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