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According to a Reddit employee, the majority of users will not be impacted by this change, as most already downvote or report abusive content. However, concerns have been raised about the potential for this policy to make users paranoid about voting. In response, Reddit has stated that this would be an unacceptable side effect, and they will closely monitor the situation and ramp up the policy thoughtfully.
While the initial focus of this new policy is on violent content, Reddit has indicated that it may consider expanding the warnings in the future. This could include warnings for repeated upvotes of other types of actions that violate the platform's policies. Reddit may also consider taking other types of actions in addition to warnings to further curb the spread of inappropriate content.
Reddit has previously implemented a similar warning system for quarantined communities on the platform. This strategy was found to be successful in reducing exposure to bad content, leading to the decision to experiment with the approach on a sitewide level.
This will have no impact on the vast majority of users as most already downvote or report abusive content, a Reddit employee says in the announcement post. In comments on the post, a user expressed concern that the new policy could make people paranoid about voting, but the employee says that this would be an unacceptable side effect, which is why we want to monitor this closely and ramp it up thoughtfully.
