Infamous power mod got permabanned without explanation, then have a public meltdown.

3 years ago by vis4valentine to c/reddit

This is the first time in about 15 years that he will finally see the sunlight.

onepinksheep 124 points 3 years ago

Considering that this is the most hated person on Reddit other than spez himself, no tears were shed.

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SCmSTR 49 points 3 years ago

Unfamiliar with the person. What's he infamous for? What sort of chodelicious behavior defines him to you?

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jherazob 65 points 3 years ago

Here's a post from 2021 about this person giving some background. I recall even a change.org petition requesting them being banned.

Also, you might recall them for making the news recently after banning an artist from /r/art because they said a piece by them was made by AI, and when proven otherwise they said that it was obviously based on AI and that they should find a better style, which escalated to the point that the sub was temporarily closed

Seeing that person going down is a nice piece of justice in this shitstorm. It happened for the wrong reasons, admins should have removed this person long ago and didn't, but at least it's something.

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iAmTheTot 4 points 3 years ago

How can you tell it was them in that r/art debacle?

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Ignacio 44 points 3 years ago path: 0 468293 468339 468468, hotness: undefined, score: 44, children: 24
Little8Lost 30 points 3 years ago

what an unpleasant human

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Arin -44 points 3 years ago

You mean crazy misandrist power tripping feminist bitch?

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SCmSTR 9 points 3 years ago

I'm not gonna lie, I don't understand at all. What is in the picture? Books? Why can't men make books?? Locking the comments? What is rule 6? I can try to infer what may have happened, but people are both very sensitive but people are also very shitty so I don't want to just guess.

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Aurix 10 points 3 years ago

I don't think it was the initial comment, nor the rest of the context which was so terrible. It was pinning it as a mod. And then using misandrist insults to justify a mod action.

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Ignacio 9 points 3 years ago path: 0 468293 468339 468468 469372 470778, hotness: undefined, score: 9, children: 0
bionicjoey 7 points 3 years ago

The mod stickied a sexist joke and then locked the thread because people were calling them out on being sexist

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Doll_Tow_Jet-ski 1 point 3 years ago

I have the same questions as you =/

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yunggwailo 2 points 3 years ago

hahahahaha thats some great trolling

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DrWeevilJammer 54 points 3 years ago

I looked him up.

They mod 726 subreddits.

I don't think he's going outside, he's screaming into a pillow 24/7 in a nest of greasy fast food bags.

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ilikekeyboards 28 points 3 years ago

Imagine how valuable his account can be. You can single handedly guide the narrative by yourself.

Somebody posts an article that Teslas keep catching fire? Delete that guys article from world news, from local news subbredits. From engineering subs and tech subs.

Oh, there is a rising post on the frontpage but it's from the competition newsletter? Delete it and post the article from my sponsors website.

100% there are people willing to pay a powermod for some shady businesses

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candyman337 15 points 3 years ago

No dude 100% this, this has been an open secret that if you piss off one of the power mods, even if you didn't break rules, you will be mass banned from like 80% of the top subs on reddit

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candyman337 6 points 3 years ago

Do you see how he's typing? He's so upset he got drunk lmao

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hikarulsi 50 points 3 years ago

This is historical moment. Permban a mod when they are asleep like a true dictator would

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Rhabuko 48 points 3 years ago

Dipshits like this are the reason why moderators have such a bad reputation. Powermods in general are very controversial but this person takes the cake.

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candyman337 1 point 3 years ago

Exactlyyy lol, like it's no wonder the reddit community was so toxic when jackasses like this were running it

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NettoHikari 47 points 3 years ago

Delicious tears!

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Usernameblankface 41 points 3 years ago

This mod seems familiar. They may be the offending party behind my worst experience on Reddit, and the only mod I ever blocked.

Handed me a temporary ban for responding to a post written to the wrong sub. They didn't have time to write out a redirect link to copy and paste for lost redditors, but did have time to mark me as trouble and berate me when I suggested redirecting users. Since a temporary ban "wasn't enough," they gave a longer ban so I would "learn my lesson."

Really put a damper on my whole reddit experience.

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RickyRigatoni 19 points 3 years ago

you got banned for replying to a post someone else made in a wrong sub?

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deegeese 22 points 3 years ago

This mod was infamous for banning people from uncontroversial subs for the sin of commenting in subs they didn't approve of, regardless of content. Like if you made a comment in /r/conservative making fun of Donald, they'd ban you from /r/videos for being a Republican.

This couldn't have happened to a more deserving dirtbag.

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Usernameblankface 8 points 3 years ago

Yes.

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morgan_423 5 points 3 years ago

No loss IMO. The moment a mod starts doing crap like that, the sub is dead to me anyway.

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gmtom 31 points 3 years ago

I'm 90% he's the one who got my 10 year old account banned for "harassing mods" because I asked why my account got banned from his sub, when the message included no details on why I was banned.

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SoLongSealion 1 point 3 years ago

The irony that it's happening to him now.

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lazynooblet 29 points 3 years ago

If they were an "absent mod" as they self-proclaim, why are they so salty?

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MoreIronOre 42 points 3 years ago

they want the power, not the work.

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HamboneFakenamington 4 points 3 years ago

Yeah I love the meltdown that there was "no reason" to lose SLPT, while in the same breath saying they haven't even interacted with the sub in 6 months lmao. Whatever all other drama aside, you gave a possible example literally right there lol

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cottonmon 3 points 3 years ago

Entire account was banned. They still want to go on powertrips on the other subreddits that person moderates. It's still stupid though, person just admitted that they should lose mod status for that sub.

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HappyMeatbag 23 points 3 years ago

no sensical reason.

no sensical reason.

no sensical reason.

no sensical reason.

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Very_Bad_Janet 22 points 3 years ago

What if this person comes to Lemmy or kbin and becomes a mod...yes, I'm asking the inevitable question.

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curiosityLynx 20 points 3 years ago

Easy. Kbin/lemmy admins actually listen to their users, unlike spez and his cronies. The asshole can move to their own instance and continue there, but that might get them defederated.

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Schaedelbach 14 points 3 years ago

Reddit wasn't like that all the time. I do remember a time on Reddit where it was - or at least felt like it - a bit like it feels on Lemmy right now. Lots of nerdy outsider communities and admins who seemed to care. Not trying to be a negative nancy here, just a reality check or something like that.

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Serinus 9 points 3 years ago

Federation is over-hyped when joining or promoting. It's only really important when there's a problem.

It's like trying to sell a new car by featuring the warranty, or trying to sell a computer by talking about backups. Both important, but not a shiny selling point for new users.

I get why the devs want to feature federation. If you build a car, you're probably going to want to talk about the engine and its design. But the users just want "car go fast".

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_haha_oh_wow_ 3 points 3 years ago

Reddit was always kind of shitty broadly speaking, but it's waaaay shittier now compared to 10 years ago. Some things got better, like Jailbait and The Donald getting banned (way too late of course), but overall it's been getting ruined more and more by corporate greed.

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New_account 1 point 3 years ago

If this place catches on, the same problems that plagued Reddit will eventually come up over here too. Unfortunately, enshittification is inevitable, and there's no good way to stop it.

If that means enjoying Lemmy for 5 years before it becomes awful, and then migrating to the next place, I'm perfectly fine with that.

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HeartyBeast 16 points 3 years ago

Block em and don't join the groups they mod?

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CyanPurple 2 points 3 years ago

Please don't tempt fate like that

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wr4th4 21 points 3 years ago

wow so one of them actually knows how it feels to just have all agency taken away without warning or good reason

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Serinus 5 points 3 years ago

Only when it happens to them. They still won't understand when they inflict that on others.

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Xer0 19 points 3 years ago
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Kerb 19 points 3 years ago

Holy shit , 😂😂😂
It's beautiful, like a firework in a tire fire.
I'll drink to that.

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Lemminary 19 points 3 years ago

I'm having flashbacks to the times I got banned for the most ridiculous reasons. Sweet fucking karma, goddamn!

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candyman337 3 points 3 years ago

Exactlyyy lol, like it's no wonder the reddit community was so toxic when jackasses like this were running it

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ArugulaZ 16 points 3 years ago

Does this guy type by beating his face against a keyboard? You would think a power mod on a site as large as Reddit would have more than a sixth grade education.

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verysoft 16 points 3 years ago

Probably shaking because his entire life revolves around being a reddit mod.

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Merlin 14 points 3 years ago

I usually don’t pay attention to mod names, however, this name wasn’t an odd one to me somehow.

Then I tried to search for the name as I remember seeing in the past that a handful of mods owned 90% of the subreddits.

Bumped into this and now I know this mod was one of them.

https://www.change.org/...

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Arin 9 points 3 years ago

drewiepoodle is their main Reddit account, the mod account awkwardtheturtle is her alt

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Warped 9 points 3 years ago

They have various alt accounts, if I recall correctly. Before closing my account on Reddit, and this drama happening, I am sure she mentioned opening an account on Beehaw.

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Nepenthe 7 points 3 years ago

On the one hand, it would make sense. Beehaw's style feels more authoritarian to me than other places and Turtle would be attracted to that.

Problem is, idk if they're taking on help but I don't think it's likely she'll be chosen out of the crowd if they are and I know non-admins can't make anything over there.

If she can't seize power, she'll go somewhere she can

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EpeeGnome 5 points 3 years ago

She'll likely try, but I bet Beehaw won't give her any power and will end up booting her out pretty quickly. She can't help but be inflammatory and they want none of that.

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AlligatorBlizzard 0 points 3 years ago

Huh, that's really interesting. I think I've interacted with her (or them? What pronouns do they use?) on several trans subreddits before not knowing they're a powermod. I don't remember any of my conversations with her being too weird but clearly touching grass is going to do her some good.

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Doll_Tow_Jet-ski 4 points 3 years ago

Wow that person was not liked by the community

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fades 13 points 3 years ago

I love a good redemption arc and their future is looking bright with potential!

What will a Reddit mod do when they can no longer mod?

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DestroyMegacorps 13 points 3 years ago

He's gonna burn in the sunlight

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regeya 10 points 3 years ago

Oh no, permabanned out of nowhere for interacting with a subreddit at some point in the past, that must suck.

I've totally had that happen in the last year, more than once. In one case it was a sub I never visit, for visiting a sub they consider dangerous, three years ago.

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ChrislyBear 8 points 3 years ago

Haha! He gargles the reddit COC like an old motel crack whore. Delicious!

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Zednix 7 points 3 years ago

ahaahahahaha what a disgusting loser

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Infernal_pizza 6 points 3 years ago

I really hope these power mods don’t become a thing on Lemmy but I suspect they probably will. If anything it could be worse as server admins can defederate and isolate communities

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Jonny 6 points 3 years ago

I enjoy this, I enjoy this very much!

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Entropywins 2 points 3 years ago

I enjoy your avatar Hyrulian!!!

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MacDougal 4 points 3 years ago

Were they a facepalm mod?

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SoLongSealion 4 points 3 years ago

Great. Taste of his own medicine.

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Antik 4 points 3 years ago

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jeena 2 points 3 years ago

When I went on reddit today to check the sentiment of the users, I mostly saw users telling the mods to go away. And to be honest I kind of understand the users. And I don't really understand the mods. If you don't like it just go away.

I mean I get why they can't they're addicted to this fake power they have, but realize that both reddit and the users don't want you there anymore, it's time to give up. Reddit has shown that they will not budge because they can't keep loosing money, they didn't do it in a good way but still. And the users are telling you that they still like the site, take the hint and go away.

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hyperhopper 36 points 3 years ago

I just want the mods to use their power to steer people to Lemmy

At this point it's clear reddit isn't going to budge, stop power tripping by making a fuss on reddit and instead do something actually useful. Keep a Lemmy post pinned while you run the nsfw label circus.

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NoneOfUrBusiness 2 points 3 years ago

Where was she even banned from?

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Swyperider 3 points 3 years ago

Looks like reddit as a whole.

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ImOnADiet -1 points 3 years ago

out of all the powermods he made chuds mald the hardest so I'm a little sad to see Turtle go tbh

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