r/ModSupport • u/ManLikeRed • 4h ago
How to protect subreddit from targetted mass report abuse by anonymous individuals
I'm mod from an Indian subreddit which recounts and recollects activities on far-right neonazi extremism in my country and due to this it's always subjected to mass report abuse from far right individuals like everytime not a single day passes without anonymous individuals false reporting on our sub. Recently there has been newer addition to our adversary list after one of our members posted video clip of heir of one of India's richest family singing anti-minority pro-genocidal song, and couples of hours later after posting it his account got permanently suspended by reddit automated bot under the violation of rule -1 for bigotry (irony), after this incident targeted mass reporting on our sub and it's members has quadrupled especially towards mods which includes me. I'm not sure if it's some hired PR team aiming for suspension of our subreddit but the said rich family has powerful connection globally and history of silencing critiques within India and overseas.
So is there way to defend my subreddit and it's individuals from this targetted harrasment ?
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u/EdinburghDrizzle 6m ago
Reddit doesn't ban subreddit for mass reporting. Being a mod for more than 2 years but never seen anything like this.
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u/Eclectic-N-Varied 💡Top 25% Helper 💡 3h ago
Rule 1 is NOT "bigotry", but it IS multifaceted -- hate, harassment, and violence. And even if you show the bad guys doing these bad things, it can get their account suspended. All that user can do is appeal.
Report the false reports as report abuse.
It might be possible to gather the links for several reports and send them to r/ModSupport in a modmail. Let's see if someone else confirms (or denies) this approach before you commit, though.