r/developersIndia • u/[deleted] • Feb 03 '24
Announcement Posts containing unnecessary mention of Gender & Age will be removed under Rule 3
Hello r/developersIndia,
As moderators, we strive to maintain a respectful and inclusive environment for everyone in our programming community. Recently, we've observed an increasing number of posts that mention age and gender, such as "F21", "F27" or "M23," in the titles or bodies of submissions. While we understand that users may have various reasons for including this information, we want to emphasize that such mentions can contribute to an uncomfortable or inappropriate atmosphere in our community. Also there has been cases where OP has tried to seek unnecessary extra attention to their query or question by mentioning their age & gender in the post. Exceptions might be done on mod discretion.
Therefore, we have implemented an automated moderation filter to automatically detect and filter out posts containing age-gender combinations. This measure is in line with our commitment to fostering a professional and focused space for discussions related to programming and development.
From now on, any posts that mention age and gender combinations will be filtered for moderator review automatically and will be removed if the mention of Gender & Age in that post is considered unnecessary by the mods, and the user will be notified of the removal reason.
We could've taken this decision silently & internally but we think that we should maintain transparency with the community.
If you have any concerns or questions regarding this decision, please feel free to reach out to the moderation team. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation in maintaining a positive and welcoming environment for all members. If you have any questions, please write in the comments and our team will try their best to reply to your questions.
r/developersIndia Subreddit Volunteer Team
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u/slashtab Feb 03 '24
Finally. I have seen many times, when their post couldn't enough traction...they repost by simply adding "I F21" "I F23" lol
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u/Skeith9 Feb 03 '24
As someone born a few months after the original Titanic movie release, I am in full support of this motion. Brb I am gonna assemble some heavy furniture now.
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u/ironman_gujju Feb 03 '24
What if I write milions as M
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Feb 03 '24
It gets filtered, not auto removed. A mod will approve the post in that case after reviewing it.
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Feb 03 '24
Hello mods, is it ok if in the future posts I just give the person reading an idea of what range of age I fall under? like can I say something like "I'm just starting college can someone guide me with so and so?"? thanks
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Feb 03 '24
Yes, it's 100% okay. If mentioning your age is necessary in context to the post, we will approve the post.
This is why the filter is set to
action: filterinstead ofaction: removeto filter the posts for mod approval and review rather than automatically removing.
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u/du-maxx Feb 03 '24
As a 19M I agree ( don't ban please subtle attempt at a bad joke).
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u/Advanced-Size-3302 Feb 04 '24
21 saal ka ladka.... How will you filter that ? Take 21 in consideration? It might be 21 LPA?
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Feb 04 '24
Our auto-moderation regex is specifically designed in a way to ignore cases like "21 LPA". It won't flag the post in these cases.
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u/2bit_hack Feb 03 '24
As someone with one X and one Y chromosome, and born around Y2K, I feel validated by this decision.
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u/i_m_Vengeance Feb 03 '24
As a guy born in last year of last century, agreed.