Reddit briefly banned dozens of Subreddites without warning on Wednesday from the “error”, which influenced the many NSFW communities on the site. The radiors were informed that the subreddites were prohibited for the fact that they were “unregulated”, although many were very modified, according to numerous posts from confusing moderators.
Engeret thought more than 90 subreddites It seems that this was covered by an “non -merciful” ban. The vast majority of them were restored after being arranged on the network for several hours on Wednesday in the morning. In a post at R/Modsupport, the Reddit administrator accused the widespread batch prohibitions. “There was a mistake with one of our instruments, from which some subreddites were erroneously prohibited.” They wroteThe field “We are actively working on correction, and many of your communities are already launching and working. We appreciate that you are already engaged in moderation in your communities, and we will do our best so that this does not happen again. ”
The representative of Reddit told Engadget that the problem was “a mistake related to how we discover non -core communities”, but did not provide details and did not confirm how much it would be affected. But it seems that the error was widespread on the site. This influenced many subreddites, followed by millions of people.
Forbidden subreddites included some of the most popular NSFW communities, including R/Porn (3.9 million members), R/RULE34 (3.6 million), R/boobs (2.5 million) and R/NSFW_GIFS (2.1 million ). It also influenced some subreddites associated with drugs, including R/drugs, R/cocaine and R/narcoclips. Some subreddites that are not marked as NSFW, but allow the NSFW content, such as R/Transgender_Surgeries and R/Cubancigars, were also interested in the ban.
The nature of the attached subreddites alarmed some users and moderators who are worried that the company can prepare for more repression. In R/Transgender_Surgeries, where users are discussing their medical care, the participants began Discuss Methods of “backup” of subreddite content. “The explanation given to us in R/Modsupport is not enough, and I was a little furious and was disappointed that there was no communication for us,” said R/Rule34 Engadget. “Until now, we do not have prepared unforeseen circumstances if this happens another time, but at present we find a way to build one, with the help of other mods inside and beyond.”
In another place, interested users noted that this The second time in six months This Reddit mistakenly banned the popular NSFW subredreddites for the fact that it was supposedly unregulated. Redditors complained Similar prohibitions last year. “Our Subreddit automation was a little excessive”, Reddit administrator He said at that time. They added to a multi -month branch today, saying that recent prohibitions “differ from what happened earlier”, but do not specify.
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Update, February 5, 2025, 20:25 PM on eastern time: Added additional comments from the Reddit moderator.