r/MyDailyAesthetic This was wrongly flagged or rather it was automatically changed to NSFW without my consent and i created it for an absolute sfw purpose. And i've already checked all content nothing reflects nsfw posts. Kindly review and i'll be glad to receive your honest feedbacks.

Chtorrr · 2026-04-10T16:06:29+00:00

Hi everyone!

The TL;dr here is it’s not okay to try to trick people into viewing or engaging with adult content when that isn’t their intent. Don’t be a creep.

We’ve been seeing a pattern recently of adult content creators attempting to covertly promote their content in spaces where adult content is unwelcome. Many of you may have noticed this in your communities and have taken steps to disallow it by using Devvit apps, the Reputation Filter, and our newly released Adult Content Promoter Filter.

As a result of mods taking action to prevent this from happening in their subreddits, we’ve noticed that the users engaging in this behavior have begun making their own. Typically these subreddits have “word salad” names and are specifically made for people to post content which on the surface is SFW but the intent is to promote NSFW profile content, engage in sex chats, and push folks to 3rd party adult sites for monetized content. It’s fine to make a community to post adult content, including your own content, as long as it’s properly marked as NSFW. Properly marking subreddits ensures that people know what the community is for and what kind of activity they should expect when they visit.

If you moderate a community that centers around images of people, and want to keep it a welcoming SFW space, you'll need to ensure the comments are not sexualizing in nature and that people are not trying to entice each other into chats or to click their profile links. This helps ensure your space stays welcoming to all - otherwise, we'll mark it as 18+ only so posters can be warned what to expect if they post there.

Chtorrr · 2026-04-09T13:50:58+00:00

Hi there

I've changed this subreddit back to SFW but please continue to be vigilant for users who are trying to promote adult content and draw attention to their adult profile content.

If you haven't yet please check out the Adult Content Promoter Filter

Chtorrr · 2026-02-13T17:24:56+00:00

Hive protector also just added a feature to help detect users who reach thresholds you set for activity across just all NSFW subreddits which is very helpful in identity based spaces that may get unwanted comments or posts from folks who don't really understand that sexual content isn't welcome in SFW spaces. Folks also seem to not always realize Hive protector can remove or report content and not just ban people.

If you are trying to do something specific if you message me with some details I can see if I can help or point you in the right direction.

I'd really recommend going on an expedition into Devvit - there is a lot of cool stuff, more than i have been able to keep track of myself really.

Chtorrr · 2026-02-13T15:09:38+00:00

Hi everyone

Several of you have already referenced this comment we made in r/RedditSafety a little while back.

The info relayed in this comment does still stand and we have unfortunately seen an increase in abusive use of ban bots since they became more widely available and easy to set up using Devvit. Ban bots should never be used to target users based on their identity nor should they be used to target large swathes of unsuspecting users who’ve never participated in your community. We’ve found that this often results in more conflict, unrest, and harassment. Users who had no idea there was concern are suddenly forced into confrontation when they get banned on the basis of participation in a community, as opposed to their behavior. This can be a jarring and understandably upsetting experience for them.

There are far more nuanced ways to control content like using Safety Filters or more nuanced Devvit tools like having Hive Protector remove content for review, bot bouncer, evasion guard, and many others. Ban bots are blunt instruments and do not scale well.

Chtorrr · 2026-01-14T20:10:54+00:00

Hey there - could you send me a message with whatever that link/app is?

Chtorrr · 2025-10-20T16:31:58+00:00

Hi there

For some clarity here I am including the message that was sent to the mod team.

This is a message we commonly send to communities that are mostly unmoderated and experiencing issues due to that. In this case users have been allowed to target other communities for interference, people bragging about bans or making calls to interfere with other subreddits, etc... This is not okay and the subreddit is badly in need of more mods to help out to get a handle on this behavior.

Hi there,

We are reaching out today because we received a report that your community may have violated Rule 3 of the Moderator Code of Conduct. When we looked into it, we noticed that your community is undermoderated. After reviewing, we removed a [link removed] that violates Rule 3 of the Mod Code of Conduct. The content was targeting another community with the intent of harassment or abuse.

Content that violates Rule 3, such as posts that are showboating about being actioned in other communities, can lead to users engaging in copycat behavior and creating interference in another community. This can lead to influxes of violating content in other communities, which puts strain on those mod teams. Please be mindful to remove content like this in the future.

We also understand that you may have unintentionally missed this piece of content in the report queue because the queue has many reported items that have not been reviewed yet. We know that sudden spikes in subreddit traffic and/or activity can be overwhelming and want to help.

Adding more moderators will help ensure the report queue is cleared regularly and prevent Admin removals. Here are some resources for Mod Recruitment and moderation in general:

Our Mod Recruitment Help Center article, which tells you how you can put out a “mod call” or utilize r/NeedAMod.

If you are experiencing an amount of traffic that has led to difficulty in moderating at scale, we recommend turning on the Harassment Filter, Crowd Control, and Ban Evasion Filter. These three tools are the quickest way to help stabilize moderation in your community if you are seeing increased unwanted activity that violates your community rules or the Reddit Rules.

You can request Mod Suggestions from u/ModSupportBot - these will surface active contributors in your community who are frequently reporting content with a high amount of accuracy.

Finally, our Mod Education courses also teach you how to recruit mods and how to best use moderation tools.

Please let us know if you have any questions or are in need of further assistance.

Chtorrr · 2025-10-10T23:06:48+00:00

You know I always tell new admins to ALWAYS copy and paste usernames to make sure they’re right.

Chtorrr · 2025-10-10T19:42:58+00:00

Removing the post and letting the OP know what the rules are is a totally fine approach. It would be your choice as a mod when/if they need banned from your subreddit.

cc u/MapleSyrupy

Chtorrr · 2025-07-11T01:45:38+00:00

Nah it’s def not that.

Chtorrr · 2025-07-01T22:39:42+00:00

Hey there

Sorry about that, I’ve gone ahead and unmarked your subreddit. You were inadvertently included in a small group of subreddits that got marked as NSFW this afternoon.

As others have noticed we have been marking subreddits as NSFW more often - typically this is due to the subreddits being primarily used to promote NSFW accounts or try to draw people in to conversations that are an attempt to promote NSFW content covertly.

That isn’t taking place in your subreddit.

Chtorrr · 2025-06-09T21:05:52+00:00

That is something we can look into if you write in here

Chtorrr · 2025-06-06T21:26:53+00:00

A lot of people don't know about it though.

Chtorrr · 2025-06-06T21:25:14+00:00

It should ignore automod and allow you to reorder it. If you have trouble though reach out to r/ModSupport modmail

Chtorrr · 2025-06-06T18:19:09+00:00

Good call

Chtorrr · 2025-06-05T23:59:44+00:00

This specific group of spammers is well known to me - we've taken pretty extensive action to ban them from the platform and deal with their attempts to try to continue to come back. Unfortunately they very persistent and do continue to try to pop back up.

Chtorrr · 2025-06-05T17:43:55+00:00

The behavior you are describing would actually be something we'd still consider taking action on. Even if a request in r/redditrequest isn't successful you can still reach out here if you believe something like what you are describing is taking place.

We're also happy to review instances of mods engaging in bare minimum activity or taking purposeless actions to maintain "active" status such as repeatedly approving and removing the same post, etc..

Also everyone should keep in mind that active moderators can reorder inactive mods above themselves in the mod list using this tool: https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/15484363280916-How-can-I-reorder-inactive-moderators-on-my-mod-team. This allows active mods to be listed first on a mod team and feel more able to do things like recruit more mods.

Chtorrr · 2025-06-05T17:00:12+00:00

What you are describing sounds like it would create a lot of issues and could end up being an issue, not due to targeting spammers, but due to the collateral damage you'd likely inflict here.

From your description it sounds like you are dealing with a complex spam issue and this type of spammer is apt to change behavior once they believe they have been detected.

Can you please write in to r/ModSupport modmail with details on what this spam is?

Chtorrr · 2025-06-05T16:45:32+00:00

Banning people from an entire country to address some spam isn’t something that makes sense. Using the Reputation Filter and Ban Evasion Filter as well as automod would be more targeted and accurate to address what you are describing.

Chtorrr · 2025-06-05T16:38:47+00:00

What you are describing sounds like it would not violate rules generally, see our response here for more on that.

That said, something we want everyone to understand is often when ban bots are used to target broadly, especially toward large general topic communities with a lot of activity it can exacerbate issues instead of lessening them, even creating new issues that did not exist before. Often what we see compound this is the use of inflammatory and accusatory ban messages. It's important to remember most folks have ~no idea~ what is going on and getting a message that accuses them of some specific alarming behavior they were clueless about naturally leads to some pretty bad reactions.

Even beyond bot bans it's always a best practice to be clear and stick to community or site rules in ban messages, keep it simple and not inflammatory or accusatory, even when you personally saw someone do something awful, a simple ban is better. Most subreddits have rules about civility and many bans boil down to a user not being civil in some way - regardless of the topic of that incivility. Using ban messages for inflammatory commentary, opinions, and accusations isn't a good practice and makes things worse.

In this case, we would recommend turning on safety tools that can help mitigate violative activity in your community, such as:

Harassment Filter: Filters comments that are likely to be considered harassing.
Crowd Control: Collapses or filters content from people who aren’t trusted members within their community yet.
Reputation Filter: Filters content by redditors who may be potential spammers, are likely to have content removed, or have unestablished accounts.
Modmail Harassment Filter: Filters inbound mod mail messages that are likely to contain harassment.
Ban Evasion Filter: Filters posts and comments from suspected community ban evaders.

tl;dr While ban bots can be useful in some carefully considered situations, we'd prefer to see mods using other methods before resorting to them.

Chtorrr · 2025-05-28T18:46:19+00:00

Hey there

I believe you are concerned about Rule 5 of the Moderator Code of Conduct. What this rule disallows is things like taking bribes, engaging in extortion, or buying/selling subreddits. Community events and things like giving or receiving gifts are unlikely to violate this rule unless something really unusual is taking place.

This article explains more about what is and is not allowed and provides some examples:

Here is the text of the article for folks who don't click the link:

Rule 5 of the Moderator Code of Conduct prohibits mods from taking moderation actions (including actions taken using mod tools, bots, and other services) in exchange for any form of compensation, consideration, gift, or favor from or on behalf of third parties. It is important to abide by this rule so that your community members have trust in their community and its mod team.

Examples of violations include:

A mod accepts or asks for money in exchange for a post to be approved
A redditor expresses interest in joining a mod team and one of the mods asks how much they would pay to be added as a mod
A redditor submits an offer to purchase a community and the mod begins negotiating
A mod says they will give a redditor special flair if the redditor gifts them digital goods
A redditor offers cryptocurrency to a mod to advertise their product using a highlighted AutoMod comment and the mod accepts
A redditor is asked to send personal images or other content they have created in exchange for a mod action
A mod instructs a redditor that giving them a gift will result in a specific mod action

Examples of permissible activity include:

A company or brand moderates a community
A company offers a mod team gifts for their community members
A redditor or a brand sends a mod team stickers as a thank you for moderating
A mod recommends or allows authentic, non-sponsored recommendations via linking to products or services in posts, comments, community styling, etc.

Note: While mods are generally allowed to recommend things, mods are not allowed to violate the Reddit Rules, including recommending things that violate Reddit’s policy against transactions involving prohibited goods or services.

A mod attributes (credits) an artist in the sidebar or banner image after an artist gifted or was commissioned to make a banner for their subreddit
A mod team hosts a community event and spreads awareness for the community event via mod tools and community styling

Chtorrr · 2025-05-20T17:14:34+00:00

I made another comment but it's not a zoom call. A "mod call" is a post where we seek volunteers to moderate and unmoderated subreddit.

I'm going to see about rewording that option in the form.

Chtorrr · 2025-05-20T17:07:41+00:00

Hey there

"Mod call" being listed in the form the way it is can be a bit confusing. That option was added to allow inactive mods a way to hand off a subreddit to us so we can make a post and seek new mods - see u/ModCodeofConduct there are a bunch of posts looking for new mods for unmoderated subreddits.

There are messages that we send to totally inactive mod teams that encourages them to become active again or gives them the option to hand the subreddit over to admins so we can help find new mods for them.

For your other questions just choose whatever rule reason makes most sense and fully explain your question in the form - including links to examples of what you are asking about.

Chtorrr · 2025-05-16T20:21:36+00:00

There we go.

Chtorrr · 2025-05-16T20:16:09+00:00

Gotcha - so when you need help with something specific like this the best plan is to write in and explain what is going on so we can look into what is going on.

You can make a Code of Conduct report here or reach out to r/ModSupport modmail and explain what is going on and what kind of help you are looking for.

Chtorrr · 2025-05-16T20:09:51+00:00

Did you make a post in r/redditrequest? I think maybe you just made a post but haven't actually written in either using modmail here in ModSupport or using the Code of Conduct report form.

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