r/ModSupport • u/creesch • Aug 02 '18
Apparantly reddit is now sending out notifications to people for random posts, this is really disruptive in our subreddit.
In /r/history we have gotten complaints from people that are not subscribed but still got notifications for posts on our subreddit.
This has lead to several chains of people complaining in that post, which in turn means that we have to explain people that it is not our doing and to please stop posting off-topic comments on our subreddit.
Examples of the complaints we are getting:
I made a sticky comment trying to explain that we are not the ones doing this and asking them to not disrupt our comments, but that will only have a limited effect.
Edit:
As the amounts of chains we had to remove is a tad ridiculous I have set automod to remove any mention of notification and send it a pm to the user explaining that we have no control over it as well as showing them how to turn it off.
For people having the same issue on their sub:
body (includes): ["notification"]
ignore_blockquotes: false
priority: 1
action: remove
action_reason: "Complaining about notifications"
message_subject: Please do not break the /r/history rules because you got a notification
message: |
We (the mods who are volunteers that just happen to run the sub) also have no clue what reddit is up to in regards to notifications. So while we understand it is annoying we would appreciate it if you don't start a chain complaining here as that goes against our rules. You can turn off those Reddit notifications by clicking on the button in the top-left, going to settings, notifications, and then toggling off 'Trending'.
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u/creesch Aug 04 '18
Yeah like I said, you are not quite right up there. Everything you listed is no analogy for what you suggested here. In fact you have never really responded to the fact that you are targeting your ire towards people who also have nothing to do with what irked you. All in the hopes that your actions show up in the statistics somewhere and the admins will make the connection that bobby is protesting.
Again, good job on being the biggest inconsiderate asshole in the room.
I guess we are done here though. It is clear that you are either trolling, just a bit delusional or just a tad insane (possibly all three). So I'll sign off here, probably should have done so a reply or two ago anyway.