/u/spez modded /r/jailbait
this post was submitted on 15 Jun 2023
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I've heard that this was back in a time when you could promote a user to mod status without their permission. Unless there is evidence that he actively participated in the sub, I think we have enough reasons to dislike him without trying to smear him with something that has questionable relevance.
u/spez is a pedo
u/akwardturtle. Just really everything they did.
Ooh yeah. Was that the dude who deleted people's posts, then reposted them for karma and banned people who called him out?
I believe so. There was also a bunch of abusive moderating and bigotry.
They employed Ghislaine Maxwell?? In what capacity?
/u/maxwellhill on Reddit was suspected but never proven to be Ghislaine Maxwell, they went dark the same time as the arrests etc. they were a power mod across some huge subreddits like worldnews, travel, badcopnodonut, etc.
It’s a bit of a conspiracy theory in my opinion and fellow mods have dismissed it claiming they’ve seen/spoken to maxwellhill and but who knows, this type of thing takes off on Reddit, ala the Boston Bomber thing leading to that poor kids death. I take this stuff with a grain of salt.
Hold up Ghislaine Maxwell worked there at one point?
I don’t think she was employed there, just was a power moderator
A mod picking a fight over a days old point mid conversation with someone else, while not logged in as a mod, logging in, and permanently banning a user. That's how I learned there is no effective mod oversight.
I have not been part of any major (to the point that it's widely known and infamous) singular mod abuse, but I would say collectively, mods for some of the brand- or product-based subreddits downplaying or censoring valid criticisms and concerns about the product. I think it can be very insidious, especially in a discussion-based content aggregator system where you assume discussions are started from a grassroots perspective.
I never got involved with mods on reddit. But these examples are crazy and say a lot about human nature lol. Ain't no system gonna go un abused under out watch 👀
Federation seems to stem the side effects with fragmentation but ultimately people will people.
I also seem to recall one of the gun subreddits, I don't remember if it was guns or firearms or weekendgunnit, asking express permission to etch the reddit logo and subreddit name into a gun. They received permission, posted pictures, and later received a cease and desist.