📢EDIT: a_knife just removed ALL OTHER MODS!

Original starbucks post by accused inactive mod a_knife

Post about what ACTUALLY happened

Proof of only active mods agreeing to go private

Proof that a_knife doesn’t even MOD the sub they made the unilateral decision to reopen

Proof of a_knife removing a mod

Funny thing is, Reddit will likely boot the 3 of them, and make a_knife top mod, which is DIRECTLY AGAINST their claims to remove any mods making unilateral decisions, because of course, it only applies if that unilateral decision is to go private. Spread the word

#reddit #boycottreddit #protest

  • @Radicalized
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    91 year ago

    Quite frankly, y’all moderators are dumb as dirt if you let this happen. It’s obvious that this would happen (and will continue to happen) and it’s been obvious since the 48 blackout was announced. The top moderator of each participating subreddit should have removed all the other mods (even just temporarily) before they shut things down — to ensure no one could pull this move. And then even if Reddit did force the reopening, there’d be no one there to moderate it.

    • Nougat
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      41 year ago

      Except that’s not how that works. Reddit mods are tiered. If the top mod is idle - happens all the time - nobody can remove them, and they can come back at any point and do whatever with impunity.

    • RyanHakurei
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      31 year ago

      Or, they should have just purged the subreddits outright at the very start of the blackout before deleting the subreddit 1 week later. That would require them stepping down from their power, though, so they’d never do anything like that.

      • minnieoOP
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        71 year ago

        Reddit would simple reinstate it, bring back the posts, they’re already brining back peoples comments and posts who deleted them

        • neverender
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          21 year ago

          Any proof of this? I deleted my 17 years of activity and want it gone forever.

          • serenai
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            11 year ago

            I had seen a few mentions of it, so I went to check mine. All of them were back, so I re-deleted them. Thankfully in my 6-7 years there I was not a prolific poster.

            I’m going to continue to check them until June 30, then delete the account.

    • minnieoOP
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      21 year ago

      That was then, this is now. We can’t change the past, we can’t change the 48 hour business, all we can do is continue to fight back. This isn’t helpful.

    • Aeonx
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      11 year ago

      I thought about this, I was 100% surprised that mods didn’t plan for it as soon as Spez said he would do it.