Many communities on Reddit are using some form of NSFW (Not Safe For Work) designation to protest Reddit’s new API pricing.This has forced apps like Apollo and rif is fun to shut down on Reddit, with a recent pattern of action It felt “threatening” to unpaid volunteer moderators.including subreddits r/photo and r/militaryswitched to NSFW, pointing to wording on the Reddit website to justify the change.
Moderators of the r/military community said they switched the label to NSFW because “military content can be violent content,” adding, “This subreddit should have been NSFW already, but until recently it changed. I wasn’t thinking of doing it,” he said. ,” according to Public post on Thursday.
Mods fear community could be endangered if removed
However, Reddit sent a message to the mods on these subreddits that their NSFW labeling needed to be “immediately fixed” and that each community “has not historically been considered NSFW and we It is not considered even under current policy.” If the designation is not corrected, all moderators involved in the decision will be removed. These mods may be “subject to further action”, including being ineligible for future moderator teams.
NSFW has age gates and subreddits Not eligible for advertisingmay cause friction for users and affect Reddit’s ability to monetize the channel.
As of Thursday evening, r/PICS withdrew its NSFW designation along with r/military.
by email to The Verge, a moderator of the military subreddit said the MOD decided to revoke its NSFW designation because the community is a helpful resource for veterans experiencing a mental health crisis. The mod said it could put the community at risk if Reddit removed the team.
Reddit did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In an earlier post, his spokesperson, Tim Rathschmidt, said, “It’s a shame that a moderator accidentally marks the community as NSFW. content policy and Moderator Code of Conduct”
Here is the message shared from Reddit by r/PICS moderator:
This is a final warning against incorrectly labeling your community as NSFW. This is a violation of Mod Code of Conduct Rule 2. Your subreddit has historically not been considered NSFW, nor is he considered NSFW under our current policy.
Please fix the NSFW label on the subreddit immediately. Otherwise, action will be taken against the moderator team by the end of this week. This means that the moderator involved in this activity will be removed from this mod team. Moderators may also be subject to additional actions, including being removed from mod teams in the future.
Finally, if you suddenly start posting or approving content in your community that contains sexually explicit content in order to justify your NSFW label, we will immediately remove and permanently suspend any moderators who engage in this behavior.
rule 2 Moderator Code of Conduct Moderators say they need to “set appropriate and reasonable expectations.” Last month, Reddit’s admin account ModCodeofConduct said switching from a safe workplace to NSFW was “unacceptable” in protest, with several communities reverting after feeling pressure from Reddit.
For r/PICS, after a community vote, it switched to focusing exclusively on posts about comedian John Oliver, and moderators switched it on Monday. to NSFW Because I felt that the content on the subreddit violated our terms. Reddit wiki page titled “Reddit Content Policy”. That page defines NSFW as: “Content that contains nudity, pornography, or profanity that a reasonable audience would not want to be seen accessing in a public or formal setting, such as a workplace, should be tagged as NSFW. should be attached.”
However, in the screenshot of the message between r/PICS and Reddit, The VergeReddit said the wiki page is old (the last edit was four years ago) and pointed to another page with the same title. Reddit Content Policy, NSFW rules are not defined. Rule 6 is probably the closest. “Properly labeling content and community, especially graphic, sexually explicit, and offensive content, to ensure people have a predictable experience on Reddit.”
On r/PICS, the rules clearly state “No Explicit Pornography or Gore”, and from what I’ve seen posts in the community follow that rule.r/PICS on Wednesday claimed to “A visible mark is r/photo Because NSFW is essential to establishing reasonable expectations. ”
“Reddit’s behavior is on par with the most dystopian companies seen in Night City.”
moderator of r/cyberpunk games made a post on wednesday Since you asked about the message from Reddit regarding the community’s NSFW designation, I asked if you received this new message as well. “We didn’t get the message, but we stand by the community that did,” the moderators wrote to me in a Reddit DM. “This is an alarming development and very close to people.” cyber punk fan. Reddit’s behavior is on par with the most dystopian companies seen in Night City. ”
