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minus-squareAatube@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up86arrow-down1·1 year ago Caveats: gold is not eligible in NSFW, trauma support, or quarantined subreddits. what
minus-squareFisk400@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48·1 year agoProbably because they dont want to incentive people to go there and make up stories about in order to get sympathy gold.
minus-squarebogdugg@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·1 year agoI’m guessing they don’t want non-qualified individuals benefiting monetarily from mental health services. I can only assume it’s a legal can of worms.
minus-squareSinningStromgald@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoBut not relationship and advice subs?
minus-squareZron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 year agoWhy shouldn’t creative writing get benefits?
minus-square🏳️⚧️ 新星 [she/they]@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoHey, at least it should keep the bots out of there, if it offers consolation. I can’t imagine they’re not doing this to cover their butt.
minus-squarecesium@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoHow will they even enforce that?
minus-squareAatube@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoIt’s quite easy to make a list of existing large trauma support subs, just search “trauma” and they’ll probably include the top 3 pages
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Probably because they dont want to incentive people to go there and make up stories about in order to get sympathy gold.
I’m guessing they don’t want non-qualified individuals benefiting monetarily from mental health services. I can only assume it’s a legal can of worms.
But not relationship and advice subs?
Why shouldn’t creative writing get benefits?
Hey, at least it should keep the bots out of there, if it offers consolation. I can’t imagine they’re not doing this to cover their butt.
How will they even enforce that?
It’s quite easy to make a list of existing large trauma support subs, just search “trauma” and they’ll probably include the top 3 pages