Over on Reddit, /r/AssholeDesign was taken over by a moderator that had been radio silent for over two years. The linked Imgur album contains modmail screenshots and our entire conversation after calling them out for this betrayal.

  • @[email protected]
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    2 years ago

    Honestly, chances are Reddit didn’t even ask them either. They could have been dead in a ditch for years for all Reddit gives a shit, they just need the content public again asap. And I would not put it past them to “access” a dead mod account to achieve those ends

  • @[email protected]
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    12 years ago

    To be fair based on the quality of this community it’s not much of an improvement on that front.

    There’s more posts that have nothing to do with design and are just people venting than there are actual posts of asshole design here.

    • PitchforkAssistantOP
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      22 years ago

      There’s still very few posts here so we haven’t been strict with the definition yet.

  • @[email protected]
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    -12 years ago

    hi, this was entertaining to read really happy to see loud disobedient mods being replaced and removed you have no sympathy from me. when it comes to reddit, decide for yourself if you want to continue using it or not. don’t hold the community hostage. you don’t own it. grow up

    • @[email protected]
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      32 years ago

      The entire point of a protest is to cause inconvenience and annoyance. It’s how you get people to pay attention. Otherwise you’re just the crazy man yelling at clouds.

    • Rekorse
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      02 years ago

      Oh sorry I guess you own it then right? Poor baby lost his community so sad. You literally only think as far as “I don’t like it so it’s bad”. Besides the fact the post shows they were still giving people access to the community the whole fucking time you ass-clown.

      I know for a fact you read the first part of this and said “I know exactly what this is about” and show down to the comment section to post a bunch of bullshit.

      So why do you think you are owed reddit communities again?

      • neonfire
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        02 years ago

        are random mods owed control over reddit communities? I’m very happy for the protests, but also happy that the power tripping mods are losing that power. It’s a win-win.

  • Sith Lord
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    02 years ago

    Not trying to be rude, but were you going to reopen the sub and be business as usual?

  • neonfire
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    -52 years ago

    lol who gives a shit man. reddit is dead. You’ve lost your power. get over it. go get a real job

    • ijustdoeyes
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      72 years ago

      I didn’t think a lot of arseholes came over from Reddit however you’ve proven me wrong.

  • Brkdncr
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    -22 years ago

    You should have redirected your community somewhere else to begin with. It’s not your site. They make their own rules up. You played chicken with the Hoover dam.

    • Rekorse
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      52 years ago

      They took a principled stance it’s no surprise they wouldn’t break it without good reason.

      And they did redirect people to Lemmy as best they could. I’m actually shocked reddit let them send those DMs with the Lemmy community in it.

  • @[email protected]
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    2 years ago

    You’re the same group of mods who all teamed up and went dark to silence subreddits you disagreed with.

    You also regularly remove posts that have thousands of upvotes because of vague rules like

    • “No low effort content”

    • “no recent reposts over 6 months”

    • “all posts must abide by Hanlon’s Razor.”

    • Locking threads because you didn’t like the jokes in them


    Welcome to lemmy, but I hope you don’t bring this kind of powermodding into the fediverse. It’s a growing place, so it doesn’t need such a high level of moderation. Also users have a lot of power over the mods. They can see every action you make and make their own community with the same name and rules, but on a more open instance.

  • @[email protected]
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    32 years ago

    Wow what a power trip for what exactly? If he’s not even actively involved what does he want it for?

    • sebinspace
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      -12 years ago

      Let’s be honest, everyone here is on a power trip if we’re using the word “coup”

        • sebinspace
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          -12 years ago

          “Internet drama”, this isn’t a national government being overthrown, this is a bunch of piss babies pissing uncontrollably

  • Braggston08
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    -12 years ago

    Honestly i get that you are angry/disappointed on a personal level. But its pretty normal reaction from reddits side. You were not cooperative to their request to open up the sub so they searched for someone who would do it.

    I dont want to defend them, i allready cleared my account over there but from a business perspective its a normal reaction. If your employees (even if they work without payment) dont follow your instructions you search for someone who does follow them.

    And the new mod might be a prick for backstabbing your protest but thats just a opinion. If there are enough users who want to keep using the sub, regardless of reddits shitty behaviour, its ok to reopen it and none of the old mods has a right to hold it “hostage” for their protest.

    • CoderKat
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      22 years ago

      If your employees (even if they work without payment) dont follow your instructions you search for someone who does follow them.

      If they work without payment, they’re not your employees. And reddit isn’t a registered charity either.

      It is their site so they can technically do what they want, but it makes them assholes and is not “ok” as you put it.

      • Braggston08
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        -12 years ago

        Thats your opinion…as long as the company pays the servers its their right to manage them as they want. And its the right of everyone of their customers to leave the platform if they dont like it (thats what i did).
        Maybe volunteer would have been a better word than employee but that doesnt change the essential part that its reddit whos paying the bills for the servers and the technical staff so in the end they have the last word.
        But thx for replying instead of just stupid downvoting.

      • neonfire
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        -12 years ago

        It’s a privately owned site, they can do whatever the fuck they want. Power tripping mods have been a problem this whole time anyway. I’m glad reddit is dying and i’m glad the mods are too.