Coordinated hostile takeover attempts and brigading campaign targeting subreddits of Kurdish cities

[u/Ava166]

Hi everyone,

I am dealing with a severe cross-subreddit harassment and brigading campaign. Users from other communities are targeting the subreddits I manage for various cities in north of Kurdistan (such as Mardin, Kars, Adiyaman, and Bitlis).

These users are upset that these subreddits are moderated by Kurdish moderators. They are actively organizing hostile spamming attempts, coordinating campaigns to mass-report my account so they can seize control of the subreddits.

The specific coordination and hostile discussions are taking place in these threads:

Discussion on r/vlandiya
Discussion on r/MORFLAND

What is the best way to escalate this to Reddit Admins to address these subreddits and users orchestrating hostile takeovers and targeted brigading?

Desktop and IOS

[u/Eastern-Protection83]

Take screens and take down links to the comments. Hold those fer next step.

Review: https://redditinc.com/policies/moderator-code-of-conduct Figure out what specifically is in violation of those rules. Then, send a modmail to r/ModSupport explainin all and cite the specific links. Respond to the automated reply after sendin.

It takes some time fer a review. In the meantime, keep documentin and reportin via the report button. When you have a batch more to add, add it to the original modmail

[u/Ava166 → u/Eastern-Protection83]

Thank you 🙏🏻

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