The NSFW auto tagger ~~is~~ was not working.

Lemmy still does not allow admins to mark posts nsfw, so if you made posts in the past 24 hours and you did not check the NSFW option they have been removed.

Edit the posts and mark them nsfw, then message me and I will restore them. Thanks!

Motherless has been banned for years one reddit and even 4chan because of their lack of moderation of CSAM.

I was reminded of this fact when a user brought it up in a comment thread. We are now promptly taking action to ban it here.

We recommend you use redgifs, catbox, or upload directly to the instance for media posts.

Downvotes can be a useful tool to shape a community, but one of the main issues brought up in the post I made is when several people start downvoting communities they don’t even participate in. Which I want to emphasize is NOT the correct way for downvotes to be used.

First id like to start off with an apology to those who are upset about them being enabled. It may seem very clear to you that downvotes weren't wanted, but as an admin I get complaints for basically every decision made on this site, so what the “right” choice is, is sometimes hard to determine.

I’ve been getting complaints about downvotes being disabled for awhile now, so it wasn’t clear to me. Even now, the opinion is still very split. Which is why I enabled them quietly to see if it would cause any issues. It did, so I made the initial post to see if people think the issues created by downvotes outweigh the benefits, and what peoples’ other opinions about them are.

This is my opinion based on what I’ve read and the results of the poll:

I think at a later time when lemmynsfw is larger, downvotes may be viable, especially if lemmy implements a custom home feed so that not everyone sees the same posts. This would help mitigate the issue of people not in communities downvoting posts. But as it stands I think the best option is disabling them again. Frequent posters, which are kind of needed for this site to survive, don’t seem to like them, and the poll is split almost 50/50. I have to try to balance enjoyability of posting and enjoyability of consuming content on the site, and it just seems like downvotes really hurts posters and only marginally helps consumers.

So with all that said, downvotes have been disabled again. Sorry for all the confusion and back and forth.

Currently downvotes are enabled on a trial basis, this was done by me to see if they can be enabled to prevent spam from rising to the top of communities, along with the fact that is another form of interaction/feedback.

However I've gotten some pushback for this and so I'd like to see the general consensus of this decision. Please put any comments/concerns in this thread, and please vote here: (Link gone poll is done)

the results of this poll and the comments will determine if we keep or remove downvotes again

Also check out our post on [email protected] on tips and how to stay safe during locktober!

https://lemmynsfw.com/post/16760546

Here's a good guide and another on how to handle and prepare (I'm late to this post oops 😬) for locktober!

And another helpful blog post about what to expect feelings wise

The picture is to help you stay safe during locktober! Edit: the bottom 3 rules not the top 3!