u/_trapd00r_

I think we could all get behind the previous crackdown on spambots slyly maintaining SFW accounts as OF bait.

• But now, in a moral panic, Reddit's decided legitimate, longstanding users with NSFW accounts can't mix with the "normal" population either.

SFW subs are being locked 18+ based solely on what users post ELSEWHERE.

To return to SFW they'd have to banish these people from posting.

^((Nobody ever reads things here... D': -) **^(this is about SFW posts, not obviously NSFW subs !)**)

All such user profiles are already marked NSFW, so have a barrier to anyone coming across NSFW accidentally - Redditors have to actively opt into NSFW content in their settings, or else can't see it... (and they need a Reddit account in the first place)... so this has absolutely *no impact* as a safeguarding measure.

This policy seems to be made "on the hoof" (admins took 2 months to come back with an official line) - and is not being applied consistently, because identical subs are apparently just "too big".

This is a slap in the face of mods + users doing their utmost to actually follow Reddit guidelines.

The posters themselves are longstanding professional artists who normally post across a variety of subs, so have NSFW content on their profiles - and not that it even matters, but it's tame. They create amazing SFW content too, but now they're being treated as morally inferior people who shouldn't be allowed to mix.
*They don't promote anything either, just contribute highly-regarded, high quality, rule-abiding content.

The immediate effect is this has killed SFW subs entirely - submissions turned into *dildo footjobs* overnight, because people see an 18+ sub and logically assume it's for 18+ content...
The communities were wonderful before, mods were super active and the users were fantastically well-behaved.
Now the subs are suddenly cesspits!

edit: 3rd line made bold since everybody has such trouble reading.