs but why is it so bat shit?

When I'm scrolling down all the questions that are looking for answers, I'm noticing that the solved or open status is not visible until you click on the post and see the details. It'd be nice if the status was shown on the main feed, like this:

https://preview.redd.it/c282sxv413pd1.jpg?width=450&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5850799e3907488da417fb3c26dbfbdf2bb975bf

Is it just me or did Reddit archive everything when they changed ownership?

It's really frustrating. There are critics who say you shouldn't post on stale threads but you can't even upvote old threads now.

Someone asked a question. Someone else gave the correct answer. Oh, wait. No one can agree with that answer if the question is more than a few months old. It's like we're reinventing the wheel.

I visit various sub reddits and they’re so full of poisonous partisan posts. Be they memes or talking points or cherry picked news items. And so many of these subs ban you if you dissent from the prevailing view. I’ve been banned from left leaning subs and right leaning subs for questioning their orthodoxy. But this post is less about my bans and more about the constant stream of provocative content.

Are we sure these are sincere Reddit users? How likely is it that we’re being swarmed by (say Russian) bad state actors, who are trying to sow dissent?

I’ve created a Reddit bot powered by a locally hosted language model (LLM) that scans comments in targeted subreddits and identifies abusive content based on context. If a comment is deemed abusive, the bot reports it. It works very well and has received positive regards from mods that are charged with maintaining unruly user bases.

I’m considering making this bot open source so that more people can benefit from it, but I have some ethical concerns. While the bot could enhance the ability to maintain safe and respectful online communities, it could also be misused. Here are my main concerns:

Potential for Misuse:

• Censorship: It could easily be used for most anything by mods. From silencing dissenting opinions or censor content that isn’t actually abusive.
• Targeted Harassment: Individuals or groups might use it to falsely report specific users, leading to unjust bans or suppression.
• Manipulation of Discussions: It could skew conversations by selectively reporting comments, influencing public opinion.
• Political Agendas: Entities might use it to control information flow or suppress opposition.

Likelihood of Misuse: Given the current online landscape, tools that influence discourse are often targeted for misuse.

Balancing Good vs. Bad:

• Positive Impact: It can enhance moderation, improve community safety, and serve as an educational tool for AI ethics and NLP.
• Negative Impact: The risks of misuse, loss of control over the tool, and potential unintended consequences are significant.

I’m torn between the potential benefits and the risks of misuse. I do think there's reason Reddit has not provided mod teams with such a tool. They have automod but the LLM they provide to stop harassment does nothing more and, quite frankly, sucks at it. My own rig does have the power to do multiple large subs, and I can use it as such.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on this ethical dilemma. Should I open source my bot, or is the potential for misuse too great? How can I balance the benefits with the risks responsibly?

can someone tell me how we can add images to posts!? and besides this - how to write bydefault in the markdown mode!?

look forward to hear from you regards

I've visited this subreddit once for 20 secs and now it's all over my feed.

I like giving awards to people who are helpful and people who make me laugh etc.

I've just heard that it's not possible to buy coins any more.... How will the awards system work without coins to pay for them?

I've been using it as a mini library just because there's no good note-taking application.

Gmail kinda works, blablabla. I'm switching over to just writing in the terminal, where every new txt is almost like a new subreddit, I guess.

So what's the point of reddit?

What thr hrll?

In the last 2 weeks, there's been like 5 reddit accounts from onlyfans models following me. I don't participate in porn subreddits.

On various discussions, I see the topic has X number of comments (usually 1-4 or so). I click on the topic, but none of the comments show up. Instead, it says "no comments".

I have, of course, seen where comments have been deleted my a moderator with a mod note, or where comments are "collapsed" (mostly due to downvotes). But how and why do comments show as counted, but there is no sign of them in the thread?

This may be a weird one for this subreddit, but it keeps bothering me so here we go. I’ve been using Reddit for many years but still cannot figure out the upvote downvote function and fear I am using it incorrectly. I’ve asked a friend and his answer is basically that upvoting means you think more ppl should see it and downvoting means less ppl should see it. But I can’t get over feeling like upvoting is liking it and downvoting is disliking it creating a conundrum. For instance, another school shooting occurs. I don’t like this, of course, but I do think it should be seen more. Am I upvoting so more ppl see it or downvoting to express my displeasure in the content of the post? Please help me figure out what is going on with upvoting and downvoting so I can feel confident in what I’m doing! Side note, it’s sad to me school shooting was the first thing I thought of as an example…

Example: https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/12433je/deeply_distressed_elementary_school_student_being/?

Haven't checked for roofers and reefers

On the the iOS app, some of the subreddit names appear to be shortened with no apparent reason. For example 'r/movies' becomes 'r/...es'.

It doesn't appear to be any kind of censorship of offensive words and longer names appear in full so it's not a length issue.

Is it a bug?

Example

i am not kidding i will update this with pictures when i can.

(this very post was made from an e-reader)

Didn't know where else to put this. I browse reddit exclusively on old reddit, don't care for new reddit. But there are some things that bug me that subs do with CSS, and while I like having nicely styled subs to browse, some of them push the boundaries.

For me, it's mostly /r/mildlyinfuriating. I get the joke ha ha lol you see the name of the sub is mildly infuriating - but once you're through laughing at the hilarity of it every time you go there, it just makes the sub difficult to read. CSS is also sometimes used for other little annoyances like hiding the upvotes/downvotes unless you're subscribed, etc.

So I made a little javascript bookmarklet to strip away all CSS that is added to any sub, leaving only the default reddit styling. Whenever you're annoyed by a sub's styling, you can just click the button and poof - it's gone. To bring it back, just click it again.

How to Create the Kill Reddit CSS Bookmarklet Button for your Toolbar

To create your button, just make a new bookmark. In the URL field, enter the following line of JavaScript:

javascript:(function(){x=0;s=document.styleSheets;for(const y of s){if(y.title==="applied_subreddit_stylesheet"){if(y.disabled!=true){y.disabled=true;}else{y.disabled=false;}}x++;}})();

Save the bookmark to your toolbar and give it a nice title like KILL REDDIT CSS and you're all set.

Hope this helps. If it stops working, check back here, I will update as needed.

We are trying to do ads in facebook but it says its restricted. Owner of account is a hs student, no valid id yet. Should we change the name to someone who has valid ID or create a new account?

Also, if the factory is in another country, but our target audience is global, for verification, can we use another country's ID and name and information to get verified?

Will it affect if we use different locations?

Please help!

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