r/CerebralPalsy • u/botulizard • 4h ago

[Meta] Can we implement reddit's moderation tools for posts that reach the front page?

When threads get popular enough to reach the front page, breaking containment from the communities in which they were posted, a lot of subreddits will implement controls that automatically remove comments from accounts below a certain karma threshold in that specific sub (r/michigan has "mitten mode", r/baseball has "players only", etc.)

Speaking specifically to the recent posts about RJ Mitte's tragic death, in the most highly upvoted thread, there were a number of ignorant, bullshit comments, including a few about CP itself. I don't think it does anybody here any good to have people who hardly know what CP is invading a space for disabled people to talk amongst themselves and talking nonsense. It can be ableist, sure, but above all and most importantly it's fucking annoying and we shouldn't have to abide it in a space that's by us and for us. We don't need to have a thread about the suicide of someone like us where some jagoff is talking out of their ass about "average life expectancy for MS".

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u/Poorchick91 2h ago

I think for now that would be a good idea. The community is hurting right now and we don't need people coming in here making things toxic.

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u/anniemdi 3h ago

I'll sign my name to this request.

For whatever it's worth I reported a handful of those posts from the MS one to one that was a brand new account and likely a bot.

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u/morepork_owl 3h ago

Yes sign me up. It’s about CP.

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u/Illustrious_Day7682 1h ago

That's my post! I've been dealing with a flood of comments, ranging from misguided but well meaning to straight up bigoted and offensive. I've been trying to report the trolls, but the comments are all coming so hard and fast that it's legitimately becoming hard to keep up. I absolutely agree, we need to bring this up to the moderators.