Reddit admins removed many of my old subreddits out of personal spite

submitted by Vulptex from (self.MeanwhileOnReddit)

At least one, however, /r/FoxesInSnow, was not inactive. Not when they removed it, at least. How do I know this? Because just 2 months ago, powermod Iangator requested it so he could nuke it.

Proof: https://www.reddit.com/r/redditrequest/comments/nyx5d6/requesting_rfoxesinsnow_only_active_moderator/

https://www.reddit.com/r/a:t5_krycc (it was not private before an admin gave it to Iangator)

Thus being active then, for him to nuke it, it should not have met the inactivity criteria. The only explanation is that the admins manually removed it out of personal spite for me, and this powermod was probably in on it as an excuse to make it private. None of the subreddits I nuked myself were removed, and they have been shut down for far longer, private with no mods. And I think that's the key here, the admins don't know to remove them since I'm not a mod there, meaning they went through my mod list and removed as many as they could on it without raising suspicions.

The fact that they've still got such a huge grudge against me after I've not touched their site for over a year now is just unbelievable.

Edit: It's almost 100% confirmed now because they banned one of them right before Iangator's request too: https://www.reddit.com/r/retcons

Edit 2: And now there are a ton spammers asking for upvotes in another one of my old subs: https://www.reddit.com/r/DefaultModsSucks/

They started spamming at the exact same time as my other subs went down, and none of the spammers are banned. Coincidence? I think not!

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[–]IkeConn 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Recreate them here.

[–]cqtz 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

My reddit account hasn't been banned yet, so I guess I'll try asking both Iangator and Hesychazm about /r/FoxesInSnow.

The subreddit was removed (purged) because mod activity doesn't count (only creator activity counts), no posts seem to have been made there after 2020-06-15 (I'm going to ask Hesychazm if they've posted there before the cutoff date. I don't think it was Iangator because he couldn't have acquired the subreddit before June 28th, which was after the cutoff date), and it doesn't have enough posts.

Edit: It's almost 100% confirmed now because they banned one of them right before Iangator's request too: https://www.reddit.com/r/retcons

I'm not saying that they aren't coming after you, but considering that they've been banning subreddits for being unmoderated left and right in the last few months (I can't think of any examples right now other than /r/Tora_CSS, which was banned a month after /r/retcons was), I wouldn't say this is "proof" that they're targeting you.

The spamming in /r/DefaultModsSucks seems suspicious, but I'm not sure what it means.

[–]Vulptex[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

The fact that it happened all at the same time is really suspicious, as is the fact that subs I was no longer a mod on weren't affected. And it's the same kind of BS they pulled when I was still around. They've somehow managed to hate me more than I hate myself.

[–]cqtz 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

as is the fact that subs I was no longer a mod on weren't affected

I found some subreddits you still mod that haven't been removed yet: /r/needagoodmod and /r/uAwwFoxes. I'm not really sure how the admins chose which subreddits to remove first.

If the admins did give /r/FoxesInSnow to Iangator, I'd say that it's suspicious. However, since they didn't, I don't think the first 2 events are particularly suspicious because /r/FoxesInSnow seemed to meet the criteria, and /r/retcons was inactive. I don't think it's that similar to the cases where they banned subreddits and users for made-up reasons or replaced mod teams with their own approved powermods.

By the way, I got a response from Hesychazm.

To summarize:

Hesychazm is the only remaining mod and said that you preferred to move everything to /r/EverythingFoxes. Someone (I'm guessing it's Iangator) messaged the subreddit asking if Hesychazm wanted to turn it over, but Hesychazm thought he was a bot after looking at his post history and asked if he wanted to turn it into a porn subreddit. Iangator got mad at that statement and "threw a huge tantrum". Hesychazm "blocked the sub" (made it private?) and modded their alt account in an attempt to ward the admins off.

Hesychazm doesn't have the time and energy to keep the sub up (focusing on real life), so they're considering handing over the subreddit to someone else (possibly the person currently running /r/EverythingFoxes).

Edit: I nearly forgot that the subreddit was renamed. Hesychazm knows about that.

[–]Vulptex[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I found some subreddits you still mod that haven't been removed yet: /r/needagoodmod and /r/uAwwFoxes. I'm not really sure how the admins chose which subreddits to remove first.

Those are both empty.

If the admins did give /r/FoxesInSnow to Iangator, I'd say that it's suspicious. However, since they didn't

I was wrong about that. But since Hesychasm is still active it shouldn't have gone down.

and /r/retcons was inactive

They had almost 3 years to ban it. And they coincidentally choose this time? It seems more likely to me that they were going through my mod list.

[–]cqtz 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I was wrong about that. But since Hesychasm is still active it shouldn't have gone down.

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The subreddit was removed (purged) because mod activity doesn't count (only creator activity counts)

From my original comment

They had almost 3 years to ban it. And they coincidentally choose this time? It seems more likely to me that they were going through my mod list.

Maybe. It's pretty obvious that the admins dislike you.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I feel ya about the personal spite thing.

My main account got a temp-ban after I had 23 subs perma-banned for "hate speech" ... most of which were private, and empty of content with no subscribers.

About half of the subs had their description set to redirect users to SaidIt, LOL. No content or subscribers in the subs at all, they were my own creations and private. The sub names were definitely the trigger, but it's deliberately deceptive to ban them for "hate speech" when there was literally no content, and I was just squatting on them so that they didn't get repurposed.

Of the other half, the majority were variations of names for a UK charity organization (LGB Alliance). All of them were again my own creation and set to private, had no content or subscribers, and they redirected to a single main sub. The main sub was also private with no content, and the only subscribers were me and a fellow mod friend. We were working on CSS and design, in preparation of giving the sub to LGB Alliance directly.

Every single one of the 23 subs existed in the very state they were still in when my primary sub (LGBDropTheT) was banned in July 2020. It's not like they were a secret from Admins, one click on my profile would show them, and I had communication with Admins in the past while LGBDropTheT existed, and even afterwards with other public subs I modded. It's not like I or my subs weren't on their radar.

All the bans were shortly before the whole pedogate Aimee/Ashton Challenor thing popped off on Reddit, and I have zero doubt I was part of damage control by corrupt Admins and their lapdog powermods.

Aimee/Ashton was hired in December 2020, and the scandal broke in March 2021. My bans happened in February 2021. It's not a coincidence that anything potentially LGB-exclusive or not-pro-trans was determined to be "hate speech" when a pedo-supporting trans-identifying male (trans woman) got hired by the company and started actively censoring mention of his/her name.

Also, Bardfinn did his usual thing, and bloviated lies and and a different spin on it all afterwards in AHS. Gawd I hate that dude.

PS - do you want r/FoxesInSnow back? Since it got renamed to the letter/number ID after your asshole powermod stole it, the sub name is available again. You could recreate it if you're so inclined.

[–]Vulptex[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That sounds like they just saw you as a user they don't want and got rid of you. In my case they've followed me around specifically, and apparently are still lurking my old accounts to see if there's anything left for them to ban so they can get their fix. Other /r/WatchRedditDie mods were in similar situations, and we even figured out that we each had a top admin assigned to watch us.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thing is, I'm still a user on the site and still a mod of other subs. It was VERY SPECIFIC subs they went after, and then used the fact I created/modded them to temp-ban me. Anyway, I don't mean to monopolize your post, I got on a rambling roll in my last comment, but I really just wanted to share that I heard you and understand and have experienced something similar.

Oh shit, you all actually figured out you have personal Admin stalkers? That's both amazing and disgusting at the same time. What the hell is wrong with Reddit, and how corrupt are they. Goddamn.

[–]GST893 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Reddit is run and operated by trans pedophiles.