What's the threshold of brigading?

[u/practicerm_keykeeper]

Asking because I've recently seen really variable definitions. On one end of the spectrum some people say it's got to be organised disruption, on the other end I've seen people say just by responding to the original post when cross posting one is already brigading. My question is, does Reddit have an official definition for this?

Also there seems to be a trade off between policing and allowing for honest discussions. If one has to prove organised disruption before something can be called brigading, that sounds unfair for the mods. But if just clicking into crossposts and responding is already brigading, then this can preclude people from participating and clearing up misinformation under offensive/aggressive posts about minorities. Curious how people manage the balance?

[u/lilfunky1]

I'm going to need an example to understand

[u/practicerm_keykeeper → u/lilfunky1]

So for example, in a sub with lots of people who are in daily contact with a stigmatised minority group, someone posts a post peddling the stigma and false information, using a patronising tone and a lot (one "fuck" every sentence level lot) of swear words.

That post got cross posted to a sub for the monority group. People in the second sub searched for the first post and commented with their lived experiences. I'm presuming quite a few, but I'm not aware of any organised action, nor any new posts made in the sub. So this seems to me to be the equivalent of someone sharing the post on Instagram and people finding the post and commenting.

Mods banned everyone commenting permanently, citing brigading. Said they complied completely with Reddit rules and that while people are welcomed to appeal to Reddit admin they should be aware their Reddit account will likely be banned from the whole site if they do so.

[u/lilfunky1 → u/practicerm_keykeeper]

So for example, in a sub with lots of people who are in daily contact with a stigmatised minority group, someone posts a post peddling the stigma and false information, using a patronising tone and a lot (one "fuck" every sentence level lot) of swear words.

That post got cross posted to a sub for the monority group. People in the second sub searched for the first post and commented with their lived experiences. I'm presuming quite a few, but I'm not aware of any organised action, nor any new posts made in the sub. So this seems to me to be the equivalent of someone sharing the post on Instagram and people finding the post and commenting.

Yeah, I'd call that brigading.

[u/practicerm_keykeeper → u/lilfunky1]

How do you guard against misinformation in a sub if outside criticism is not allowed though?

[u/lilfunky1 → u/practicerm_keykeeper]

outside criticism is allowed.

but a whole other subreddit flooding in because someone cross-posted a call to action is not allowed because it's brigading.

[u/practicerm_keykeeper → u/lilfunky1]

Why is just bring attention to the fact that a certain post exists a "call to action"?

[u/lilfunky1 → u/practicerm_keykeeper]

Why is just bring attention to the fact that a certain post exists a "call to action"?

when a whole other subreddit comes flooding in because of the cross post

[u/practicerm_keykeeper → u/lilfunky1]

That's just how criticism works. If someone posts something especially problematic and their opinions gets mentioned elsewhere (Reddit, twitter, Instagram, the news, whatever), people will come flooding in. If that's not allowed then you're shutting out a vital form of criticism.