EDIT: FYI I just found this funny. Apparently these deletions were part of a joke.
- I noticed today that I was banned from /r/circlejerk (I know). Funny, considering I don't post there (I have maybe twice).
I messaged the moderators over there, and what I got in reply was very strange. Old-time yet slightly unnoticed power-user qgyh2 has compiled a list of people who have been "causing trouble" in major "default subreddits" and sent the list to the /r/circlejerk mods and and who knows where else. He instructed the mods to ban everyone on the list without question. Not only that, but they aren't allowed to unban anyone, no matter what (consequences unknown). What I don't get is what kind of power does this guy have on reddit? He isn't an admin, so what, then? How, or more importantly, why can he send lists of random people and have them banned in any subreddit he wants without question simply for "causing trouble"? I still don't know what my offense is, but this sounds very censoring and just strange. Why was I not banned from the subreddits I was allegedly "causing trouble" in? Why was I randomly banned in /r/circlejerk? Of all subreddits. Why does a meta-joke-subreddit like /r/circlejerk need to ban lists of people, and have permission to unban them from someone who isn't even a mod there? Sorry if this is the wrong subreddit, but seriously...this is too strange to not post about. Here is the slightly disturbing converstion I had with the mod. http://i.imgur.com/2fc56.png
I do think mods are a double-edged sword, but I try not to take the drama too seriously, here or at Reddit.
- I agree I jumped the gun, but the only problem I had was when syncretic removed it because he thought I was fishing for some drama instead of coming here. Sorry, but that's just the dumbest I'd heard all day. Dumber than my post.
But alas, he's notorious for removing threads and flashing his green mod e-peen even when no one wanted to see it.
The funny thing though, is that I had 30 upvotes on the submission and 10+ upvotes on all my comments before it got linked to /r/worstof. Then suddenly I'm in the negatives and my inbox is full of "LOL RAGE HARDER HAHA YOU MUST BE TROLLING OR JUST RETARDEDDD!1!!!"
I expected more from /r/worstof. Horrible mistake.
Although all those removed comments does look rather sinister, especially given the title of the thread.