Jay Peters

Senior Reporter

Jay PetersJul 7, 2023

Even after Reddit’s “final warning,” r/Askwomenadvice isn’t dropping its NSFW label.

The mods of the subreddit may be removed as a result, but they’ve accepted that.

“Our ethics won’t allow us in good faith to lie to you so Reddit can make a buck,” the mods wrote. “So when the sub gets turned over to whatever scab steps forward, we hope they have the decency to run it in a way that keeps you safe.”

Read more about the response to these warnings from Reddit in my story from Thursday, which I updated a few minutes ago.

Reddit demands moderators remove NSFW labels, or else

Jay Peters

Jul 7

Reddit demands moderators remove NSFW labels, or else

Jay PetersJul 7, 2023

Is that the Galaxy Z Flip 5?

This new (and strange) Samsung ad is mostly forgettable, but watch all the way to the end for a potential hint of the Galaxy Z Flip 5’s cover screen, which is rumored to be much bigger than before.

Samsung is set to reveal the new phone on July 26th.

Threads profiles can’t be deleted without removing your entire Instagram account

Jay PetersJul 6, 2023

A volunteer-made project that fights bots on Reddit is shutting down.

BotDefense, a tool that helps fight bots in more than 3,600 subreddits and has nearly 150,000 accounts on its bans list, will be going away. As for why:

The community of users and moderators submitting accounts to us depend on Pushshift, the API, and third-party apps. And we would be deluding ourselves if we believed any assurances from Reddit given the track record of broken promises. Investing further resources into Reddit as a platform presents significant risks, and it’s safer to allocate one’s time, energy, and passions elsewhere.

Jay PetersJul 6, 2023

r/PICS mods wanted to reply to a Reddit admin message, but apparently Reddit disabled the ability for them to do so.

They posted their response publicly for the community — and, presumably, Reddit — to read. According to the mods, the admin sent the moderators a message that they violated the moderator code of conduct by going NSFW.

Reddit has said it’s “not acceptable” for communities to switch to NSFW in protest of Reddit’s policies. r/PICS is trying to make the case that it should remain so given things like profanity on the subreddit, which technically counts as NSFW under Reddit’s content policy.

A screenshot of part of r/PICS’ message to the community.

Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge

Jay PetersJul 5, 2023

Wordle is getting ads on the mobile web.

If you aren’t a New York Times Games subscriber, you’ll start seeing a DoorDash ad when you hop into your daily Wordle on your phone’s web browser. Fortunately, the ad can be skipped “immediately,” according to spokesperson Jordan Cohen.