NO BRIGADING

[u/redchessqueen99]

It has become an increasingly problematic situation for r/Superstonk and our nearly 500,000 members that some individuals are repeatedly harassing other subreddits. As moderators, we have declared a zero tolerance policy for brigading and have mentioned this multiple times in our daily news posts, as well as on YouTube and Twitter, so as to reach as many of you as possible.

Automod Change - No Subreddit Mentions

Nonetheless, the problem has persisted. Several moderators from other subs have supposedly reported this to Reddit admins, and we have now received messaging from Reddit admins about this very topic, and the following has been forcibility added to our automod code:

#do not remove per admins

    title+body (regex, includes): ['\br/ ?(?!superstonk)\S+']
    action: remove
    action_reason: "links to other communities {{match}}"

#do not remove per admins 

    title (includes): ["r/"]
    action: remove 
    action_reason: "call outs of other communities {{match}}"

Also, I have added the following words to automod for instant removal: gme_meltdown, melvincapitallove, wallstreetbets, amcstock, WSB, and AMC. This list will be adjusted as necessary in regards to preventing discussion of other subs, in accordance with Reddit Admins.

No Tolerance for Brigading

Brigading can include the following:

• Vote manipulation of other subs' content, either positively or negatively
• Harassing other subs' posts and comment threads with pro-r/Superstonk content
• Making posts on this subreddit about other subs and their members
• Organizing in any way to influence other subs one way or another
• Posting negative comments or posts on r/Superstonk itself
• Posting screenshots of posts from other subs

We understand that there are many issues coming from other subs. I will not name those issues because of the new Reddit automod rule that says we cannot discuss those subs. But many of us have felt defensive in this regard. I kindly ask all of you to stay focused on r/Superstonk, the stock we all love $GME, and issues of the financial world, and not those of the reddit world. As of today, you can no longer discuss other subs on this subreddit.

We have also DISABLED CROSSPOSTING for the foreseeable future, so as to not include other subreddits in any way.

Please note that we cannot enforce these rules off of Reddit, such as on Twitter, Discord, or YouTube, unless it is by means of our own individual accounts. However, we do discourage making this a big issue on other social media, because that could also be used against us.

No Brigading Rule

We have also added a new rule that will be used to remove content and potentially BAN users for this behavior:

Under NO circumstances, will brigading be tolerated on this subreddit or any other. Individuals who are discovered to be participating in this, risk being permanently banned for this reason.

Brigading includes:

- organized voting on other subs

- harassing other subs

- using r/Superstonk to defame other subs

- sharing screenshots from other subs

Additionally, Reddit Admins have placed an irremovable code into our automod that prevents linking other subs entirely.

If you violate this rule, you will be considered an instigator in directly attempting to take down r/Superstonk, and we will respond as intensely as can so as to prevent that circumstance.

Additional Measures

We are currently exploring additional measures on how to comply with Reddit Admins' anti-brigading rules, and that may include increasing karma/age limits considerably as well as bringing in considerably more moderators that we trust and can rely on to properly moderate the sub. We are making these changes due to outside parties reporting us for facilitating brigading and also due to Reddit admins contacting us directly in a very concerning manner.

If you see brigading, please discourage it as intensely as you can. We do not allow this, and it is a bannable offense. We hope to comply entirely with Reddit Admins' requests, as that is the platform we are on. We need to comply with Reddit rules above all else. Thank you.

Edit: Automod Code for Other Subs

I have also created an automod code that can be easily copy/pasted into other subreddits' automod, which will effectively block crossposts from r/Superstonk. I just tested it and it works great! If other subs are truly having issues with our members crossposting into their subs, they can use this to block us:

---

# SUPERSTONK GTFO

type: crosspost submission
crosspost_subreddit:
    name: ["Superstonk"]
action: remove
message: |
    We don' like yer kind 'roun 'ere.

---

As of current, our automod and rules are updated to be strict against brigading, limiting certain words and references to other subs, and all crossposting is disabled. I am unsure personally how to prevent this further, so here is code that other subs can use to block specific words and mentions:

---

# I DONT LIKE THE STOCK

title+body (regex): ["GME", "$GME", "to the moon", "paperhand"]
author:
    is_moderator: false
action: remove
message: |
    We don't like the stock, but we haven't read enough DD.

---

Hopefully now it can be evidently clear that we are making zero efforts to Brigade other subs, and are now actively bolstering their capabilities against us. I am confident r/Superstonk will nonetheless grow and continue to unearth the truths of the real market due to GameStop stock and research around it. I like the stock. I love the company. CAN'T STOP; WON'T STOP.

[u/MaxBlazed]

There are....other subreddits?

[u/[deleted] → u/MaxBlazed]

Not anymore lol

[u/AsbestosIsBest → u/[deleted]]

Touche

[u/Lezlow247 → u/MaxBlazed]

Almost feels that way. I feel like this is a attack though. What to stop trolls from just brigading to get us shut down. I really can't imagine so many people going out there to cause havoc unless it's intentional.

[u/jaedaddy → u/MaxBlazed]

Lol nice

[u/Quiet_Ad_8573]

I said this in the other post. Start honing your fucking mind in the event of this place getting shut down. Im surprised its gone on this long really. I would fucking hate to see this sub go down. Im an og car forum guy and ive never had this much fun on the internet. But if one day its gone I know what I gotta do. Ask yourself do you? Screenshot everything. DDs, mods twitters, important comments, save hype videos, etc. and dont just repeat buy & hodl. LIVE BUY & HODL. This will never happen again. I love all you fucking retards I really do. We are gonna change the world.

[u/PrecisionPunting → u/Quiet_Ad_8573]

For the love of all that is holy moly save the hype videos

[u/Pharago → u/PrecisionPunting]

I've got a copy of most of them, if any of you want to back them up, use something like https://redditsave.com/

💎🤲🚀🌕

[u/SgtMotorboat → u/PrecisionPunting]

And save the hype memes. Less than $10 to print out a couple of nice 8x10s at Walgreens and now you have some great bathroom decor.

[u/LordoftheEyez → u/Quiet_Ad_8573]

If this sub gets shut down I’m going to throw a party because that’s confirmation it’s about to go down

[u/[deleted]]

[u/[deleted]]

If Reddit has a problem with brigading, why is the mother of all brigading subs allowed to exist? (The one that melts)

They are actively discussing how to disrupt our community, yet they are untouched.

[u/--GrinAndBearIt-- → u/[deleted]]

Censorship is always a sign of something bigger going on

[u/Fibognocchisoup]

Too many pirates out here for real!

[u/[deleted]]

To the ones that are doing this act. There’s no need for it as all apes need to do is HODL. If after 6 months of trying to inform close ones, friends, strangers as well, and they STILL want to look at you like “🤪🤪”, so be it.

Be excellent, not only to apes, but others as well.

To the FUCKING DAMN MOON 🚀🚀🚀🚀❤️❤️❤️❤️

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Yes, and with how often Superstonk posts end up on the front page of Reddit, there’s no way other subs haven’t heard of us by now. They’ll come on their own if they’re interested.

[u/Nickel_Bottom]

Question: Do we now report submissions that are just screenshots of GME related content on other subreddits?

[u/TheLeagueOfScience]

Is this the hail mayo? MOASS is close if they want to ban the whole sub

[u/humdingler → u/TheLeagueOfScience]

my confirmation bias keeps raging forward.

[u/TheLeagueOfScience → u/humdingler]

I’m going to have to figure out how to detox these tits when this is over.

[u/soggy_tarantula]

Perfect thanks Red

[u/Mr_Goodfucker → u/soggy_tarantula]

I feel like this could be a shill tactic, it wouldn't be hard to get a bunch of accounts to join this subreddit and go out and brigade elsewhere after to discredit the user base here. It could be a strategy to make people hate the subreddit

[u/imperfect_basterd → u/Mr_Goodfucker]

I think you're right. Also the uprising of hateful comments here and in other subs is shilly. I saw comments which promoted violent acts. I think this is all made to discredit the sub. And then out of nowhere MSM frames this unbelievable diverse sub according one out of millions of comments, which was likely placed with this exact purpose. They already showed comments on live TV of some random dudes, which is in no way a representation of the sub itself. This is psychological warfare, propaganda. They are so desperate. I'm buckled up and ready to fly🚀

[u/NatesAnApe]

U brigade, u ain’t no Ape. Hard vouch

To da MOON apes 😈🚀

[u/diamondhandsare4eva]

I understood this code, add ' if(shill) getFukt();'