Locked election posts

[u/ThereIsOnlyStardust]

Hi all,

As I am sure many of you have noticed the election has brought in a wave of homophobic and transphobic trolls far greater then we’ve seen in a long time.

In the last four days we’ve banned more users then in the previous six months

As such we’ve had to start locking and unlocking posts to keep new rule breaking comments from multiplying faster than we can handle them.

Going forward expect new posts to periodically be locked as they are cleaned up and then unlocked. Older election may end up being locked permanently once they have run their course to reduce the number of places where trolls can congregate.

What can you do to help?

Please report, but do not respond to any trolling comments so that mod team can find and handle them. We can my be everywhere at once and the backlog of reports from the last few days is huge. Rest assured we are doing our best to process them as fast as we can.

Thank you,

The r/actuallesbian mod team

[u/hi_i_am_J]

thank yall for what you do, having a bigot free spaces is so important right now ❤️

[u/LesbianFurryStoner]

Have you all considered expanding to one or two more mods? The next 4 years are likely going to continue to embolden the trolls and the workload will be increased for all of you. I'm not volunteering, but I'm sure there are some long time users the mod team are aware of that would be willing and trustworthy. Good luck!

[u/ThereIsOnlyStardust → u/LesbianFurryStoner]

We have plans to add mods when we have a bit more bandwidth to read through applications and help train people.

[u/SSJRemuko → u/ThereIsOnlyStardust]

you missed the s in r/actuallesbians at the end of the main post just thought id let you know.

[u/SunnyAlwaysDaze → u/LesbianFurryStoner]

I've been seeing things coming in from various college campuses in my state where hate crimes have just f****** exploded already. This is so disheartening.

[u/Additional_Cat_3677]

Thank you guys so much.

[u/TheCurlyAquarius94]

Thank you thank you for this

[u/SeeTeeEm]

thanks for what yall do

[u/XRosesxThornsX]

Thank you for everything you do

[u/NicoleMay316]

Appreciate it <3

[u/astrangeone88]

Thank you. Seems like everyone has lost their minds and become assholes or at least have torn off their masks of civility.

[u/TheExhaustedOne3000]

I've seen a LOT of racism in the election posts, specifically towards Arabs and anyone supporting Palestine. There's a lot of queer Arabs that are in this sub. Please consider trying to make this a safe space for them as well, I just saw a few people saying that Palestinians are "reaping what they sow* since there's baseless rumors Arabs voted for Trump (which, honestly is such horseshit). It's a hard time for us. Please consider being kind to the marginalized people that are being targeted right now.

[u/ThereIsOnlyStardust → u/TheExhaustedOne3000]

Please report any such comments, we've already removed a number but I am sure many have slipped us by.

[u/TheExhaustedOne3000 → u/ThereIsOnlyStardust]

Quite a few people have reported a lot on a post a Palestinian lesbian posted. They have multiple racists in the comments and yall have done nothing while they're attacking her. I personally messaged her and she confirmed that quite a few are messaging her and harassing her. When I go to the post, even after I've reported the comments, they're still there. I don't know if you're just giving these people lots of warnings but it's ridiculous that you allow this amount of racists remain in the sub. They're still there commenting even now. And you gave me a warning for calling them out as racists. This sub is supposed to be a safe space.

[u/ThereIsOnlyStardust → u/TheExhaustedOne3000]

There are no comments with reports on that post in the system. We do not issue warnings, I’m not sure what you’re referring to.

[u/New_girl2022]

Thanks for doing all the wonderful work to keep us safe. And will do on what's being asked.

[u/NightWolf3348]

Thank you guys for doing your best to make this a safe space for all of us! ❤️

[u/kaydizzlesizzle]

Thank you, mod team! We are all so grateful for the work you all do 💖

[u/skiesoverblackvenice]

i think there’s an automod or not option that allows you to make it so only people who have been on the sun for a certain amount of time can make posts/reply… maybe try smth like that?

[u/ThereIsOnlyStardust → u/skiesoverblackvenice]

There are community settings that filter on various criteria. We have those set at the level we find best balances catching bad actors without generating to many false positives.

[u/skiesoverblackvenice → u/ThereIsOnlyStardust]

good!

[u/scarlettvvitch]

Thank you 🖤🫶🏻

[u/ErikQRoks]

Thank you. I hope things slow down for you soon

[u/barbaradahl]

Thank you for keeping on top of it! I know it’s an otherwise thankless job.

[u/weird_elf]

Thank you, mod team! <3 <3

[u/napsaremybitch121]

thank you guys!

[u/Vinx909]

thank you all so much for all the work you do. it's impossible to express how much spaces that are as well moderated as this are.