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==Incidents== | ==Incidents== | ||
===Hiding individual upvotes and downvotes, June 2014=== | ===Hiding individual upvotes and downvotes, June 2014=== | ||
Since June 2014, individual upvote and downvote counts on posts are no longer publicly visible. Only the sum of votes and the percentage of upvotes are publicly visible.<ref>[https://archive. | Since June 2014, individual upvote and downvote counts on posts are no longer publicly visible. Only the sum of votes and the percentage of upvotes are publicly visible.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150602223136/https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/28hjga/reddit_changes_individual_updown_vote_counts_no/ reddit changes: individual up/down vote counts no longer visible, "% like it" closer to reality, major improvements to "controversial" sorting : announcements] - Reddit</ref> | ||
===Hiding sticky comment vote counts, January 2016=== | ===Hiding sticky comment vote counts, January 2016=== | ||
Since January 2016, vote counts on comments pinned by Reddit moderators are hidden from public view and only visible to moderators of the same subreddit. This prevents the public from knowing whether moderator decisions were widely agreed upon.<ref>[https://archive. | Since January 2016, vote counts on comments pinned by Reddit moderators are hidden from public view and only visible to moderators of the same subreddit. This prevents the public from knowing whether moderator decisions were widely agreed upon.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230604165556/https://old.reddit.com/r/ideasfortheadmins/comments/400on6/remove_karma_display_from_stickied_comments/ Remove Karma Display from Stickied Comments : ideasfortheadmins]</ref> | ||
===Going closed source, September 2017=== | ===Going closed source, September 2017=== | ||
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Since January 2022, users can block each other from commenting on their posts or comments. Before, blocking would only hide a blocked user's content from oneself and prevent a blocked user from appearing in ones notifications. Since this change, users can prevent others from commenting valid criticism and refutative arguments that would have added value to a discussion.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/s71g03/announcing_blocking_updates/ht701m9/ Announcing Blocking Updates] (reddit.com/r/blog) ([http://web.archive.org/web/20220216023601/https://old.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/s71g03/announcing_blocking_updates/ht701m9/ Archived])</ref> | Since January 2022, users can block each other from commenting on their posts or comments. Before, blocking would only hide a blocked user's content from oneself and prevent a blocked user from appearing in ones notifications. Since this change, users can prevent others from commenting valid criticism and refutative arguments that would have added value to a discussion.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/s71g03/announcing_blocking_updates/ht701m9/ Announcing Blocking Updates] (reddit.com/r/blog) ([http://web.archive.org/web/20220216023601/https://old.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/s71g03/announcing_blocking_updates/ht701m9/ Archived])</ref> | ||
Shortly after this change, reports piled up of the new blocking feature being used to prevent others from counter-arguing in discussions. It was also noted that preventing unwanted participants is already the purpose of communities' moderation teams, not individual users, meaning the new blocking feature gives normal users almost moderator-like powers within their own submissions. To these concerns, a Reddit administrator (employee) responded with "we're working to make sure people feel safe using our site without unduly preventing others from participating".<ref> | Shortly after this change, reports piled up of the new blocking feature being used to prevent others from counter-arguing in discussions. It was also noted that preventing unwanted participants is already the purpose of communities' moderation teams, not individual users, meaning the new blocking feature gives normal users almost moderator-like powers within their own submissions. To these concerns, a Reddit administrator (employee) responded with "we're working to make sure people feel safe using our site without unduly preventing others from participating".<ref>{{Cite web |last=u/Love_In_My_Heart |date=January 26, 2022 |title=We need to talk about people weaponizing the block feature. |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/sd7zsa/we_need_to_talk_about_people_weaponizing_the/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203062331/https://old.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/sd7zsa/we_need_to_talk_about_people_weaponizing_the/ |archive-date=February 3, 2022 |website=Reddit - r/ModSupport}}</ref> | ||
===API paywall, June 2023=== | ===API paywall, June 2023=== | ||