> Redditors have also long observed what they call an “anti-doxxing policy”, which roughly means they’re against publishing the identifying details of people who don’t want to be identified.
Reddit admins sometimes don't let you post your own information. There have been a couple of subs with directories of useful users and their contact details who've had to remove those directories.
I belong to such a subreddit. It is forbidden to include any reddit username inposts to try and stop brigading (invading another subreddit en-masse and upsetting people).
We are regularly brigaded ourselves and have waves of mass downvoting. We just collectively find it amusing, karma is really not important and a lot of people use alts anyway.
We are often threatened with being doxxed although I'm not aware of any actual cases.
Our own users are fairly well behaved, as far as we can tell and the sub is the one i feel the greatest sense of actual community.
It isn't up to the point discussions are buried because every post is downvoted below the threshold. I don't know if mods can stop that or what, but it is a legitimate effect of negative karma.
I also don't know if enough negative karma can cause someone to be hellbanned, or if that requires more manual intervention.
Reddit admins sometimes don't let you post your own information. There have been a couple of subs with directories of useful users and their contact details who've had to remove those directories.