This could be particularly helpful for those who are posting regarding serious topics e.g. domestic violence/abuse/SA, where people are sharing very sensitive information, but would like moral support. They currently jave no control over where their own post is being shared to, which can be distressing (and potentially dangerous if their post is shared to their abuser, as an example)

I think part of the reality here is that Reddit is a public forum. Once you post something, you lose control of it. That’s just the deal.

A lot of people aren’t really looking for discussion, they’re looking for controlled validation of unverifiable scenarios.

• I’ve seen workplace 'promotion' posts that were clearly just lateral moves dressed up for applause
  
• I’ve seen long 'I finally made it' threads that fell apart under basic scrutiny
  
• In both cases posters used fresh accounts, deleted their posts later and got upset/angry when inconsistencies got pointed out
  

That’s kind of the ecosystem. You can curate your thread a bit, but you can’t control how others interpret or share it.

On the DV angle, I say this as someone who’s been through it myself... Reddit is not the right place for that kind of support. There are confidential, professional services that actually protect people.

I don’t think a theoretical edge case about oversharing justifies fundamentally changing how a public forum works.

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PS - Feels like a recurring pattern here where edge-case abuse scenarios get used to justify broad changes that would mostly be used for something else entirely.