r/CasualConversation • u/Quick_man nesquik • Jun 08 '15
mod post Removal of the Selfie Sunday Megathread
It has come to our attention that selfies from the selfie Sunday mega thread have been leaked and spread to the rest of Reddit with ‘malicious’ intent. Naturally this isn’t what we want to be represented as; it is not causal or welcoming to anyone. Most of all, it is not remembering the human nor is it respecting anonymity/privacy and lastly, it is not in the spirit of conversation. Even if these seflies were posted with permission in jest, it is near impossible to portray that to everyone through text alone.
We have always wanted this place to be welcoming and accepting of everyone and everything and have put together Megathreads to try to cover the bases (vent Megathread not being causal but added to because it was needed). However, as mods of /r/CasualConversation we only have control over one sub instead of thousands, and as such we need to take action and protect our users when we can. Unfortunately, this entails removing the selfie threads.
One would argue that posting a selfie doesn’t merit personal information (it is one that we have heard many times over), it shouldn’t be a big issue if they get posted. However, It takes only one troll/angry user in the future to open up your profiles and view the images you have posted. At that very moment, the angry user has a face to the profile and can post it or save it to wherever. Some photos are direct ports from Facebook profile pictures, and that’s just a reverse google search away from being really dangerous with dire consequences. Doxxing (going through peoples history to compile information) has caused several significant problems for people, the first one that comes to mind is the /r/wow incident where someone almost lost their job because of reddit.
The harassment levels from PM’s were quite high. People were getting harassing and Creepy PM’s based solely around their selfies (self-explanatory).
We will be removing ‘selfie’ threads as we always have. Those who try to go around it and make a type of selfie thread will be given a stern warning and further offense may result in a ban. We do keep track of when posts get removed for belonging in the megathreads or for being a selfie thread.
Now get on to conversing you silly casual folks. :}
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u/outerdrive313 Jun 08 '15
Not gonna lie. I was pissed at first. I looked forward to every Sunday and seeing the faces every week. But the safety of everyone here supercedes my want to see new pics of my friends every week. But I also think this is what happens when a sub grows as fast as this one has. The undesirables, creepers, pervs, freaks and the socially inept start coming in.
Now imagine if we were ever to become a default.
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u/Quick_man Jun 08 '15
I appreciate how mature you are being about this. We expected a definite riot with removing the SS threads but were met with understanding. Comments like yours are what makes this community a good one, not necessarily liking something but understanding it is necessary in a mature way while considering the subs future and general well being.
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u/CallMeEzra Jun 08 '15
Can I post badly drawn selfies in its place?
If not that's cool too :3 Boo creepers~!
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u/TheNathanNS Jun 08 '15 edited Jun 08 '15
Don't want to sound rude, but this is exactly why I point blank refuse to show my face in any thread.
I often wondered how long it'd be before something like this happened.
EDIT: To the person who asked me if I knew what happened: (Because they deleted their comment something about someone on some make up sub posting before/after pics and having pics stolen and being made fun of)
To be honest, I do not know.
But I'm going to presume people were stealing other people's pics and either pretending to be them, or x-posting them to hate subreddits.
Hell, the other week someone on r/GrandTheftAutoV made it onto the R* newswire.
Someone stole their pics and posted them on r/FatPeopleHate and they brigaded r/GrandTheftAutoV.
I'm going to assume it was pretty much the same thing. Maybe not to r/FatPeopleHate, maybe to other subs/websites.
I recall someone's before and after pics on some weight loss sub being used for one of those "DOCTORS HATE HER!!!!" adverts.
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Jun 08 '15
Why the hell does a subreddit exists that only hates on other people. Wtf seems so damn weird and disgusting, that people actually tease people for how they look...
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u/IAMA_dragon-AMA Jun 08 '15
I...
With all due respect, have you ever seen most of society? A lot of fashion, especially women's fashion, is based off of "people who don't look like this are ugly and should be ridiculed."
Heck, a lot of people probably vote for whoever looks the best -- being taller, I've heard, causes a statistically-significant increase in popularity and/or desirability.
I don't think it's much of a stretch at all that people would create a subreddit based on ridicule.
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Jun 08 '15
Can anyone fill me in on what happened? Also, something exactly like this happened in r/SkinCareAddiction. A girl with PCOS posted her before and after pictures of her struggle with acne and some horrible person cross posted it to r/fatpeoplehate where they were all making fun of her. It was awful.
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u/DavidLuizshair Jun 08 '15
boooo u/Quick_man booooo
Fair enough really, seems like the best decision was made for all parties involved.
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u/LionGhost Jun 08 '15
This is really unfortunate. I enjoyed selfie sundays and seeing everyone's pretty faces. But of course, a couple assholes have to ruin it for everyone. Let's just respect each other, okay?
Also, thank you to the mods for making it a safe place for us.
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u/phyllop23 Jun 08 '15
This is a very well written post.
Sad to see people do stuff like that. I always liked to see the pretty people of CC. :\