Last year, many subreddits opposed Reddit's API changes, going from public to private or going NSFW (Not Safe for Work) to affect advertising on the platform. To prevent this type of change, Reddit is introducing a new rule that requires moderators to submit a request when updating a community type's public or private, or SFW (Safe for Work) or NSFW maturity rating. I'm doing it.
The social networking site said these changes will take effect from today and primarily affect large communities. The company says that if a community has been established for less than 30 days or has fewer than 5,000 members, requests to switch types will be approved immediately.
However, for other communities, administrators will respond to your request within 24 hours. Reddit said it has sufficient human support to respond to these requests 24/7.
The company said subreddit moderators can use temporary events to restrict posts and comments from being posted for up to seven days, without requiring an event approval process, to prevent abuse. However, a moderator must submit a request to make such a permanent change.
Reddit said on r/modnews that the idea behind this update is to prevent platform disruption and violations of platform rules. He emphasized that the motivation for this update is not to stop user protests.
The social media platform said it had pre-shared this update with the Mod Council with more than 100 moderators across various subreddits to get feedback and advice.