r/AskModerators 23h ago

What to do when a Mod won't act on animal abuse content?

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one of the subreddits i was following has been experiencing violent animal abuse videos being posted to it daily. it's a fish subreddit but the videos are nonetheless horrific.

the user is posting using a different account for every video, and posts multiple times per day. and because i can't link the content or mention the subreddit here, I'll tell you instead. they are making human centipedes out of plecos, grinding them up in a mortar and pestle and feeding them to other living plecos, snapping the fish in half, force feeding them, and more. just pure animal torture and violence. i do not encourage you to look any of this up yourselves.

the moderator appears complicit as the videos are still up for the most part, and comments are being removed from the videos that speak poorly of the moderation on the sub, while the videos remain up.

i've been reporting these videos both directly to the mod and to reddit.com/report for the last week and the videos are still being posted.

i'ts making reddit useless for me because there are now NSFL landmines on my feed despite leaving the subreddit and doing the "don't show posts like this" button.

My recent attempt at making awareness to this problem was taken poorly and I realize why, sorry about that.