Anti-Evil (Reddit Admin) Transparency Report for /r/conspiracy - June, 2020

As reddit is ever-evolving, the /r/conspiracy community remains committed to fostering a forum for freedom of expression and opinion.

We remain equally committed to transparency, offering public modlogs that document every action taken by the moderators of this sub, as well as the admin team of reddit.

While the log records which /r/conspiracy mod is responsible for a specific action, admin intervention is documented as "Anti-Evil Operations".

For a large sub that frequently discusses controversial topics, we are proud to maintain a healthy and vibrant forum that also consistently remains in line with reddit's TOS.

This is almost entirely due to the vigilance of the community with respect to reporting inappropriate content, as well as the diligence and dedication of the /r/conspiracy mod team.

Because of this, the admins seem to be taking an increasingly "hands off" approach to this subreddit, and this is evident in the fact that they've stepped in to remove content on only four occasions since last month's report.

Here are the previous transparency reports:

December; January; February; March; April; May

In the last month, there have been five instances of (recorded) admin action on /r/conspiracy, with four removals and one approval.

It should be mentioned here that the final admin action from last month's transparency report is related to the Holocaust. There doesn't appear to be a TOS violation in the comment, and perhaps more importantly, it no longer appears in the permanent list of Anti-Evil removals.

While the public mod log only lists recent actions, the /r/conspiracy mod team has access to a more permanent mod log. In this list, there is no longer a record of this specific removal. It's unclear why/how this was done, and if it was intentional or not.

It would seem that purposefully purging the removal from the mod log would be pointless, especially since it had already been documented in last month's transparency report. Anyone with insight on this anomaly is encouraged to chime in!

  • The next removal was from 24 days ago on a 25-day-old thread (currently sitting at 0 points, and 20% upvoted). The offending passage in the comment can be described as a mild call to violence and therefore a violation of the TOS. In addition, this OP was permanently banned 23 days ago by the /r/conspiracy mod team for additional rule violations.

  • The next action from 17 days ago was an approval of a thread that had previously been removed by the admins. The initial removal was questionable, as although the post was heavily critical of the Chinese government, there didn't appear to be any overt violations of the User Agreement.

This type of admin "reversal" is unusual, but it speaks to the notion that the continued health of this forum is causing the admin team to take a less heavy-handed approach, including the actual reevaluation of past decisions that may have been unjustified.

  • The next removal from 13 days ago was a 23-day-old comment that said the following: "This guy is a secret service agent. FSB Troll."

While OP received warnings from the /r/conspiracy mod team for spammy and otherwise rule-breaking behavior, it's unclear why this comment was removed by the admins, and also why similar comments from OP remain.

  • The most recent removal was from 5 days ago and concerns some vague and rambling violent rhetoric. The user in question was immediately banned by the /r/conspiracy mod team, although further action against OP doesn't appear to have been taken by the admins, as the account remains active.

In conclusion

We should all be proud of this month's report, as it speaks to our vigilance and dedication to keeping this place the stimulating and challenging forum it's meant to be, even as we grow to new heights.

Keep reporting rule-violating content, and never stop questioning the status quo.

This is a forum for free thinking and for discussing issues which have captured your imagination.

Please respect other views and opinions, and keep an open mind. Our goal is to create a fairer and more transparent world for a better future.

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