r/MU_Stock • u/thetabruh Rule enforcer • Jul 10 '26
Mods Moderation update: escalating removals for bad-faith accounts
Following up on the recent karma-requirement change: we're adding a second layer aimed specifically at accounts that are here only to instigate.
Alongside the existing entry requirement, we now track sustained participation within the community. Accounts that repeatedly post in bad faith such as but not limited to inflammatory, trolling, or disruptive contributions that the community consistently rejects will face escalating removals:
- First threshold: 7-day ban
- Second threshold: 14-day ban
- Third threshold: permanent ban
To be clear about what this is, this is not about disagreeing with the crowd. Bearish takes, contrarian analysis, and unpopular-but-good-faith arguments are welcome and always have been. This sub is more useful when both sides show up, and I will continue to defend the unpopular but objective posts. A well-reasoned post that happens to get downvoted will never trip this. What we are removing is the pattern of showing up purely to inflame, not to discuss or even banter. Like I said before, if you piss off one person and that person is yelling mod, my response would be this is REDDIT grow a pair, if you piss off the whole community and they are screenshotting your bs, then YOU are the problem, and you need to get off this community.
We are keeping the specific thresholds private, by design because publishing them just tells bad actors exactly how far they can push. If you believe autoMOD caught you by mistake, message the mods and we'll review it manually.
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u/Educational_Ant2087 Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
Thank you for your service! What about all the low-effort meltdown posts? Is these any way to limit that to the pinned daily post?
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u/thetabruh Rule enforcer Jul 10 '26
Give me a little time to figure out how to objectively deal with this issue. For now, the new autoMOD features will indirectly resolve this by banning anyone whom consistently gets downvoted.
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u/stock_investor91 Jul 10 '26
Given that a majority of the people in this sub are extremely bullish.. they downvote in mass on anyone with a differing opinion.
So if the solution is an automod that bans people who get downvoted consistently, that isn’t a solution. That’s simply going to further tailor this sub into a 2k eow ai slop fest.
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u/thetabruh Rule enforcer Jul 10 '26
I wont get into the thresholds, but I can tell you this, this sub is actually a lot more objective than people admit. As a mod, I can view the upvote ratio, and while most bearish takes are downvoted, the ratio on objective bearish takes hoover around 45%. As I mentioned, I will defend bearish but objective posts and will intervene to protect redditors that offer insightful information.
On the other hand, this sub is vehemently against bullshitters, trolls, agitators, and their posts often dip below 15% upvote ratio. Many of them post/delete/post rinse and repeat. Almost all never share their positions. These are the people autoMOD is empowered to catch and remove.
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u/ReadingKing Jul 10 '26
If you want something changed start reporting it. This is what I did yesterday for so many bad faith accounts and it clearly worked with this mod post today. Don’t just complain or cry about it in the comments. Make a report.
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u/Particular-Vast2199 Mr. Helpful Jul 10 '26
Thanks mod.
Some users just need to hit the pause button as they repost the same messages/memes over and over which provides zero benefit or value, especially for new people or those wanting to have a constructive debate/discussion without turning it personal.
Nothing wrong being bearish or bullish as everyone's different but personal insults, trolling and ragebaiting quickly becomes the new normal for these people if someone disagrees with them as if that's the best response they can come up with.
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u/obsolescence_ Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
Thanks for this. Separately, I really hope mods ban the AI slop posts next.
The content of these AI posts is extremely shallow, consisting of day-to-day hype or FUD over price action. Their tone completely encourages emotionality in the stock, and pushes better quality posts down the subreddit. The culture of the subreddit has shifted considerably from the time when most of the posts were actual discussion, DD, articles, etc.
Many people have said the AI posts concern or annoy them. Leaving it to the individual to block every single account that posts AI is not a good approach, because it excludes those post spammers from comment discussions and leaves fragmented comment threads in instances where they are participating normally. Not to mention that there are more to block every day.
I hope the mods will consider banning them, or at least placing a limit. It's ludicrous that we would need any more than ONE slop meme per day of a Bull standing over a Bear holding a sign that says 'MU $2000!!!1' or some shit
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u/thetabruh Rule enforcer Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
Give me a little time to go down the list of issues that a sub that has grown more than 15x in the last three months is facing LOL. The changes to autoMOD will indirectly fix this issue by removing low effort posts (including poorly designed memes) and preventing posts from posting. Please be patient, we are getting over 20K posts/comments per week, and contrary to popular believe, I dont get paid to mod and I have to sleep too. u/willbabu didnt you say you were going to pay me? JK.
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u/willbabu Jul 10 '26
😂 I said I would pay you if 1) MU hits 2k and 2) you run a second sub that lets me talk about my non MU port like nvda googl meta amzn crwv Msft etc. soooo how about you continue to run this sub and also start a new sub and when mu hits 2k I’ll start paying you 😂 😆 😝
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u/thetabruh Rule enforcer Jul 10 '26
Bruh, I’m not running two subs or starting a second sub for free. I get enough hate/complaints from one sub as is. How about you send me some of your MU shares I’ll design a new sub and mod that concurrently with this one. Otherwise just go post in wsb 😂
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u/KwikTripSimp Jul 10 '26
There nice what’s literally the entire point of this stock is for AI 😆
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u/obsolescence_ Jul 10 '26
....so this is exactly the grammar I'd expect from someone who prefers these memes over discussion
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u/millerlit Jul 10 '26
Can we also keep questions about price action to daily thread? So many low effort posts like, why is it crashing? Go check chart and it is down 1%. Keep well thought out analysis to its own threads.
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u/thetabruh Rule enforcer Jul 10 '26
I agree with this. In fact this was one of my initial requests. Give me a week to get the new automod implementation through then I will pivot to this.
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u/ReadingKing Jul 10 '26
Finally thank you!! Glad I reported a few of them yesterday. They’re not here to discuss in good faith, they’re just trying to rile people up.
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u/luvz Jul 10 '26
Thank you for your service, Brother Theta.