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minus-squareAatube@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up86arrow-down1·2 years ago Caveats: gold is not eligible in NSFW, trauma support, or quarantined subreddits. what
minus-squareFisk400@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48·2 years 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-down1·2 years 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-up8·2 years agoBut not relationship and advice subs?
minus-squareZron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 years agoWhy shouldn’t creative writing get benefits?
minus-square新星 [they/them/🏳️⚧️]@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years 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-up1·2 years agoHow will they even enforce that?
minus-squareAatube@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 years 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