Reddit is an American social news aggregation, content rating, and forum social network.
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Platform Policies:
No policy specifically prohibiting targeted misgendering or deadnaming.
No indication of any plans to implement this.
Username cannot be changed.
Exception for accounts made using Google account or Apple ID – username can be changed within 30 days. Users can create a new account with a preferred name. Exception for accounts made using Google account or Apple ID – username can be changed within 30 days. Users can create a new account with a preferred name.
No native form to display gender pronouns. Certain subreddits add this feature individually. Pronouns can be added to display name or bio.
Certain communities allow User Flairs with pronoun options that appear beside usernames. Example: r/NonBinary
Legal name is not required for signup.
“You don’t need to tell us your name. Consider the impact on your anonymity before including your real name or birthday in your username or reusing an alias you use on another site”
Optional gender disclosure for personalized ad-targeting.
As much as possible, we want to share promoted content that you find useful. Here’s some of the information we use to do this: Account information you’ve provided, such as email or gender. Please note: sharing your gender is entirely optional and you can remove this information at any time in your Account Settings.
Policies prohibiting promotion of hate based on gender identity. Transparency center reports on policy enforcement.
“Everyone has a right to use Reddit free of harassment, bullying, and threats of violence. Communities and people that incite violence or that promote hate based on identity or vulnerability will be banned. Marginalized or vulnerable groups include, but are not limited to, groups based on their actual and perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, immigration status, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, or disability.”
Transparency Center “We regularly share findings about how we enforce our policies through our recurring Reddit Transparency Report”
Community content moderation enables Individual communities “subreddits” have the ability to enforce community-specific rules.
Moderators chosen by each subreddit community have the ability to moderate over their individual spaces. Users that violate any of these rules can be permanently banned from communities. Community moderators are often more effective at deterring harassment.
Contributor Notes:
“The anonymity and availability of closed spaces helps me feel safer.”
– Anonymous Contributor
Platform Environment:
Users find that community moderation is more effective than platform moderation in certain situations. LGBTQ+ subreddits have especially effective moderators to handle harassment. Outside these communities the environment is more uncertain as subreddits can choose to enforce their own rules