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How do you safely report harassment or threats?

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Reddit provides multiple pathways for reporting harassment and threats, and using them correctly makes enforcement responses faster and more effective. The most direct method is the inline report feature built into every post and comment: clicking or tapping the three-dot menu on a comment and selecting "Report" opens a menu that includes "Harassment" as a reporting category. For direct threats or content that includes someone's personal information (doxxing), there are specific subcategories that route the report to Reddit's safety team with appropriate priority. When submitting a report, providing as much specific context as possible improves the outcome. Describing whether the harassment is a first-time incident or part of a pattern, whether it is targeting you specifically or is part of a broader campaign, and whether it has been previously reported and not acted upon gives moderators and administrators the context to assess severity accurately. For more serious or systematic harassment — particularly targeted campaigns that span multiple threads or involve off-platform threats — a direct email to Reddit's safety team at contact@reddit.com is appropriate. When submitting a harassment report via email, include the harasser's username, direct URLs to the specific posts or comments (not just screenshots), and a description of how the behavior violates Reddit's rules. Reddit has stated that it can act more quickly on reports that include direct links rather than only screenshots, because links allow immediate verification while screenshots require additional authentication. If the harassment is happening within a specific subreddit, contacting that subreddit's moderators via modmail is also appropriate. Moderators can take immediate community-level action (banning the user from their subreddit) even before Reddit's administrators complete their review. The two pathways — community-level modmail and platform-level reports — are complementary and can be used simultaneously for serious situations.

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