So much weird spam, poorly thought out "questions", and the same set of weird misleading propoganda about a few particular hypno urban legends
And it seems to me to be getting worse. I dont enjoy scrolling this sub anymore, and wonder if anything can be done?
first time on reddit?
HAHA!
thanks i’ll be here all week
Ignore all info I post below as I thought this was posted in r/hypnohookup my apologies
I feel like you could set up a bot that auto comments on repeated posts saying how this is fake / missleading / clearly roleplay and just have the bot make a new account if it got banned
Because there is no minimum account age to post here
i don’t know anything about coding but for this to work wouldn’t the repeated post need to be word for word the exact same each time?
Check profile, if contains link to
Onlyfans and / or end to end encryption messaging service like telegram if true comment
This is likely a bot. In comment section
Have a catalogue of previous posts made, if the post contains less than 5% original text from that specific user have the bot comment something like
This post is a copy of "inset link" post (these bots already exist)
The check for it being from the same user is to protect people who post the same looking for ads on repeat
It would be a game of cat and mouse like all scammers / bad actor counter measures as they come up with new ways to bypass systems but some defence will push them back from the sub for a time until more subs adopt methods like this
The crappy thing is if you limit it so accounts can only interact if they are 1 week old or something like that, it doesnt get rid of the professional bots as they make hundreads of accounts a day and use AI to farm karma on subreddits like r/ask and post generic stuff
Then show up to a subreddit with a 1 month old account and 100+ karma then spam 40 subs in one day with ads that link people to their dms and then redirect them to telegram
Still setting a minimum account age of 1 week will stop a lot of impulse posts or manipulative assholes as they would have an aditional barrier to overcome, and if they are to lazy to get hook ups by being nice they will be to lazy to make an account 1 week in advanced before they try to get banned
You can always tell as you will open up their profile and see 20 different subs posted in and a photo of a model
also i feel like it’s actually pretty rare to see those telegram bot accounts/posts on this sub specifically, no? i check the sub daily, often multiple times a time, and i feel like on average ive seen smth like that once a month or. and i love the report button so its usually removed by mods fairly quickly.
like i said, i think this is a really smart idea even if i don’t fully understand the inner workings of it. i just wonder if it wouldn’t be unnecessary work for something that isn’t really a huge issue, at least rn?
Im on very often here is on I found in 5 mins
https://www.reddit.com/r/HypnoHookup/s/2rhKUrL2lx
I would not create this, and if I was to hypothetically do it I wouldnt do it in such a way it just hit every single post that seemed sus id actually do a deep dive and identify common things like the models they use in selfies showing up on 5 different accounts
Its more just me venting my frustration at this, there are over 10 different hook up subs for my local city and they are all flooded with nothing but these bots, it annoys me because I am just looking to interact with a person not be someones ATM (no offense)
You might not see them as your probable not the target audience or they get deleted by reddit over all so frequently that you never see them in the first place I guess
that is a completely different subreddit my friend 😭
Oooooh right yeah, I am sorry I thought it was hypnohookul
My adhd ass missread I am so sorry
LMAO ur all good. i was so confused 🤣
i think we’re on the same page and agree fundamentally. and i appreciate you breaking the whole process down for me! 💕
my one critique is that not everyone with an onlyfans link is going to be a bot or even strictly here to pull ppl into subscribing. i absolutely understand why that’s the assumption. and also as a long time sex worker who has (for reasons i wont bore u with) had to use the same reddit account for everything (SFW/sex worker advertising/personal NSFW fun) i do worry that it might unfairly impact real human people who want to engage with the sub in good faith who happen to have an onlyfans/be sex workers (which we should be able to link freely on our private profiles. i dont think i have mine linked currently but it isnt unlikely that one day i might, and im a daily user of this sub and so that would suck to be pushed out just bc of my job yk?) and i wouldn’t even argue if you were to say that the likelihood of a scenario like that is slim compared to the chances of bot accounts, but my point is that if even one human person gets unfairly pushed out or whatever (simply bc they have a link related to their job. obvi it’s a different story if they’re not engaging in good faith/posting low quality bait/etc) that’s one too many. i’m pretty sleep-deprived so i hope that makes sense i didn’t just talk in circles. my point is that surely it wouldn’t be too difficult to tweak to be inclusive of real sex workers, right? or am i completely misunderstanding everything?
I hear you, dont worry im not trying to create something like that and they already have it on the hypnohookup discord to some extent
Its easy to tell who is a human at a glance, its just annoying having to sift through the other ads to find the people like yourself
i def can sympathize with that frustration, pal. wish there was a simple solution. but i hope ur able to find what ur looking for regardless! good luck!
People tend to not really want to get into deep discussions here about training and sessions and effects and things. Some do, and those are really great.
Discussion has mostly moved to /r/hypnokink and the discord servers now :-/
Used to happen. Then the sub turned into a place for files and only files. Unless the ads and constant asking for "hfo #3382" gets curbed, those days are over.
Discussion and learning just isn't on the table anymore sadly.
I think this is sort of the general curse of any consumer oriented hobby, kink, etc. Metaphorically, everyone wants to eat but very few people want to cook. Same with hypno. The kink culture for hypno as it is only meaningfully glamorizes the subject and the experience of trance, the people who want to eat.
The culture would need to change. More emphasis on hypnosis as meaningful between people. Because the ultra-impersonal nature of people seeking hypno from files / from hypnotists as a paid sex work thing is very much not going to result in good community. Nothing against sex work though, its just thats how it is when you have community around the sex work media creators; they linger in wait for new horny content to jerk off to. Not to meaningfully add to the discussion, not to become creators, not to be hypnotists, not to decide to make the community more balanced by learning to cook.
I'm personally at the point that I tell people that I don't do hypnosis sessions for those who are not other hypnotists or interested in learning. There's some further conditions too, I've turned down friends who have emotional regulation and addiction issues. I want to contribute to what makes the kink good and that means things like ethical practice, consent, etc. And in my opinion it also means balance of practice in favor of unselfish hedonism. So I don't work with pure selfish hedonists. Its small, but yeah. I think the more people who engage to learn and not just to get a moments rush of sexual gratification, the better.
i completely disagree as someone who regularly makes posts intending to inspire discussion. i have never ever gotten less than like, minimum 5 replies. of course engagement depends on the subject matter amongst other things. but people here love chatting about everything related to hypno.
perhaps the issue is moreso people expecting others to begin the discussions? in which case if everyone is waiting for others to begin it, well who is going to be the one to actually do it?
for the most part, you get as much out of things as you put in them. this sub (and in particular discussions!) is no exception :)
You still get responses if you post adds but it is getting drowned out
ads aren’t allowed here to begin with
Hook up requests* I post an ad about how I want to hypnotize someone who im looking for and what Id do
yeah those aren’t allowed in this sub. are u lost maybe? genuinely asking bc it sounds like u might be a lil confused and i wanna help if im able to
What kind of interactions would you like to see on this sub?
One thing that makes it actually quite difficult to have a constant flow of fresh and engaging posts on a niche subreddit like this is that the things that are really interesting about hypnosis and erotic hypnosis tend to be personal. Conversations like those come about easily between friends, between hypnotists, between a hypnotist and their subject, but those conversations are less applicable to people who aren't involved in them. I don't think that a lot of people here would actually enjoy seeing a ton of posts about people's individual, personal experiences with hypnosis, because so many of them just don't translate well to telling other people about them in such a broad context.
Additionally, in a large forum, it's harder to have a nuanced, in-depth discussion where everyone is actually understanding each other. Things can spiral off in different directions from the original purpose of the discussion very quickly, and many people on Reddit aren't truly willing to put in the extra effort that is necessary online(without tone and nonverbal communication cues) to understand their conversation partner, especially not in a public conversation.
All that to say, it is difficult to have a more engaged community on a large scale. Not impossible, simply difficult, and I think a lot of people don't know where to begin.
I, for one, would love to see more posts analyzing the variety of files that we all listen to(ideally with the hypnotist's permission)! Breaking down the elements of the trance, the experience a subject had, and why they felt inspired to talk about a certain file in particular would be really interesting to me. But again, OP, what kind of posts do you want to see?
as someone who scrolls past all of the personal experience posts that get posted (sorry! no offense! i’m glad ppl are having fun! i just have no stakes in your fun, which is okay!) im just glad you brought that up as a point of nothing else than bc i feel seen haha. like this sorts of posts are scarce (and simultaneously frequent) enough that they do seem to get far more than a decent amount of engagement, so there’s clearly an interest, but i almost wonder if it’s kind of at the perfect frequency as is. oversaturation can happen very quickly, but can take forever to recover from. though again, i dont engage with those types of posts so i could be talking out of my eyes lol wouldn’t be the first time
also love that idea of breaking down files and analyzing. analysis my beloved 😍 for anyone who might be interested in that, by all means you have my explicit consent to utilize whichever of my files you want. i’ll totally end up doing my own breakdown of one at some point now that you’ve given me the idea, but it’s gonna be such a different perspective coming from a listener vs the creator. which is half the fun methinks! 😋
This sub has also, I feel, become a marketplace for hypno-fetish recordings and sessions, rather than a forum to discuss the fetish more broadly.
Subs come in asking for recommendations, tists ply their trade with posts, and then committed followers do promotion (dare I say shilling?) in favor of their given tist.
So most of the posts reduce to - "who can recommend the best file for XYZ?" "Well I listen to this person and you should too!" -- Rise and repeat.
be the change you wish to see in the world! 💕
those types of posts are so prevalent because those are the people making posts. i’ve witnessed first hand numerous times that the community will jump on opportunities to have meaningful discussions regarding hypnokink when posts arise offering it. the issue is that no one is making these types of posts, at least not at the frequency it seems many would prefer. community of any kind is a give and take. communities where everyone sits around and waits for others to do xyz fall apart. but communities that share the “workload” and actively choose to interact and such tend to thrive.
and i hope this doesn’t come across as patronizing or anything like that. if so, i apologize. i really struggle with conveying tone, particularly when im discussing something seriously or passionately. i promise im being sincere and encouraging in my head.
If you want to talk shop about the theory of hypnokink i recommend the under-used r/hypnokink which is more BDSM community focused and education focused and very much not about the porn.
Thank you for bringing this up, seems like more my cup of tea.
Maybe there should be some separate community with promotion ban - would that work?
who’s going to make and maintain it? 🤔
I dont really see much (quality) discussion about the fetish as a whole yeah
People who would contribute have probably mostly tuned out of the sub, would be my guess :(
Some automod stuff would at least get rid of the "what is THE MOST DANGEROUS hypno file so i can commit emotional self harm"
But what if it actually works? I'd really want to know if some set of files could actually do interesting things and it wasn't just roleplay.
i don’t think ur sarcasm comes through for those unfamiliar with you just btw ;P
Well I think you could argue my sarcasm falls flat for all audiences, not just those that know me.
For you, we have /r/eh_circlejerk
me? argue? never!
unless i’m thinking of someone else and ur serious 💀
I just use the hide function for all that spam stuff or the questions and things i dont wanna see. Afterwards i only see whaf i wanna see. But yes i have to agree. The spam and frsquently asked questions of people who dont use the research function has being increased.
can u imagine society if ppl learned how to curate their own online experience instead of relying on others and algorithms to do it for them 😍😍😍 maybe some day 💕
I've been using the Reddit Enhancement Suite browser plugin with old.reddit.com to filter out a bunch of the spam.
I do think that all of the file discussion could easily go into its own subreddit without causing problems. Requests for files and posting new files is really kind of its own thing, there's very little overlap with other topics.
The worst is the vanilla porn that just has a pendulum in the shot or whatever. Geez those eye-rolls look painful.
are we on two different subreddits? i check this sub daily and can’t even think of anything i’ve seen, especially recently, that fits anything close to this description. am i losing my mind?
It's really not that hard to filter out mentions of Bambi Sleep and to impose a karma limit on the sub. It's almost always 1 week old accounts talking about some experience that is completely whacky (made up) or they are advertising for creators by spreading "fear" about the power of their content. Frontpage is often full of people who have no idea what they are talking about.
agree with everything you say (also no clue if you even remember me. unless im getting you confused with someone, i had the honor of filling a script of yours and then my other account got banned and we lost contact. i’m formerly princess avalie grace. now princess anna belle. okay sorry enough fangirling from me)
except i think bambi sleep discussion has a place on this sub. whether any of us like it or not, it’s a significant aspect? thing? (words are hard rn pls forgive me) of/in online hypnokink spaces. and if we censor BS, what’s next? who decides? what criteria could exist for decisions of what content to censor/filter/wtvr that wouldn’t be arbitrary or subjective?
the other part of it is that if ppl can’t ask/discuss BS here, their only real option will be the BS subreddit and i cannot judge it as i’ve never visited, but my common sense (as little as i may possess these days lol) tells me that the info they’ll get there will be heavily propagandized. i hope not! but despite being a bimbo, i’m not all that stupid to believe otherwise lol
i don’t feel like i see many BS posts in this sub these days tbh. and the ones i do are usually good examples of why i think discussion of it should remain allowed. because most of the comments are very honest and objective when discussing/explaining them. which imo is the best way for those genuinely curious to get info. the overly sensationalized “THESE FILES WILL STEAL YOUR SOUL” replies as well as the “OMG BAMBI IZ LIK SOOOOOO TOTEZ SAFE N FUN 2 PLAY WIT 😋💕” roleplay ass replies are useless and misguided and now i feel like im rambling so my point is that i think objective and honest discussion about BS takes place here currently and should continue to do so in order for ppl interested to make as informed of a decision about engaging as they can! 😁
or perhaps i’m overthinking it all 🧐
Yes and no, the files are hardcore non-con, there are variations of them that are less "dangerous", but still the core problem and material is there, a "low IQ" tulpa taking over you (I say "low IQ" because it's low for specific things but then becomes as smart as the host in ways of trapping the host).
Now, what I do think is that there is a mass campaign of bots going in and out making wacky posts, not only for BS but in general as a honeypot for dumb people... I trully don't know what's going on but I don't like it, I am sure that all other "popular" subreddits have bots, but in this case they are too targetted to be just "a bot", you know what I mean?
Genuine question from someone who has only recently gotten into hypno: I’ve seen a lot of comments about Bambi Sleep (negatively) and I was wondering what it is and what the issue is? Partially so I can avoid it as someone new to the topic
i’m forgetting the exact username of my go-to BS expert but they go by belmar. they’ve shared lots of quality information on plenty of posts in this sub so i’m sure if u search “belmar” in the sub search bar you can find some of their replies! if i remember their username ill totally tag them for u
i had fun exploring the files when i was getting into hypno bc i love bimbofication and that specific TTS voice + binaural scratched my brain just right. i don’t know if it was bc of the files but around the same time that i was regularly listening to them, i did notice that i was beginning to struggle with cognitive abilities (a little. nothing that indicated a major health issue or anything) even outside of hypno time, including at work. so i quit just in case and that was maybe a year ago and i feel like im fine.
most of the fearmongering-style, doom and gloom, big bad wolf style negative discussion is straight up covert marketing 💀 they just refuse to accept that everyone sees through it. too difficult to rethink the marketing strategy i assume 😝
like someone else said, it’s not particularly well crafted by any means (at least the originals. there are some hypno creators who exclusively create their own BS content which is leagues above the original stuff. also created by some of the loveliest, caring, safe ppl i’ve met in hypnokink. lady bim comes to mind immediately, for example) and maybe this is a hot take but i don’t think it’s necessarily “stronger” than any other hypno audio file of the same quality. and that’s not even going into the fact hypno (especially files) affects everyone differently. a file that drops me into the deepest state of trance i’ve ever experienced and gets me to do [insert humiliating thing here for totally not sexual reasons] might have literally 0 impact on you. BS is no exception.
if you’re into bimbofication, it might be worth checking out if nothing else than novelty and to say you tried it. but honestly there are far better crafted files that exist that will be much more worth your time and interest. (though again, this “new era” of independent BS creators that are unaffiliated with the originals are included in that umbrella of “better crafted files that exist”)
It's mystery meat that can lead to personality changes.
It is not particularly high quality hypnosis so many people who enjoy it do so on a somewhat fantasy basis. The problem is that every file in that series is explicitly intended to have life altering and detrimental effects. It is meant to make the subject sex obsessed and actively stupid 24/7, with various other elements of bimbo play being added in the various files available. Since they all play into that archetype though, they all fall under the same concern.
They don't have strong inductions, and so it is easy to listen without dropping. But everyone has different preferences and tolerances for every kind of hypnosis there is, and there are people who will drop to even poorly made hypnosis. Furthermore trance is not necessary to have lasting effects on your mind, and while these files aren't good enough to do that easily most people who are into it will listen to them over and over again (the files encourage repeated listening, as many do.) Repetition is the strongest tool for any hypnosis, even low quality hypno like BS can have lasting effects when repeated dozens or even hundreds of times.
That's the main issue with them, they are designed to be addictive and destructive, so even if they don't work often any effect they do have can be terrible.
That being said, to each their own, and it is absolutely possible to enjoy them safely, even if they work on you. But it is very important to understand the risks, uninformed consent is not consent.
It's not hypnosis at all. It's just a barrage of noise.
I think the distinction is not nearly as clear as that. It's designed to be mind altering, and I've heard enough reports to believe it can be (for some people, obviously not everyone). Whether it fits that particular word or not, I don't think it matters. Hypnosis has become a catchall for the use of verbal language to alter the mind. And I don't think that's a problem, it works well enough as a general definition. Even if that means losing a more specific technique in with the rest of the din.
Bambi Sleep is a hypnosis / brainwashing series that gets a lot of hate, mostly for unjustified reasons. The reality is that it's extremely popular and a lot of people like it. This means there's a subset of people who don't like it and are very angry that it's popular. It also means there's a bit of a spam problem where the people who are into it are very eager to proselytize as if it's totally some new thing nobody's heard of yet. That's a completely valid criticism, and IMO makes it worth banning discussion about it in general forums because it's big enough to have dedicated forums, and otherwise can take over.
To respond to alternate viewpoints, no, it's not a grift. That's kind of a silly statement. The files aren't monetized, they're all free, there's no merch to sell, and I don't even think any of the sites run ads. There's not even a social aspect. The creator (Bambi Prime) barely acknowledges the existence of the community. I'm not sure of any grifts that have run for decades without a monetization strategy.
It's also not lies, there are a lot of people really into it. The tracks also are not "low-effort garbage". The program started long before generative AI, and it's just not possible to mix so many layers of audio into hours of tracks without significant effort. Some people just don't like the style, and that's fine. But pretending that because they don't like it that nobody possibly could is just, again, silly.
What is Bambi Sleep?
Fundamentally, it's a series of modular brainwashing sessions that can be mixed and matched to create custom training playlists. The overall goal is creating and empowering an alternate personality, named Bambi, who is a dumb slutty bimbo. Participants are hypnotized into becoming Bambi whenever they wear their "uniform" (Slutty girly clothes). Then there's triggers, fantasies, and other programming all built to create the experience of truly being a bimbo sex-doll. The fantasy is that you can truly become an empty-headed vapid girly-girl with none of the concerns, thoughts, worries, responsibilities, or inhibitions of your current self. And the style of the tracks, with tons of triggers, subliminals, and binaurals, are considered by the people in the community to be extremely effective. Again, they're not for everyone. But the people they are for are REALLY into it.
There are some criticisms of the program itself. Detractors claim the files are legitimately dangerous, can fundamentally change people, try to push the boundaries and get Bambi to take over, and create serious addiction. Personally, I think a lot of that is just fantasy role-playing, denial, and porn-addiction. Runescape has destroyed lives with addiction. And I don't think "Completely 100% straight men" spend literal hours of their lives at a time listening to "Bimbo Brainwashing Hypnosis" (I've seen people claim that it was the program that made them gay). The files are very upfront about what they are. But there's definitely people who, for any number of reasons, have had serious adverse effects from the files. For the vast majority though, they're a fun way to indulge an impossible fantasy and feel great for a bit.
Also no, it's not a CIA brainwashing conspiracy and yes there are people who believe that, but also probably people who pretend to believe that because they get off on the fantasy.
i think ur reply is fine i’m just a bit confused how u can say there’s not even a social aspect. the “(unofficial?) official” discord server alone has thousands upon thousands of members. many of the mods are dear friends of mine and i know they are quite busy moderating bc of how active the community is.
do you mean no social community affiliated with or hosted by the OG creator?
I mean by the actual creator. The "official" server is just the fan server that's most popular. The main proselytizing has been by fans, the creator of the actual files has barely done anything to advertise them.
u can’t be into bimbofication hypno and walk around using words like “proselytizing”
as resident princess bimbo, i am kind of offended im having to google and read and learn and think. and so next time, that just might have to be punishable by death.
edit: place bets on how long before this is reported for violence or threats or harassment.
Fundamentally it's insanely low effort content. There is no mystery or secret to it. It's just bad.
Again, it's pretty clear that people are just throwing nerd-fits when they say things like that. The sheer amount of work put in to produce the files is more effort than most hypnosis by miles. You're allowed to just not like things. You don't need to actively attack and lie about things just because you personally don't like them. People are allowed to enjoy things without you personally giving them permission.
EDIT: So I saw your deleted comment over how you think it's 90 second loops over low-quality porn videos? And uh... It's not video. There's no video content. So you're throwing an angry ragey fit over something that doesn't exist. Are you talking about the fan edits? This just kind of clearly demonstrates that you people are very angry and also completely ignorant of what you're so angry about. All you know is that it's popular, and you're willing to invent reasons to justify your rage because the reality makes you sound really sad.
i haven’t done anything with BS in a year or longer but i’ll be brave and say i think it’s bizarre and confusing why you’re being downvoted (at least ur original comment)
imo it’s extremely informative. and though i do suspect you are probably a fan of them to some degree, it also doesn’t feel like propaganda. you don’t seem to be embellishing or exaggerating or straight up fabricating. you acknowledge the criticisms and the reasons people enjoy it. this is kind of a near perfect reply to someone looking for more info to make an informed decision whether to engage or not.
i love this sub and thus its community for better or for worse but we do seem to have a bit of a tendency to be grumps. and lowkey? i do believe the crowd filling this comment section are the ones who hate to see my loud opinionated ass in a comment section so my support might make u even more unpopular (oops. welcome to the club 😝) but idk. ur right and u should know it lol these ppl are bored 🙂↕️
I'll be honest, it's kind of crazy that I'm the only one who seems to have actually answered the question instead of just insulting it but not saying what it actually is.
i did my best 🥺 i threw some shade as well i won’t lie but it’s kind of my thing to be opinionated in an almost bitchy way about xyz so i dont think that should be considered my fault.
jokes aside yeah oh well. let them be miserable. you did all that you could, which was far more than you needed to, which was more than generous, and now either people will take in your input or they won’t. it is what it is.
hope u have a decent day!
Almost certaintly spam to create rumors to drive traffic. Bambi sleep is some of the most low-effort, garbage tier content produced in the Hypno space, and i simply refuse to believe that any functioning adult enjoys or is affected by that content. It's all shitty AI/TTS voiced, spamming phrases and "triggers" with no rhyme or reason. It's a grift/scam.
Ah ok! Thank you for the answer!
Whacky you say? Have you heard of Abel Koponen? The man has court records of being held contempt in court for not taking his hat off in presence of the judge while being on trial of being a vagabond and a general menace to the good society. When he was repeatedly demanded to do so, he eventually took his entire head off and put it on a bench next to him with the hat still on his head. The charges against him were temporarily dismissed and no later trial was set. All present in the court witnessed the same event with sworn testimonies. While he lived in the 19th century, there are more than multiple first hand accounts that make him legendary when it comes to being illusionist and a hypnotist, at least in his country. He could buy things from the market with pinecones and people thought they received real cash. He entertained children by fishing perch from between the floor boards of a house, and even stole a horse saddle making his escape with a dissappearing act of climbing inside a horses rear. Not to tarnish his good name I'll add he was discovered few days later enjoying coffee with the leatherworker who the saddle was ordered from, but never paid for.
There are also multiple modern accounts of power of suggestion and exceptional level of influence shifting or even breaking someone's reality. A man walking into a bank in Denmark in the 50's and making the bank teller hand out the money in what was a daylight robbery using hypnosis. A man walking into a car dealership in '14 and leaving with a car, and the manager who gave him the keys told in an interview it was just like being in a dream.
All I am saying is, gatekeeping knowledge about what hypnosis is and playing authority of what it can do is at least as dangerous as the trend of influencing people through fear mongering. Ignorance can be abused. Influence isn't something you learn, it's something you have. That combined with ability of suggestion, and it isn't too far fetched for the whacky tales to be reality, for the subject that is. How little people know, is also how powerfully whacky it can be for the hypnotist. When participating in essentially priming the mind to be more open and subject to both influence and suggestion, I think it's something that's good to be kept in mind, for both the fun and the wrong kind of fun. You can read as many books as you possibly can, but there is still someone somewhere out there with natural talent who does it better than literature believes to be possible.
19th century illusionists thieves are not comparable to shitty AI-voiced hypnosis and Omegle screenshots. Yes, people are susceptible to hypnosis, my point is that i don't want people like that to be posting on this sub because it's always some bullshit. Nobody here has been robbed while working in a bank, they get two spam messages from some Indian guy in a DM and freak out, and come to this sub to fearmonger.
No online content is comparable to being hypnotized. When you press play on an audio file, you are listening to an audio file. You are not being hypnotized by a hypnotist, there is no dynamic, no connection and the only intimacy you have is by yourself. Then again plenty of people mistake physical touch or sharing the bed with intimacy. Healthy approach is to see the content as porn about hypnosis, and the online scene is very revealing how some people are incapable of separating fiction from reality, as long as the fiction is more appealing than reality. The difference between cognitive understanding of it, and internalized integration of the reality of it are two separate things. Often motivated by the immersion and avoidance of disillusionment, people choose to communicate the former, but abandon the latter.
why was this kinda hot like you ate that guy up omg keep going 🫣 (jokes aside i giggled. never change!)
Yep. But to fix it, mods would need to have a very heavy hand and do a lot of manual culling -- deleting or filtering what they see as low effort content. It would be a lot of work and probably make people mad.
My suggestions for anyone who has the time:
Make a proper FAQ and list of resources that is prominently displayed everywhere. It's absurd we have one member who is pinged to repost the same list of resources on every beginner question. Put it on the wiki and link to the wiki EVERYWHERE. Sticky it, put it up top in the rules, automod post it in every thread.
Create a rule against low-effort posting.
Get more mods -- people who are willing to manually cull low effort and other rule breaking posts.
Automod filter posts as best you can. Post the wiki and lock and hide threads that appear to be low effort.
I nominate /u/wesleepallday for sainthood.
I don’t even like my list the most. I like word weavers better. I just suck at finding his.
Justice4WeSleepAllDay
also it’s interesting bc if u report a post, one of the reasons you can choose is “low effort media” so i always just assumed that meant no low effort posts was a rule as well. i’m on mobile and too sleepy to review them right this minute but that’d be so strange if it wasn’t one! in which case i second your suggestion. and to add on, there should probably be at least a little clarity on what counts as low effort. of course, they won’t be able to account for everything that would fall under that umbrella, but maybe even something simple like a mandatory minimum word count for body posts? it doesn’t have to be anything ridiculous. unless im imagining things, ive seen that approach in plenty of subs.
today i learned how to do a header font. huh. interesting. imagine there’s a hashtag before “justice”
Fully in agreement
Def put a ban on new/no-karma account posting imo, as well
(Also im a huge fan of yours aaaaaaaaa)
:) Thanks!
I support the FAQ best as a pinned AND linked post
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