r/AgainstHateSubreddits • u/AutoModerator • Jul 18 '24

FAQ Found a hate group on Reddit? Here’s what to do.

You found a subreddit that’s infested by a hate group - maybe even it’s being run by a hate group? Or any other Sitewide Rules violations?

Here’s what to do.

Step 1: DO NOT PARTICIPATE

Don’t join, post, comment, or vote in the group. Reddit’s recommendation algorithm is simple: If you participate in a group, that group is important to you, and you willingly associated with that group.

To get Reddit to kick hate groups off the site, it’s super important that you do not associate with hate groups.

They rely on your participation to spread hate!

Step 2: USE THE REPORT BUTTON

Report the hate speech. Every post and comment has a Report button attached to it - sometimes under a ‘…’ button.

If you’re using a browser, you can copy the URL of the post or comment and report it using this link

Step 3: FILE A COMPLAINT AGAINST THE MODERATORS

A subreddit where people openly post racist slurs, use misogynist language, screech about asylum-seekers or immigrants, vomit antiSemitism or Islamophobia or abuse LGTBQ people?

There is no excuse for these things!

Reddit’s Moderator Code of Conduct tells subreddit moderators:

We also expect that moderators uphold Reddit’s Content Policy and abide by Reddit’s User Agreement (especially Section 8), as well as make a concerted effort to remove and report violating content in their communities.

… You should never create, approve, enable or encourage rule-breaking content or behavior.

… You have enough Mods to effectively and consistently manage your community.

When a subreddit has too few moderators to prevent hate speech from being posted to their community and the hate speech stays up - if the community doesn’t report hate speech (which happens because they approve of the hate speech) - if they don’t implement any of the standard Automoderator rules that are available (absolutely free of charge) in the Automoderator library, and don’t turn on the (absolutely free of charge) native Hate Speech Filters which Reddit offers -

These so-called “moderators” are enabling rule-breaking content and behavior.

Tell Reddit to take action on these hate subreddit operators! File a Moderator Code of Conduct Complaint!

Include links to posts or comments that contain hate speech! Point out any subreddit rules or the name of the subreddit if they contain hate speech! If their moderators are the ones who wrote the hate speech, point that out — with links to the places they wrote hate speech, inside that subreddit or outside that subreddit!

If someone is writing hate speech in one subreddit, they’re going to enable other people to write that hate speech in another subreddit they are supposed to moderate!

Step 4: ONWARD AND UPWARD

Join a different community for the subject that you want to talk about! Reddit doesn’t have Official Communities for anything, and anyone can create and moderate a subreddit - so it’s always possible to find or make a group for your interests!

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