The principle Cyberpunk 2077 subreddit, r/cyberpunkgame, is protesting towards current adjustments to the Reddit platform by flooding the group with nudity and different NSFW (not protected for work) content material, a part of the general pushback towards Reddit’s API changes. Members of the subreddit, which boasts greater than 1.1 million Cyberpunk followers, have been posting bare variations of their 2077 characters alongside NSFW and “adults-only” content material like art work and gamers wielding dildos within the recreation.
A moderator on the Cyberpunk 2077 subreddit says that Reddit directors, utilizing the location’s Moderator Code of Conduct account, have since reached out to the r/cyberpunkgame mod crew, “demanding [they] swap again.”
“They didn’t enable us to answer, so we couldn’t clarify that this can be a subreddit for an 18+ recreation, nor has any of our content material modified,” subreddit moderator Tabnam wrote on Wednesday. “This subreddit ought to have been NSFW already, however we’d by no means thought to alter it till not too long ago.
“Till we alter it again we’re in violation of Reddit’s sitewide guidelines. We’re not going to alter it again, as a result of this can be a sexually specific recreation, and likewise fuck them.”
Moderators of different subreddits which have not too long ago flagged themselves as NSFW, together with r/PICS and r/military, say they obtained comparable messages from Reddit’s Mod Code of Conduct crew, warning them that they’re “inaccurately labeling” their communities as NSFW. On Thursday, a moderator for r/PICS posted the following message, mentioned to be from the Mod Code of Conduct crew:
It is a last warning for inaccurately labeling your group NSFW which is a violation of the Mod Code of Conduct rule 2. Your subreddit has not traditionally been thought-about NSFW nor would they below our present insurance policies.
Please instantly right the NSFW labeling in your subreddit. Failure to take action will end in motion being taken in your moderator crew by the tip of this week. This implies moderators concerned on this exercise can be faraway from this mod crew. Moderators can also be topic to extra actions, e.g., dropping the flexibility to affix mod groups sooner or later.
Lastly, when you abruptly start to put up, or approve content material that options sexually specific content material to your group as a way to justify the NSFW label, we’ll instantly take away and completely droop moderators who’ve participated on this motion.
Moderators of r/PICS and r/navy have since removed their NSFW flags. Cyberpunk 2077 subreddit moderators haven’t but backed down, and say they’ll retreat to a secondary subreddit, r/LowSodiumCyberpunk, ought to the primary channel face closure or motion towards its moderators.
Reddit does not run advertising on subreddits with the NSFW designation. These adults-only subreddits additionally require customers to log in to a Reddit account or attest that they’re at the very least 18 years previous.
Polygon has reached out to Reddit for touch upon the Cyberpunk 2077 subreddit protest and can replace this story when the corporate responds.