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They did not provide a reason. There was no further dialog. I just got a system message telling me I was removed.

I was also silmultaniously shadow banned from Reddit and my posts and comments stopped showing up. I had created a post complaining about being removed as the moderator (the only moderator for over a decade) of a sub that I built from the ground up and donated literally thousands of volunteer hour to over the last 14 years. It had zero upvotes or downvotes or comments and was not visable as an anon user.

In the end, I decided to rip the bandaid off and killed my 16.5 year account. I was one of the early supporters of Reddit (user #7758) and had left Digg for good in May of 2007 after the AAC contraversy. They showed their authoritarian side in that moment and I knew Digg had reached their high water mark.

Reddit is at that moment now. They won't be dead tomorrow. They won't be dead next week. However, it will also never be the same, and it's only downhill from here.

Much like Digg. Much like Myspace. I am sure there will be a blurb a few years from now as an addendum in some business journal how Reddit sold to a third party for an undisclosed sum and some Skittles...

The future is the Fediverse and I'm glad I was forced to remove my Reddit crutch and dive in full force.

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[–] Carter@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

That’s messed up! Sorry to hear!

[–] dorkian-gray@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Friend, is there any truth to the rumours of a lawsuit from current and former mods against Reddit, for back pay? I'm pretty convinced there's a case there, and your story is a prime example. One argument from Reddit might be that you and the community were the primary beneficiaries of your volunteer labour, but for Reddit to take your mod powers unilaterally sure makes them look like an employer rather than a maintainer of a public forum.

In the US, there are no circumstances under which a private for-profit company can legally accept volunteer labour like that. Further strengthening your case would be how much Facebook pays for moderation of their platform. Reddit built an entire business on the backs of people like you, and your stake in that should be recognised and compensated.

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

I just read a write up AOL that someone linked on another thread. AOL started selling ad space and changing the chatrooms up on their whim even though it was the unpaid works or volunteers that built the community. AOL expanded and looked for a pay out. It normally happens, but the way they did it destroyed any good faith between their unpaid workers and AOL proper. They ended up having a class action lawsuit and settled for 15 million. 5 to each, unpaid workers, lawyers, some charity. I could see a class action lawsuit building for this.

[–] megane_kun@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Expected behavior from Steve Huffman's lackeys.

I’m glad I was forced to remove my Reddit crutch and dive in full force.

Pretty much the silver lining in all this. Best of luck to you and your adventures here in the Fediverse.

[–] FrostBolt@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Wow. That really sucks.

Welcome to the fediverse, though!

[–] nosut@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have to imagine the reason would have been this

This is a stickied comment on the pinned post from a deleted account around 11 hours ago. So I am assuming it was you. If I had to guess admin either decided to do it or another mod in that team complained to the admins because they wanted to take control.

[–] vaprz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, that was my post as we actually had a survey concerning NSFW content going on and the community agreed that they wanted to continue to see NSFW content.

So I did take that opportunity to change the sub to 18+ and that very well could have been trigger that got me removed.

[–] nosut@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Considering the current state of other subs turning to NSFW content to hurt Reddits chances with advertisers I imagine that is what happened.

Seems like it was an innocent enough thing that happened at a bad time and you got hit by it by either accident or another mod stabbing you in the back.

[–] vaprz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm guessing the latter. They had been lobbying me hard the last few days and I had made it clear I was not changing my stance.

The irony is out of all the subs that have switched to NSFW in the last few days, this was one in which the most popular posts are actually NSFW.

C'est la vie.

[–] ForestOrca@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I somehow ended up as the sole moderator for r/Corfu. It's a VERY slow subreddit. I'm not sure if I should ignore it, or if there's something I can do with the tiny lever of 'power'.

[–] BelleAriel@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Sorry this happened to you. You deserve better.

[–] MrComradeTaco@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Fuck Reddit!! Fuck spez!! 🖕🖕

[–] Miriadis@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I'm sorry for what they put you through. I hope you find more joy here.

[–] staint@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I manually deleted all of my comments from the past 13 years because I don't trust an app to complete that process. It took a long time, partly because I revisited a few threads along the way. I'm feeling great about my content being unavailable to Reddit, regardless of whether anyone cares or misses it.

Yes, I do miss Reddit. No, I will not go back. Not because I don't find any value in it -- I do -- but because my personal sense of justice gets in the way of wanting to contribute any longer. The time I used to spend scanning Reddit for new information or drama or funny anecdotes is now spent thinking about how I can contribute to my community in other ways.

[–] Sir_Digby@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

@vaprzThe Fediverse is definitely the way to go for true freedom and inclusivity. Are there any other Reddit horror stories out there? Share your experiences

[–] smokinjoe@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

holy fuck

i'm just some asshole with a 13+ year old account that would bitch and moan in the comments section

i can't imagine dedicating so much of my time to build a wonderful community and then being unceremoniously cast away as part of a large purge of dissent

[–] thefloatingpoint@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

And the Braindrain continues…

Welcome aboard!

[–] zeusbottom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

So many stories like yours are coming out. Thanks for sharing.

The momentum definitely seems to swinging Lenny’s way. Glad to see it.

[–] varnia@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I just deleted my account on Reddit. This behavior is not acceptable anymore at all. Sorry for what happened to you, this must feel disappointing and betraying having put so much of yourself into the platform that simply kicked your out of the door.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Let the tyranny begin.

[–] collegefurtrader@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The materials that make up the earth could only have been formed in the supernova of a 3rd or 4th generation star that has coalesced, ignited, lived, and died in this place since the birth of the universe.

The universe in general is expected to continue on for several billion TIMES longer than it has so far.

The disintegration of reddit seeds the raw materials for the next good thing.

[–] dickusmungus@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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