Remember when Reddit quarantined a subreddit for "threats against police"?

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[–]Aigonorus 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

Dumb question but wtf is a quarantine on Reddit?? ELI5

[–][deleted] 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

a sub can be "quarantined". If this happens:

  • the first time a user visits the sub, they will see a message "this sub has been quarantined for <reason>. Are you sure you want to visit?" with some yes/no buttons.
  • I think it can't appear on /all. It can't be put in a multireddit.
  • Unless you use old.reddit (instead of www.reddit), you cannot access a quarantined sub without providing your email.

[–]stupidmechanic 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Correct. In addition, you can't visit a quarantined sub on the official mobile app until you log in on a browser, and opt in. Most of them have had their CSS styling disabled.

[–]BravoVictor 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

If you try to visit a quarantined sub, you get a splash page asking you to verify because the sub is a no good very bad place full of wrongthink. Then if you click "yes", you can see its content, but all the pages show a bright yellow "quarantined" logo, with a big button saying, "leave the quarantine" to exit the sub and save your precious mind from the wrongthink.

TL;DR It's basically a "soft" ban. People can still access a sub, but they're mildly harassed for doing so.

[–]ScamLikely420 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Similar to a shadow ban in a sense.

[–]Dr_Bukkake 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It basically hides the sub from r/all and makes you actually have to look for it. Then there’s a warning page that the sub is quarantined. It’s their way of keeping all the wrong think contained while they wait for a way to ban it.