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So yeah... maybe the turtle slowly waking up that he was just a Laptog for reddit and thrown away as soon as they didnt need him anymore ( moderation is allways a volunteer thing and shouldnt be like a 2nd job ).

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[–] RightHandOfIkaros 197 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Lol.

An actual bad person when given mod status in too many subs: "This site is great"

Site admins ban him and deny appeals

The bad person: "This site is exploitative!!"

Reddit sucks, but this is probably the one good thing to come from Reddits recent actions.

[–] wmrch 90 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Fully agree. Power mods like him are a huge problem on reddit and I hope this will not repeat in the fediverse.

[–] RightHandOfIkaros 57 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

I mean, the benefit to Lemmy is that it is easy to create a new instance to replace ones controlled by power hungry mods.

[–] wmrch 39 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Sure, I just hope it plays out like that. I can easily imagine a situation where instances or communities get too big to fail. What's the point in creating a splinter community where 10 or 100 users migrate to when all the content and discussion takes place in the original community.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

On reddit I had started boringdystopia despite there already being the bigger aboringdystopia because I disliked the moderation. I surprisingly saw decent growth in the sub as well.

So just because there’s a bigger “original” out there, doesn’t mean you can’t do well and make a working community.

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[–] Clbull 112 points 2 years ago (6 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago

Oh, is that's who it is? If so, fuck them.

Weren't they a massive dick about as well, it wasn't just an accusation without evidence.

Seems like everyone here deserves eachother.

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[–] [email protected] 88 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Image Transcription: Reddit


This website is exploitative garbage with no respect given to all the app makers and third party developers that have kept its decrepit heart beating all this time, submitted by /u/awkwardtheturtle to /u/awkwardtheturtle

/u/spez is a liar and a hypocrite, the admins are two-faced goons, and they are all toxic embarrassments instead of people. They seemed ok when I met them in person (though tiny Spez did seem like he had a lot to compensate for), but promises and assurances from people like chtorrr and redtaboo have proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are stooges, not innovators.

Let it all burn to the ground where this useless website belongs


I'm a human volunteer content transcriber and you could be too!

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[–] alexpry 72 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] Mettigel 20 points 2 years ago

Well that's not what I meant when I said to suspend akwardtheturtle but I guess it succeeded.

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[–] Anticorp 58 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Turtle is the most drama-seeking person I've seen on Reddit and I've been there a long time. They always seek out drama and then screenshot it and post it to r/CenturyClubDrama. They contribute like 80% of the total posts to that sub. They also post really long rants and then ban the person they're ranting at so the person can't comment back. Don't be like turtle.

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Please let them stay away from the Fediverse... Stay the fuck away from Lemmy and Kbin. Get out, touch grass and eat some ice cream but stay away from us.

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[–] zepheriths 52 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I am very much uncaring for turtles predicament. He or she was an ass to ever community at every possible chance. now it's expected the community help them out? Hell no, hope the removal is permanent

[–] johnthebeboptist 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yeah this seems like some selfawarewolves shit. And even in this whiny tirade they just couldn't leave some sort sexist/ableist/hateful insult off. As much as spez is a fucking tool, people like turtle are the bigger reason honestly the whole site had turned to diarrhea IMO - rampant assholes taking over the site.

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[–] Interesting_Test_814 51 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The two bad guys fighting each other, ~~just like in Russia~~

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

They're still fighting, just not in public view .

[–] NotBabaYaga 44 points 2 years ago

I really hope whatever website replaces Reddit has some sort of way to mitigate/control these "super" mods

[–] mantisteabaggin 33 points 2 years ago (9 children)

I hope they don’t end up over here. “Power mods” are just the worst.

[–] CannaVet 19 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I got banned from a sub for a relatively tame normal opinion about something or other, like a video game or something. Sent a mod mail asking what happened and what could I do to make it right, got muted and then banned from 10 more subs immediately.

I just nuked my 15 year 750k karma account after giving him a piece of mind to each modmail box. I'll absolutely burn the earth before letting some internet loser feel like he runs my life lol.

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[–] x4740N 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Turdle is a hypocritical piece of shit

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[–] Gorbachof 28 points 2 years ago

Major "you can't fire me, I quit!" vibes

[–] MiddleWeigh 26 points 2 years ago

I don't particularly feel bad for you.

[–] amanaftermidnight 23 points 2 years ago

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[–] NextWave 20 points 2 years ago

Couldn't have happened to a nicer person

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure she's a woman, but yes fuck her.

[–] toasteecup 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I would rather not.

I don't stick my dick in excrement

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Love how the sycophants act all indignant like they weren't kissing ass and licking boots yesterday. Same fuckers that enacted the will of reddit against normal users now want to be seen as fellow refugees.

They can all get fucked.

[–] Evono 20 points 2 years ago

Hes just bitter and angry that his only way to power trip and his only fullfilling "thing" is gone.

[–] dylanTheDeveloper 17 points 2 years ago

Bans people for being men and gamers 😖

Gets banned too 😭😭😭😭🤬🤬🤬

[–] dulce_3t_decorum_3st 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I feel like the fact his username is actually u/awkwardtheturtle is fairly relevant. awkwardturtle is someone else entirely.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Imagine wasting this much of your life modding this many shitty subreddits. Holy jesus.

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[–] kat 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He was banned BECAUSE he was badmouthing Reddit. Some of his subs were participating in the blackout and he had pinned some stuff about it. I thought it was very interesting.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Should platforms like kbin/lemmy/etc have limits to how many magazines/categories a single user can moderate?

[–] fz3n 34 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Wouldn't this just encourage alt accounts to get around the rule? You're only hiding it with sockpuppets instead of allowing it to happen transparently.

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[–] Evono 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes , 5 max maybe 10 thats it.

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[–] average650 13 points 2 years ago

Given what Lemmy and kbin fundamentally are, open source federations, this can't be done, at least not universally. Instances will set their own rules and other instances cannot directly set those rules. It is impossible to enforce this.

That said, it makes sense for instances to set similar rules, and tools to help are a good idea.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Betrayal gives way to strong feelings of animosity. I have a supposition that most of you would do the same thing. If you were a moderator of a very large subreddit, would you really want to lose your position? If so, why?

[–] Anticorp 14 points 2 years ago

Yes, I would want to lose that position. I already have a job. Reddit is a diversion, not a life.

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[–] dreadedsemi 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Was spez naked? How did he know he was tiny? Or is it years of experience with admins.

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[–] halfelfhalfreindeer 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I highly doubt this is anything but a sad attempt at getting some good PR. We've seen other big mods suspended supposedly permanently who suddenly negotiated their way out of it. Reddit has no reason to lose such a great employee, if they did this person would have been banned years ago.

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