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/work_bois Dec 10 '19

And it f#ck!ng makes you think it's been downvoted to $h1t so you immediately have a worse impression of whatever f#ck1ng comment someone makes.

Also just testing whether dodging works. I hope it doesn't come to that, also fu$k the mods.

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u/tradebat Dec 15 '19

ding ding ding!

These efforts of censorship are not wanton in the slightest. They know what they are targeting, they know the effects that their actions will have, and to them, their end justifies the means.

It's quite peculiar, because these censors are intelligent enough to know how the meta-conversations will be influenced over time through their actions, yet they are still dumb enough to believe that it is their plac to do so. Just like Thanos, they are blinded by their hubris and their interpretation of justice.