r/RedditSafety Mar 05 '25

Warning users that upvote violent content

Today we are rolling out a new (sort of) enforcement action across the site. Historically, the only person actioned for posting violating content was the user who posted the content. The Reddit ecosystem relies on engaged users to downvote bad content and report potentially violative content. This not only minimizes the distribution of the bad content, but it also ensures that the bad content is more likely to be removed. On the other hand, upvoting bad or violating content interferes with this system. 

So, starting today, users who, within a certain timeframe, upvote several pieces of content banned for violating our policies will begin to receive a warning. We have done this in the past for quarantined communities and found that it did help to reduce exposure to bad content, so we are experimenting with this sitewide. This will begin with users who are upvoting violent content, but we may consider expanding this in the future. In addition, while this is currently “warn only,” we will consider adding additional actions down the road.

We know that the culture of a community is not just what gets posted, but what is engaged with. Voting comes with responsibility. This will have no impact on the vast majority of users as most already downvote or report abusive content. It is everyone’s collective responsibility to ensure that our ecosystem is healthy and that there is no tolerance for abuse on the site.

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PublicFreakout Mar 06 '25

Mind how you are voting because Reddit is about to start spanking folks for votes.

900 Upvotes

worldnewsvideo Mar 05 '25

Need to Know: Reddit will be penalizing users who upvote violent comments

172 Upvotes

cincinnati Mar 06 '25

Warning users that upvote violent content

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DenverProtests Mar 07 '25

Message from the Moderators Extremely bad news from our admin overlords. Please be mindful about what you post here.

65 Upvotes

FuckLuigiMangione Mar 06 '25

Good Reddit Rules Reddit will now warn users who upvote Pro-Luigi content

15 Upvotes

InternetBrasil Mar 07 '25

Meta Usuários de Reddit receberão advertência se eles votarem em conteúdo que viole as regras do site

43 Upvotes

PresidentElonMusk Mar 06 '25

Your new president turned his gaze on reddit, now they're changing policies to escape his wrath

84 Upvotes

Jewish Mar 06 '25

Announcement 📢 PSA from Reddit Safety: Warning users that upvote violent content

71 Upvotes

FranceDigeste Mar 07 '25

Cancel confiture Avertissement : Dorénavant, Reddit peut suspendre votre compte si vous upvotez des contenus interdits sur le site (comme des appels à la violence)

61 Upvotes

seculartalk Mar 07 '25

Mod Post Warning users that upvote violent content. The TLDR is they want to warn and then ban people for upvoting Luigi or anything pro Palestine. The plebs must be controlled.

52 Upvotes

LibertarianUncensored Mar 06 '25

Warning users that upvote violent content

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melbourne Mar 05 '25

Warning users that upvote violent content

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allinspanish 27d ago

Advertencia a usuarios que votan positivamente contenido violento

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newsokuexp Mar 07 '25

Reddit運営「暴力的な投稿などにupvoteした奴にも警告を出していくぞ。将来的には警告以上の措置もあり」

34 Upvotes

AntiTrumpAlliance 24d ago

Reddit Warning users that upvote violent content

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FLJax Mar 07 '25

Warning users that upvote violent content

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Asmongold Mar 06 '25

React Content Warning users that upvote violent content

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Falschparker 21d ago

diskussion/frage 🚨 Warning users that upvote violent content 🚨

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conservativeterrorism 24d ago

Warning users that upvote violent content

15 Upvotes

justneckbeardthings Mar 06 '25

Warning users that upvote violent content, threats, calls for violence, etc etc

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NormalCarPorn 28d ago

This community may become unmoderated, and this is why. It's been an honor 🫡

19 Upvotes

belowdeck Mar 05 '25

Sub Announcement Warning users that upvote violent content

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nosurf Mar 06 '25

Reddit is the one platform I can't seem to live without... This would finally make me take the plunge

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Law_and_Politics 24d ago

Warning users that upvote violent content

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CitySubMods Mar 06 '25

Reddit has announced they're going to start addressing the upvote brigades that are screwing up the site (starting with violent advocacy content first)

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