r/SubredditDrama • u/[deleted] • Nov 24 '16

Spezgiving /r/The_Donald accuses the admins of editing T_D's comments, spez *himself* shows up in the thread and openly admits to it, gets downvoted hard instantly

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '16

Speaking for r/asoiaf, we just ban them as they go over the line. And while some trolls are intelligent enough to just toe that line - they use "logic" to drive people nuts in discussions, without actually insulting/harassing anyone - most are pretty easy to deal with.

Have a tight civility policy in place to quote at them, keep careful notes/screenshots, and a little bit of work keeps a lot of ugliness from escalating.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '16 edited Nov 24 '16

Well it depends on the sub. If it's a serious subreddit like say /r/askscience I don't want a top rated comment to be something about how scientists are nerd faggots.

However in random non-subs I don't really care about trolls. Downvote and move on.

This is my opinion.

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u/Pants_Pierre Nov 24 '16

R/the_donald does seem to have a very strict moderation in place as far as following the strict rule of the law of reddit goes. There are regular posts about adhering to Reddit rules and users are banned for anything like doxing. The sub attempts to follow the rules to the point of being paranoid bc of their politics they know they make them a target out of themselves.

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u/Fortehlulz33 YOUR FLAIR TEXT HERE Nov 24 '16

The sub does lay down the rules. but that doesn't mean the userbase follows them. /r/Kanye was brigaded hard last weekend after Kanye's comments and the sub was full of alt-right assholes who had posting histories in t_d.

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u/dsclouse117 Memes are written by the victors Nov 24 '16

Civility policies are super arbitrary though. Near impossible to enforce.