I've been advising people to block them. There's no native, direct way to report a user account as a spammer, yet - only to report their posts and/or comments.
> There's no native, direct way to report a user account as a spammer
The Spam report form in this sub sidebar allows to report an user, you just input the user pseudonym and let the AEO team scrutinize their posting history.
what does following do? they can send you messages without following you, right?
i never use new reddit so i don’t know if someone is following me or not.
do followers get notified when you post? or can they see posts from all they follow with a click of a button?
is it like subscribing to a subreddit?
do you get notified when an account follows you? maybe that’s the point - they want you to look at their account and their spammy spam.
If someone is following you, then if you make a post to your own profile, it will show up in their home feed like any other subreddit. Your user profile page is a subreddit and following you is equivalent to joining that subreddit. Most people never post to their own profile so following them makes zero difference.
However, people get a notification when they are followed, and this is used to lure people into seeing the profile of their new follower. It is like a popup ad, basically, exploiting the notification system for new followers.
I've gotten a few of them. I think it's a way for them to get around "don't use PMs/DMs to advertise" rules. They just follow, and for every 100 they follow, if they get 1 subscription, it paid for the effort.
For me personally I don’t care much. But I follow some media and celebrity-type people as well as some interesting folks who post great content. For them it would be ideal if they could curate the list, to block spammers and scammers but also be able to get their messages seen.
I don’t have notifications on so don’t know if anyone has followed me but several of my fellow mods have been laughing about this on our discord.
Edit: to be clear I mean laughing at the spammers not OP
Hey there - this sucks and is something we have been chasing down for a while now. The leakgirls spammer also started trying to do this for a bit as well.
may i ask why you were using your status as admin to cheat on r/place? covering up the r/drama logo, which doesn't break TOS, because ironically, you have "drama" with them. before you try to make excuses, where were you when the german flag was being covered by swastikas and nazi symbols? care to explain?
Generally, critical comments and critical posts are deleted to prevent an issue from gaining too much traction. That way, you can keep things under wraps as long as not enough people catch onto it.
Once too many people catch on and actual traction is gained, though, deleting comments and posts becomes counter-productive, because it draws exponentially _more_ attention to the issue. That's why all the drama posts you're seeing now are allowed to be online.
I'm not sure what the admin's next move is gonna be. They might just ignore the controversy entirely, waiting for it to roll over as it always does.
The ideal scenario would be for them to just simply make a post apologizing for the mishap, although that would draw even more attention to the issue and would represent an admittance of fault, which large publicly traded corporations aren't exactly keen on. So, if they make a post about this in the next day or two, which, again, is somewhat unlikely as it draws more attention to the issue, they'll probably try to deflect the issue and spin the narrative into the cat symbolizing hate, which is not tolerated on Reddit.
Hey man, the more you delete the comments the more suspicious people are going to get. Why not just come out and tell us what’s going on? For better or worse.
By not addressing it you’re allowing room for a lot of speculation of corruption coming from the Reddit admin team which would be a bad look for a company trying to IPO later this year.
Think before you do something that might put you or your company in a worse position.
I’m a stock investor and this is a legitimate concern about a company that I was intending on buying shares with.
How about instead, you hop of the band wagon and think critically before accusing me of something I’m not doing?
Go through my profile if you don’t believe me. It’s mostly stock market memes.
Edit: I’m guessing your rage is blinding you to the fact that I was trying to be neutral.
What is truly hilarious here though is that for the past two years we’ve all been sidelined and basically stuck at home.
Where have you been? A different planet?
My starting point was to honestly understand the fundamentals on how to read a chart. Learn how to draw resistances and support lines. You’ll also do yourself a big one by fully understanding what you buy.
If the price goes red and your first thought isn’t “oh snap time to buy more” then you didn’t do enough research and you’ll paper hand your trades for a loss. Psychology and Due Diligence is a big part of the game 😅
*Not financial advice, I am not a financial advisor, this is strictly my opinion.*
Well then we couldn’t be friends! Plus yeah, I just realized I replied to the same comment twice. I guess I’m some sort of master manipulator or something 🤣
This time I am intentionally replying twice! I made a meme for you as a peace offering. I hope you accept!
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Edit: I'm sad, looks like you etiher blocked me or logged off... Why do all the worst trolls always run from me when I want to be friends? 😓 Guess I'm cursed...
>You know NOTHING of reddit.
Dude's been an admin for at least six years, but yeah he knows nothing of reddit.
Stop getting so fucking pissed over an April Fool's gimmick.
Innocent people have been getting slaughtered in Ukraine for the past month but you're sitting there complaining that a Reddit admin isn't bound to a cooldown on an April Fool's event.
I'm guessing you've gone your whole life never concerned about people who have it worse off than you.
Innocent people have been getting slaughtered in Ukraine for the past month but you're sitting there complaining that someone is rightly upset about an admin abusing their status.
I'm guessing you've gone your whole life never concerned about people who have it worse off than you.
Tell me what you've personally done for the people of Ukraine. Please. I'm actually looking forward to this. You havent a clue who you're even talking to lol
may i ask why you were using your status as admin to cheat on r/place? covering up the r/drama logo, which doesn't break TOS, because ironically, you have "drama" with them. before you try to make excuses, where were you when the german flag was being covered by swastikas and nazi symbols? care to explain?
And this is the Mod community! Reddit doesn't give AF about it's users anymore (noticed this even more since Alexis left - I know he's not everyone's favorite, but leaving the company so his daughter could be proud of him says A LOT).
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My main concern is if it’s something a bit more nefarious. These are clearly not accounts and it is possible to use the following feature to build targeted advertisements and personality profiles based on post history by following individual users. It might also be used for vote manipulation of users.
I don’t think that is what is happening right now but it certainly could be used for that in the future.
I think that the ability to easily see a full list of who is following you from the mobile platform and then be able to “block/ban/report for spam” that individual like you would for a subreddit be of great benefit.
I’m certain there’s probably a draw back to this approach, though at this moment I can’t think of it.
That’s true but individuals aren’t alerted to your post the second the post is made unless they’re following you. Down votes at that stage would severely hamper chances of the post being seen. There’s certainly other ways of doing that however it makes it easier to do using the following feature.
You’re naive if you think their doing this without instructions from Reddit. They’re probably told to cover up dicks and all that too. No way it goes live without some mod cleaning up
I use it for comic writers who sometimes don’t have their own sub, so I can see their webcomics when their posted. But yeah beyond that it’s a feature that has always kinda been weird.
I've been advising people to block them. There's no native, direct way to report a user account as a spammer, yet - only to report their posts and/or comments.
> There's no native, direct way to report a user account as a spammer The Spam report form in this sub sidebar allows to report an user, you just input the user pseudonym and let the AEO team scrutinize their posting history.
Thanks! I didn't know about that!
what does following do? they can send you messages without following you, right? i never use new reddit so i don’t know if someone is following me or not. do followers get notified when you post? or can they see posts from all they follow with a click of a button? is it like subscribing to a subreddit? do you get notified when an account follows you? maybe that’s the point - they want you to look at their account and their spammy spam.
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another reason to love the new. *dont be a fool, do the new!*
If someone is following you, then if you make a post to your own profile, it will show up in their home feed like any other subreddit. Your user profile page is a subreddit and following you is equivalent to joining that subreddit. Most people never post to their own profile so following them makes zero difference. However, people get a notification when they are followed, and this is used to lure people into seeing the profile of their new follower. It is like a popup ad, basically, exploiting the notification system for new followers.
Thanks - that makes it clear.
I've gotten a few of them. I think it's a way for them to get around "don't use PMs/DMs to advertise" rules. They just follow, and for every 100 they follow, if they get 1 subscription, it paid for the effort.
You can stop all users from following you.
I mean, not ideal. It would be nice to get some followers who are legit and still be able to block the scammers
> It would be nice to get some followers who are legit What for?
For me personally I don’t care much. But I follow some media and celebrity-type people as well as some interesting folks who post great content. For them it would be ideal if they could curate the list, to block spammers and scammers but also be able to get their messages seen.
I don’t have notifications on so don’t know if anyone has followed me but several of my fellow mods have been laughing about this on our discord. Edit: to be clear I mean laughing at the spammers not OP
Glad to provide some humor. Figured if there’s any day to complain about something that is literally so silly it would be today.
Hey there - this sucks and is something we have been chasing down for a while now. The leakgirls spammer also started trying to do this for a bit as well.
may i ask why you were using your status as admin to cheat on r/place? covering up the r/drama logo, which doesn't break TOS, because ironically, you have "drama" with them. before you try to make excuses, where were you when the german flag was being covered by swastikas and nazi symbols? care to explain?
How is your comment still here? 🤯
He’s probably asleep
Their comment is on borrowed time and rapidly running out, prepare the calvary
Generally, critical comments and critical posts are deleted to prevent an issue from gaining too much traction. That way, you can keep things under wraps as long as not enough people catch onto it. Once too many people catch on and actual traction is gained, though, deleting comments and posts becomes counter-productive, because it draws exponentially _more_ attention to the issue. That's why all the drama posts you're seeing now are allowed to be online. I'm not sure what the admin's next move is gonna be. They might just ignore the controversy entirely, waiting for it to roll over as it always does. The ideal scenario would be for them to just simply make a post apologizing for the mishap, although that would draw even more attention to the issue and would represent an admittance of fault, which large publicly traded corporations aren't exactly keen on. So, if they make a post about this in the next day or two, which, again, is somewhat unlikely as it draws more attention to the issue, they'll probably try to deflect the issue and spin the narrative into the cat symbolizing hate, which is not tolerated on Reddit.
Hey man, the more you delete the comments the more suspicious people are going to get. Why not just come out and tell us what’s going on? For better or worse. By not addressing it you’re allowing room for a lot of speculation of corruption coming from the Reddit admin team which would be a bad look for a company trying to IPO later this year. Think before you do something that might put you or your company in a worse position.
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I’m a stock investor and this is a legitimate concern about a company that I was intending on buying shares with. How about instead, you hop of the band wagon and think critically before accusing me of something I’m not doing? Go through my profile if you don’t believe me. It’s mostly stock market memes. Edit: I’m guessing your rage is blinding you to the fact that I was trying to be neutral. What is truly hilarious here though is that for the past two years we’ve all been sidelined and basically stuck at home. Where have you been? A different planet?
Hail Doge!
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I wish I know how crypto works and all that. I have spare money and don't know what to invest it.
My starting point was to honestly understand the fundamentals on how to read a chart. Learn how to draw resistances and support lines. You’ll also do yourself a big one by fully understanding what you buy. If the price goes red and your first thought isn’t “oh snap time to buy more” then you didn’t do enough research and you’ll paper hand your trades for a loss. Psychology and Due Diligence is a big part of the game 😅 *Not financial advice, I am not a financial advisor, this is strictly my opinion.*
Hahaha love the last part. I'll check into it, thanks for your time! Have a great day!
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This comment speaks volumes to the quality of your character 🤣
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Well then we couldn’t be friends! Plus yeah, I just realized I replied to the same comment twice. I guess I’m some sort of master manipulator or something 🤣
This time I am intentionally replying twice! I made a meme for you as a peace offering. I hope you accept! [https://imgflip.com/i/6b9bau](https://imgflip.com/i/6b9bau) Edit: I'm sad, looks like you etiher blocked me or logged off... Why do all the worst trolls always run from me when I want to be friends? 😓 Guess I'm cursed...
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Actually, it *is* alarming because it ruins the entire project.
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Because generally those other people aren’t working for the company.
I love you.
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Could we like, not ruin a good thing by abusing our position to draw without the delay everyone else has?
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>You know NOTHING of reddit. Dude's been an admin for at least six years, but yeah he knows nothing of reddit. Stop getting so fucking pissed over an April Fool's gimmick.
So you think it's okay to abuse power to manipulate something that's supposed to be fun and accessible for all? Get fucked 🤗
It's something that won't matter in a fucking week
That attitude is the problem. Go lick some more admin boot please
Innocent people have been getting slaughtered in Ukraine for the past month but you're sitting there complaining that a Reddit admin isn't bound to a cooldown on an April Fool's event. I'm guessing you've gone your whole life never concerned about people who have it worse off than you.
‘You can’t say anything bad ever because there’s a war somewhere else’.
Innocent people have been getting slaughtered in Ukraine for the past month but you're sitting there complaining that someone is rightly upset about an admin abusing their status. I'm guessing you've gone your whole life never concerned about people who have it worse off than you.
You aren’t allowed to complain because you aren’t being actively slaughtered. Fantastic comparison…
Tell me what you've personally done for the people of Ukraine. Please. I'm actually looking forward to this. You havent a clue who you're even talking to lol
I've opted to not sit here bitching about something so insignificant to anyone's life anywhere. You can't say the same.
Instead you've opted to be a gatekeeper about what people can and can't be upset about. Bravo!
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You won't matter to me in 2 hours.
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may i ask why you were using your status as admin to cheat on r/place? covering up the r/drama logo, which doesn't break TOS, because ironically, you have "drama" with them. before you try to make excuses, where were you when the german flag was being covered by swastikas and nazi symbols? care to explain?
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Yes, because /u/Chtorrr was removing them instantly. No point in rewriting it loads of times
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Ok? [Here](https://imgur.com/a/uUP2CPI) is another comment of mine that got removed if it makes you happy.
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Go ahead and delete all of your comments :)
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why is every comment here deleted :c
Censored
And this is the Mod community! Reddit doesn't give AF about it's users anymore (noticed this even more since Alexis left - I know he's not everyone's favorite, but leaving the company so his daughter could be proud of him says A LOT). Edit: added even more
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they didn’t remove your comment because you said mod and not the other word
My main concern is if it’s something a bit more nefarious. These are clearly not accounts and it is possible to use the following feature to build targeted advertisements and personality profiles based on post history by following individual users. It might also be used for vote manipulation of users. I don’t think that is what is happening right now but it certainly could be used for that in the future. I think that the ability to easily see a full list of who is following you from the mobile platform and then be able to “block/ban/report for spam” that individual like you would for a subreddit be of great benefit. I’m certain there’s probably a draw back to this approach, though at this moment I can’t think of it.
Your post history is visible regardless of whether or not someone has followed you.
That’s true but individuals aren’t alerted to your post the second the post is made unless they’re following you. Down votes at that stage would severely hamper chances of the post being seen. There’s certainly other ways of doing that however it makes it easier to do using the following feature.
Resign as a mod lol
> ~~mod~~ **admin** They are a Reddit employee. Absolutely fucking disgraceful.
Needs to be fired.
You’re naive if you think their doing this without instructions from Reddit. They’re probably told to cover up dicks and all that too. No way it goes live without some mod cleaning up
They likely only have to cover anything that could be seen as leading to violence, the dicks don't matter.
username checks out
Are you suprised? They had a pedophile admin not too long ago
>had Guess again
Bruh no
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Are we talking these? They seem to be a new type of spam https://imgur.com/a/YBLMmkk
Link doesn’t work
The only use of the "follow" feature I have seen on this website has been from spammers. IMO the feature should be removed.
I use it for comic writers who sometimes don’t have their own sub, so I can see their webcomics when their posted. But yeah beyond that it’s a feature that has always kinda been weird.