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Note: I’m moderating a handful of communities in more of a caretaker role. If you want to take one on, send me a message and I’ll share more info :)

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  • Users are concerned that this moderation tactic could be abused or just improperly implemented.

    This is the key bit. It’s good to try and make safer online spaces. But Reddit’s automated moderation has been bad for a while, and this might get more users caught up in false positives

    I’ve seen comments tagged as abusive regardless of the context:

    • someone quoting a news article
    • someone making a hyperbolic joke (especially in gen-Z subs)
    • actual abuse

    For well moderated subs, the vast majority of those reports became false positives over time. For the mod queue, this didn’t affect the end user since mods can dismiss the false positives. But automated ‘scores’ won’t account for that.

    We’re going to see even more annoying algospeak like “unalive”, only it’s going to be in news quotes as well



  • Couldn’t see how to add more

    To link multiple images, you can either

    • link to an external gallery in the main post

    • place them in the post body with this format: ![](ImageLink)

    You can do the same in comments. For example if I go

    ![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Birds_Illustrated_Canada_Goose.jpg/636px-Birds_Illustrated_Canada_Goose.jpg)

    It shows up like this

    It’s also best practice to add alt text in the square brackets:

    ![painting of a goose standing in front of some boats](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Birds_Illustrated_Canada_Goose.jpg/636px-Birds_Illustrated_Canada_Goose.jpg)

    Some apps and front ends will have a little image icon that can help you upload more images into the post / comment body






  • In line with this, thinking through how you’ll deal with the bad outcome can help you get past them

    For example

    Me organising an event and only 1 person turning up (this would have stopped me in the past)

    • being able to get to know that person better
    • not ordering the food until after the event starts
    • ending early, or having an alternative plan that works for smaller groups

    Me failing a class and having to repeat it next year

    • planning what the schedule will look like, or how that would shift your course planning

    It doesn’t bounce around in your head as much afterwards, because you’ve “solved” the problem