Stop deleting my fucking posts Reddit

When I close reddit the icon shows this for a few seconds before switching to the nirmal one. Anyone know what it is?

When I close reddit the icon shows this for a few seconds before switching to the nirmal one. Anyone know what it is?

Idk why I just feel like I need to see people comment on my things all the time but it’s becoming an issue

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/?