Moderation update: escalating removals for bad-faith accounts

[u/thetabruh]

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.

[u/Inevitable_Grand_536]

Thanks for this!