On Wednesday, Reddit inadvertently banned over 90 subreddits due to a bug that incorrectly flagged them as unmoderated, creating confusion among moderators. Although many of the affected communities, including popular NSFW subreddits like r/porn and r/boobs, were well-moderated, they were temporarily taken offline without warning. Reddit admins acknowledged the bug in a support post, stating that they were working on a fix. While most subreddits were restored after a few hours, concerns grew about potential future crackdowns from Reddit, prompting users to consider backing up their content.
"There was a bug with one of our tools that caused some subreddits to be banned incorrectly. We are actively working on a fix and many of your communities are already back up and running."
"The issue was a bug related to how we detect unmoderated communities. It affected scores of subreddits followed by millions of people."
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