In an effort to combat trolls, misinformation, spam, ban evasion, etc - we have turned on an AutoModerator filter that will remove any posts or comments if:

• Your account is under 2 years old.
• You don't have a verified email address attached to your account.

You can find out how to add an email address to your account here: https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/14569265059860-How-do-I-register-or-add-my-email-to-my-Reddit-account-

Settings pages:

• Old reddit: https://old.reddit.com/prefs/update/
• New reddit: https://new.reddit.com/settings/

Edit: If my ^terrible writing doesn't explain it very well, check out these comments that explain it better.

• by u/Dunbaratu.
• by u/billrosmusR.

Totally haven't stolen the text of this from r/anime...

TL;DR: We're raising awareness of reddit issues and want community feedback on /r/UkrainianConflict potentially participating in the June 12th blackout. If you're unfamiliar with what's going on please read the rest of the post, otherwise weigh in on the issue in the comments. /r/UkrainianConflict's moderators have not yet decided on the kind of our involvement, but we are watching the situation closely.

So, what's happening?

Last week, reddit announced significant upcoming changes to their API that will have a serious negative effect on many users. There is a planned protest across more than a thousand subreddits to black out and go private for 48 hours (at least) on June 12th.

• Third-party reddit apps (such as Apollo, Reddit is Fun and others) are going to become ludicrously more expensive for their developers to run, which will in turn either kill the apps, or result in a monthly fee to the users if they choose to use one of those apps to browse. Each request to reddit within these mobile apps (e.g. to load posts, make a comment, or upvote anything) will cost the developer money, and the developers of Apollo were quoted around $20 million per year for the current rate of usage. The only way for these apps to continue to be viable for the developer is if you (the user) pay a monthly fee, and realistically, this is most likely going to just outright kill them. The end result is that if you use a third-party app to browse reddit, you will most likely no longer be able to do so, or be charged a monthly fee to keep it viable.
• NSFW content is no longer going to be available in the API. This means that even if third-party apps continue to survive you will not be able to access NSFW content using them, but rather only via the official reddit apps or desktop site. We are not sure in how far this could effect our subreddit, and if it only applies to whole mature content subreddits or also individual posts marked as NSFW.
• Many users with visual impairments rely on third-party applications in order to more easily interface with reddit, as the official reddit mobile apps do not have robust support for visually-impaired users. This means that a great deal of visually-impaired redditors will no longer be able to access the site in the assisted fashion they're used to.

An open letter to reddit

In lieu of what's happening above, an open letter has been released by the broader moderation community. Part of this initiative includes a potential subreddit blackout (meaning a subreddit will be taken private and users will be unable to see any posts) on June 12th, lasting 48 hours or longer.

We want your feedback

Now, given the nature of our subreddit - to provide continuous news and updates about the ongoing war in Ukraine, fully participating may not be suitable for us. We would like to get feedback from the community as to which approach we should take - should we 'go dark' to participate or something else?

We would like to get community feedback on this. Do you believe /r/UkrainianConflict should fully support the protest with a blackout of the subreddit for at least June 12th-13th? or should we look at other methods? Feel free to leave your thoughts and opinions below.