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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAimee Challenor fired from Reddit
A bit of a mini-controversy has recently developed on Reddit. This blew up into a revolt as multiple subreddits went private in protest of some heavy-handed censorship by the mods. If you happen to frequent the site and noticed some subs being unavailable during the past 24 hours, this might be why.
An update on the recent issues surrounding a Reddit employee
We would like to give you all an update on the recent issues that have transpired concerning a specific Reddit employee, as well as provide you with context into actions that we took to prevent doxxing and harassment.
As of today, the employee in question is no longer employed by Reddit. We built a relationship with her first as a mod and then through her contractor work on RPAN. We did not adequately vet her background before formally hiring her.
Weve put significant effort into improving how we handle doxxing and harassment, and this employee was the subject of both. In this case, we over-indexed on protection, which had serious consequences in terms of enforcement actions.
On March 9th, we added extra protections for this employee, including actioning content that mentioned the employees name or shared personal information on third-party sites, which we reserve for serious cases of harassment and doxxing.
On March 22nd, a news article about this employee was posted by a mod of r/ukpolitics. The article was removed and the submitter banned by the aforementioned rules. When contacted by the moderators of r/ukpolitics, we reviewed the actions, and reversed the ban on the moderator, and we informed the r/ukpolitics moderation team that we had restored the mod.
We updated our rules to flag potential harassment for human review.
Debate and criticism have always been and always will be central to conversation on Redditincluding discussion about public figures and Reddit itselfas long as they are not used as vehicles for harassment. Mentioning a public figures name should not get you banned.
We care deeply for Reddit and appreciate that you do too. We understand the anger and confusion about these issues and their bigger implications. The employee is no longer with Reddit, and well be evolving a number of relevant internal policies.
We did not operate to our own standards here. We will do our best to do better for you.
https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/mcisdf/an_update_on_the_recent_issues_surrounding_a
We would like to give you all an update on the recent issues that have transpired concerning a specific Reddit employee, as well as provide you with context into actions that we took to prevent doxxing and harassment.
As of today, the employee in question is no longer employed by Reddit. We built a relationship with her first as a mod and then through her contractor work on RPAN. We did not adequately vet her background before formally hiring her.
Weve put significant effort into improving how we handle doxxing and harassment, and this employee was the subject of both. In this case, we over-indexed on protection, which had serious consequences in terms of enforcement actions.
On March 9th, we added extra protections for this employee, including actioning content that mentioned the employees name or shared personal information on third-party sites, which we reserve for serious cases of harassment and doxxing.
On March 22nd, a news article about this employee was posted by a mod of r/ukpolitics. The article was removed and the submitter banned by the aforementioned rules. When contacted by the moderators of r/ukpolitics, we reviewed the actions, and reversed the ban on the moderator, and we informed the r/ukpolitics moderation team that we had restored the mod.
We updated our rules to flag potential harassment for human review.
Debate and criticism have always been and always will be central to conversation on Redditincluding discussion about public figures and Reddit itselfas long as they are not used as vehicles for harassment. Mentioning a public figures name should not get you banned.
We care deeply for Reddit and appreciate that you do too. We understand the anger and confusion about these issues and their bigger implications. The employee is no longer with Reddit, and well be evolving a number of relevant internal policies.
We did not operate to our own standards here. We will do our best to do better for you.
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Aimee Challenor fired from Reddit (Original Post)
Dr. Strange
Mar 2021
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Yikes! Looked into that for a bit and two paragraphs into the background I had to close...
TreasonousBastard
Mar 2021
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TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)1. Yikes! Looked into that for a bit and two paragraphs into the background I had to close...
the window.
Enough in there to keep argumentative types going for weeks.
Dr. Strange
(25,921 posts)3. Sure, it's contentious...
but it's no "Corn Flakes on Chicken" flame war.
RockRaven
(14,972 posts)2. How the hell does any company fail to "adequately vet" THAT badly?
That was the the root cause of all the later drama, and it is a remarkable failure.