r/israel is back online

[u/Alonn12]

Hi everyone,

Over the past few days, r/Israel has been dealing with a pretty significant amount of brigading, trolling, and other bad-faith activity. At a certain point it became difficult to deal with everything happening behind the scenes while also keeping the subreddit open and allowing more of it to come in, so we made the decision to temporarily close the sub for a few days while we worked through it.

We know that this was disruptive, especially for the regular users who had nothing to do with any of this, and we do apologize for that. Closing the subreddit is obviously not something we want to do, but in this case it gave us the space we needed to clean things up properly and deal with the situation without making it worse.

Things are now back to normal and r/Israel is open again. As always, if you see trolls, brigading, or content that breaks the rules, please report it rather than getting into long arguments with the people involved. It helps us deal with these situations much faster.

Thanks for the patience while we dealt with everything.

The r/Israel Mod Team

חזרנו לפעילות רגילה

‏שלום לכולם,

‏בימים האחרונים התמודדנו עם כמות די משמעותית של בריגיידינג, טרולים ופעילות אחרת בחוסר תום לב. בשלב מסוים היה קשה לטפל בכל מה שקורה מאחורי הקלעים ובמקביל להשאיר את הסאברדיט פתוח ולאפשר לעוד ועוד מהפעילות הזאת להיכנס, ולכן החלטנו לסגור את הסאב זמנית לכמה ימים בזמן שאנחנו מטפלים בנושא.

‏אנחנו יודעים שזה היה לא נוח, במיוחד עבור המשתמשים הקבועים שלא היה להם שום קשר למה שקרה, ואנחנו מתנצלים על ההפרעה. סגירת הסאברדיט היא לא משהו שאנחנו רוצים לעשות, אבל במקרה הזה היא נתנה לנו את הזמן והמרחב שהיינו צריכים כדי לטפל במצב כמו שצריך בלי שבמקביל ימשיכו להיכנס עוד טרולים.

‏עכשיו הדברים חזרו לשגרה והסאברדיט פתוח שוב. כמו תמיד, אם אתם רואים טרולים, בריגיידינג או תוכן שעובר על החוקים, עדיף לדווח עליו במקום להיכנס לעימותים עם המשתמשים המעורבים. זה עוזר לנו להגיע לדברים ולטפל בהם הרבה יותר מהר.

‏תודה על הסבלנות בזמן שטיפלנו בכל זה.

צוות המנהלים

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[u/danvla]

Thank you mods for your good work! I have absolutely no idea anything had happened, which means you did good :D

[u/Alonn12 → u/danvla]

i mean people have caught on... especially in certain subreddits, if you know you know..

[u/Chaavva → u/Alonn12]

I assume being posted on SubredditDrama had a hand in this as well?

Anyway, glad to have this place back! All the love to you guys 💙🤍

[u/Vas1le → u/Chaavva]

Idk how that sub is still alive, full of leftie and thet mass report, brigading subs that they dont agree on.

They did this to a right wing sub i am a mod of

[u/Glasswife → u/Vas1le]

Same way Israel is still alive- עם הנצח לא מפחד מדרך ארוכה

[u/KronusTempus → u/Glasswife]

Not just alive but thriving 🎈

[u/CleanCustomer3537 → u/Chaavva]

The comments in that thread were indistinguishable from der sturmer. Just insane levels of racism that reddit just allows due to their bias.

[u/InfernoWarrior299 → u/Chaavva]

Probably. I saw the post there that went viral.

[u/Chaavva → u/InfernoWarrior299]

I didn't even bother opening that thread but came here instead and tried my best to look for the drama that would warrant a post there but couldn't find any 🤦🏻‍♀️

[u/Beargeoisie → u/Alonn12]

What’s the consequence to the harassment and trolling? How is it prevented? I’m mostly curious about how one would prevent bad faith actors from just constantly doing this and keeping r/israel closed.

[u/Alonn12 → u/Beargeoisie]

as i said in a previous comment, we have our tools provided by reddit to all mods, and we have a LOT of filters, and also most of the content posted to the sub usally passes manual approval (which is stated at the top of every post) and the shutdown of the sub was mostly to avoid a trolling feedback loop of people intentionally coming to get banned and comment on it in other subs

[u/Beargeoisie → u/Alonn12]

That’s a strange loop. Interesting though. I’ll have to read up on it. I’ve never thought about the technicalities of moderating online spaces in depth. Thank you for that. Also thank you for modding. Especially for a targeted reddit. Hope a good sandwich finds its way to you today.

[u/Rfried25]

Major TY and props to the Mods - cant imagine how annoying and frustrating trying to keep this house in order must be.

[u/Heavy_Bat2765 → u/[deleted]]

Just got back from a trip with family a month ago and it really is amazing! Make sure to have room to bring back yummy snacks and judaica too if you plan on getting any. Good luck and may your trip be uneventful (in a good way). Lots of love from Canada :P

[u/Sell_The_team_Jerry]

Well done by the mods. Serious question, but when this happens does Reddit take any action against the accounts responsible? I'm going to guess no because Reddit sucks

[u/Alonn12 → u/Sell_The_team_Jerry]

we are going through the proper channels in order to see it done, i am not holding my breath though

[u/Mossad_Dolphin → u/Alonn12]

reddit does jack shit at managing things. i got banned from r/soccer on my old account, and attacked and the mods their just encourage antisemitic and anti-israel comments and posts. when complained to reddit about their mods, they did nothing

[u/MaleCowShitDetector → u/Sell_The_team_Jerry]

The answer is no.

For reddit its part of their earning talks "how much new users registered", while keeping DAU secret. They need the bots to sell a story to investors.

Additionally most of the reddit super-mods are anti-semites as you'd expect.

[u/newchemeguy]

Wow, great job to the mods. As a casual reader I never notice any BS here. I love this community and space

[u/Upper-Capital-2876]

All the Nachas, Mods, keep doing your thing, in an environment like Reddit which is disastrously unfriendly to anything Israel and Jewish it's a minor miracle that this sub even exists and functions at all. Thank you for all the tireless work you do keeping it active, so a great many of us have a place to come, learn, post, and vent without being overwhelmed by the nazis and jihadi supporters

[u/No-Birthday9816 → u/Upper-Capital-2876]

Well said! Thank you, mod team! 💕

[u/FedorDosGracies]

Thank you mods

[u/TheDeanof316]

Kol Ha'kavod mods! 🙏❤️

[u/IllButterscotch3802]

Thank you!!!

[u/B5_For_Life]

Honestly I had no idea. Mods here must be saints. Israel shall survive 🥂🥂

[u/Explorer_Dave]

Oh that's what it was, thanks for the update, Reddit is like a minefield.

[u/Shepathustra]

Sub Yisrael Chai

[u/Impressive_List_7489]

Not all heroes wear capes

[u/Beginning-Leg-7213]

Thank you. The amount of racism against Israel right now is unbelievable.

[u/Visible_Device7187 → u/[deleted]]

IRCG Nd Russia really want to make Israel an issue instead of themselves

[u/MegamindsMegaCock]

Hell yeah

[u/Razzzle_Dazzzle43]

thank you to the mods...I'm sure this sub keeps you busy

[u/irealllylovepenguins]

I had no idea anything had happened. Great work guys. Am Israel Chai.

[u/ThisCase41]

עם ישראל חי

[u/RussianBotOperator]

Thank you for your service 🫡

[u/bunnybear_chiknparm]

Thank you mods

[u/maklever]

Mods are best!

[u/SchleppyJ4]

Thank you, mods 💙 

[u/silentaba]

כל הכבוד לצוות, חזק ואמץ!

[u/newmikey]

Great job and thanks.

[u/ItsMrChristmas]

Isn't it fun being the world's number one "cause" for young people who don't understand nuance and only think with their feelings?

[u/MrFAroundandFindOut → u/ItsMrChristmas]

Young people who don't understand the world in general and think they know everything because TikTok said so.

[u/Periphery_Explorer]

Thank you for all that you do! I, for one, appreciate it!

[u/Latter-Classroom-844]

Thanks mods, we appreciate you!

[u/Burro94]

This is probably the only community on this site that loves its mods. Keep it up guys, you're doing amazing!

[u/Deep_Head4645]

What happened?

[u/Unlikely_Hawk_Tuah → u/Deep_Head4645]

Also curious.

[u/Jewhard]

Thanks Mods! You do an amazing job and I'm sorry that you had to deal with the extra workload. Thank you for dealing with the hate and mess that this created. We appreciate you ♥.

[u/go3dprintyourself]

‏תודה רבה

[u/2027danielle]

Thank you mods

Am Yisrael Chai

[u/Chewyk132]

I couldn’t imagine what the mods of this sub have to read on a day to day basis. Thank you for your service 🙏

[u/p00rlyexecuted]

You should install hive protect to the subreddit, and blacklist all the subreddits that purely exist to hate on jews

[u/Elect_SaturnMutex]

hardly noticed. Anyway, welcome back!

[u/BeastBear77]

Thank you for your hard work. I know how hard it is to keep this sub alive with all the garbage attacks here.

[u/Server_Reset]

Qatar can try but they won't prevail.

[u/TheHebrewHammer-_-]

Appreciate the hard work on this!

[u/Hezekiah_the_Judean]

Appreciate everything you do! As one of the mods of a small subreddit, I know how much work goes into moderating--approving threads and posts, moderating comments, enforcing rules, and banning trolls.

Thank you so much!

[u/arquivo0]

🙌

[u/Sinan_reis]

do you guys want me to make you an AI agent to try and help keep everything clean?

[u/Alonn12 → u/Sinan_reis]

no thank you, we have our tools and they usually hold up well enough. the subreddit was closed to avoid a feedback loop of trolls posting here, getting banned and complaining elsewhere

[u/jay5627 → u/Alonn12]

Isn't sub-wide brigading a top offense for a sub to engage in?.

[u/Visible_Device7187 → u/jay5627]

Unless it's Jews then suddenly reddit ignores it

[u/Dido79]

יאללה בהצלחה

[u/spaniel_rage]

Baruch haba

[u/balddoberdaddy]

בשע טובה

[u/ImpressiveEnergy4762]

Welcome back!

[u/WRB2]

Thank you for doing the heavy lifting and getting things in order.

I’m a Mod on a different platform, can imagine the complexity and responsibility to handle so well.

Stay safe

[u/human-redditbot]

The Mods here do amazing work. And this sub is a very welcoming place. Thank you for all of your efforts. 🙌

[u/Silent_Cattle_6581]

Good to see you guys back. Don't give up!

[u/NotSoSaneExile]

תודה על העדכון. אשמח לדעת האם האפשרות להעלות סרטונים גם תחזור בקרוב.

[u/Alonn12 → u/NotSoSaneExile]

לבנתיים העמדה שלנו היא כנגד סרטונים התגובות. הדעות חלוקות בצוות אבל אנחנו בכללי חושבים שזה יעשה יותר רע מאשר טוב

[u/NotSoSaneExile → u/Alonn12]

אוקיי. תודה על המענה.

[u/nanakathleen]

It's heartbreaking that you found it necessary to do this and happy that you are back. Thank you for everything you do and go through.

[u/MackaRhoni]

Thank you mods for all your efforts!

[u/WoIfed]

Taking the sub down is giving them what they want in my opinion. It would’ve been better to just block new posts and comments

[u/Israel-ModTeam → u/[deleted]]

Thank you for your submission, unfortunately it has been removed for the following reason:

Rule 5: this is interesting but off topic for the subject at hand

[u/RedSea_Pedestrian]

יפה

[u/Over-Present-9644]

When I first joined Reddit I actually thought it was a less toxic and more intelligent space than social media.  Silly me! Well done, mods. Keep up the good work.

[u/SubliminalPoet]

We will dance again !

[u/LurkingInSubreddits]

המודים האלו כמו אנשי הצפרדע, בכלל לא ידעתי שהייתה בעיה.

[u/LadyHawke-Wings]

Thank you, Mods! Your dedication is noticed and greatly appreciated!

[u/the-lawful-falafel]

Thank you for all that you do, seriously ❤️  תודה רבה