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[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Whoa whoa whoa there's an admin automoderator deleting comments on all subs with the word "faggot" and they will be updating the site policy to reflect this soon? Huge changes.

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

Admins first response:

Hey everyone, I just wanted to weigh in on this thread. First let me clarify that we do not have a policy against the use of any words on the site (interesting video). The comments in question are in violation of our harassment policy as they are clearly designed to bully another user. We have, however, been working on building models that quickly surface comments reported for abuse and have a high probability of being policy-violating. This has allowed our admins to action abusive content much more quickly and lessen the load for mods.

I’m planning a more detailed post on our anti-abuse efforts in /r/redditsecurity in the near future. Please subscribe to follow along.

[–]Greedeater 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That's even more worrying I reckon.

We have, however, been working on building models that quickly surface comments reported for abuse and have a high probability of being policy-violating.

So a keyword trawl bot...

This has allowed our admins to action abusive content much more quickly and lessen the load for mods.

Admin mailer as well. Eyup, AutoAdmin incoming.

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

Yep and they're likely using the same bot to read PMs. RIP Reddit.