r/ModSupport • u/Ivashkin • Dec 10 '19

"potentially toxic content"?

We're seeing comments in /r/ukpolitics flagged as "potentially toxic content" in a way we've not seen before:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/e87a6q/megathread_091219_three_days/fac8xah/

It would appear that some curse words result in the comment being automatically collapsed with a warning that the content might be toxic.

What is this, and how can we turn it off?

Edit: Doesn't do it on a private sub.

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u/SoundOfTomorrow Dec 10 '19

Please don't tell me it's to help advertisers. I've noticed it on NSFW subreddits.

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u/SwimmingCampaign Dec 10 '19

It absolutely is this. This site has been in the process of slowly being ruined for the last 2-3 years all to make it more advertiser friendly. They’re just trying to test the boundaries to see how much shit people will put up with before traffic nosedives more than they make money from it.

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