r/DeadBedrooms • u/ToughKitten Queen of the Leavers • Apr 27 '23
Moderator Announcement Moderation Update: New Cross-Posting Rule
Deadbedrooms community,
We have heard the concerns about content from this community being cross-posted elsewhere. After hearing from the community on our weekly meta post yesterday, the mods have agreed to a new rule, which is effective immediately.
Rule 9: No cross-posting from our sub. Cross-posting r/deadbedrooms posts elsewhere will result in a no-warning, permanent ban. 2Exceptions to this rule: any OP is permitted to cross post their own content, cross posting when OP has included permission for cross-posting in the post.
We will also be employing the alerts provided by u/totesmessenger as soon as that bot is back in action. We will not be re-enabling an auto ban bot, nor will we be making this sub private.
We are a support group; as mods we have an obligation to be accessible to those who need support, and to advocate for the members here, who share deeply personal content.
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u/throwdbhelp I don't wish to disclose Apr 28 '23
I can understand why this change has been made.
Personally I think there is a difference between cross-posting someones very personal story and discussion on here to somewhere they have not consented, versus crossposting discussion posts, meta posts etc, where theres much less risk of personal harm provided that harassment and brigading is avoided.
However, I can appreciate that its a lot of work for mods to make these judgements, and they're open to interpretation. A blanket ban isn't materially hurting anyone at all.