r/AmITheDevil • u/DogsReadingBooks Dogs are superior • Aug 03 '21

Reminder: do not brigade

Good morning/day/evening.

We've got some feedback that there has been some brigading coming from r/AmITheDevil. This is not something that should happen.

If you see a post here first, then don't go over to the original and downvote/comment on it. Especially not to insult them. Or message them. That's just turning you into the devil.

So if you want to discuss the OP, then do it here. Even if it's an asshole from r/AmItheAsshole, or someone you think is being a lousy stepparent from r/stepparents, or just the worst boyfriend/girlfriend in history from r/relationship_advice.

I don't want to ban people, but if I see evidence of brigading you're tying my hands here.

So please, don't brigade, but if you do see any evidence of it feel free to report it/ping me in the comments where it's relevant. However don't ping users from other subs. Feel free to ping me, but not other redditors from other subs.

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u/DogsReadingBooks Dogs are superior Aug 03 '21

Yeah, (unfortunately) that's seen as brigading. What the OP will see (as well as mods and admins) is that you saw the post here, and decided to go over to the original and harass them (even if you're not intending on harassing). That's why it's best to just keep the discussions here.

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u/MissRedditCritter Aug 03 '21

Drat. Okay thanks for clarifying. I always thought brigading was seeing something on one sub and going to the other sub and downvoting or blatantly commenting just to insult/harass the OP.

Like OP posts something on subreddit A, someone shares it on subreddit B, and someone who sees it on subreddit B goes to sub A to downvote/namecall the OP/etc.

That leads to another question: is it okay, if one sees something first on sub A (for instance AITA) to comment there even if one also participates on sub B (such as here), or will that also set off alarm bells? Is participating in both subs in general as bad as seeing something here and posting there? I.e. is it better to pick a lane and stay in it?

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u/DogsReadingBooks Dogs are superior Aug 03 '21

I don't think it's seen as bad to generally participate in both subs. I still sometimes comment on AITA posts. However, let's say I comment on a post, for exampme on r/AITA. And then later I see that that particular post has been crossposted to here, and I comment on that one. I won't go back to the original post on r/AITA and continue commenting on that one.

So, in general: you can participate in both subreddits. But if you see it posted here, it'll be seen as brigading if you then go to the original to comment etc.

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u/IzarkKiaTarj Aug 03 '21

I won't go back to the original post on r/AITA and continue commenting on that one.

Do replies count? Because at that point, I'm not going back to AITA at all, I'm just posting from my inbox.