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This is the first time in about 15 years that he will finally see the sunlight.

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[โ€“] Kerb@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Holy shit , ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚
It's beautiful, like a firework in a tire fire.
I'll drink to that.

[โ€“] Usernameblankface@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This mod seems familiar. They may be the offending party behind my worst experience on Reddit, and the only mod I ever blocked.

Handed me a temporary ban for responding to a post written to the wrong sub. They didn't have time to write out a redirect link to copy and paste for lost redditors, but did have time to mark me as trouble and berate me when I suggested redirecting users. Since a temporary ban "wasn't enough," they gave a longer ban so I would "learn my lesson."

Really put a damper on my whole reddit experience.

[โ€“] RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

you got banned for replying to a post someone else made in a wrong sub?

[โ€“] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

This mod was infamous for banning people from uncontroversial subs for the sin of commenting in subs they didn't approve of, regardless of content. Like if you made a comment in /r/conservative making fun of Donald, they'd ban you from /r/videos for being a Republican.

This couldn't have happened to a more deserving dirtbag.

[โ€“] onepinksheep@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Considering that this is the most hated person on Reddit other than spez himself, no tears were shed.

[โ€“] SCmSTR@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Unfamiliar with the person. What's he infamous for? What sort of chodelicious behavior defines him to you?

[โ€“] jherazob@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here's a post from 2021 about this person giving some background. I recall even a change.org petition requesting them being banned.

Also, you might recall them for making the news recently after banning an artist from /r/art because they said a piece by them was made by AI, and when proven otherwise they said that it was obviously based on AI and that they should find a better style, which escalated to the point that the sub was temporarily closed

Seeing that person going down is a nice piece of justice in this shitstorm. It happened for the wrong reasons, admins should have removed this person long ago and didn't, but at least it's something.

[โ€“] iAmTheTot@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

How can you tell it was them in that r/art debacle?

[โ€“] Rhabuko@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Dipshits like this are the reason why moderators have such a bad reputation. Powermods in general are very controversial but this person takes the cake.

[โ€“] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 1 points 1 year ago

If they were an "absent mod" as they self-proclaim, why are they so salty?

[โ€“] wr4th4@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

wow so one of them actually knows how it feels to just have all agency taken away without warning or good reason

[โ€“] Serinus@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Only when it happens to them. They still won't understand when they inflict that on others.

[โ€“] Very_Bad_Janet@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What if this person comes to Lemmy or kbin and becomes a mod...yes, I'm asking the inevitable question.

[โ€“] curiosityLynx@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Easy. Kbin/lemmy admins actually listen to their users, unlike spez and his cronies. The asshole can move to their own instance and continue there, but that might get them defederated.

[โ€“] Schaedelbach@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Reddit wasn't like that all the time. I do remember a time on Reddit where it was - or at least felt like it - a bit like it feels on Lemmy right now. Lots of nerdy outsider communities and admins who seemed to care. Not trying to be a negative nancy here, just a reality check or something like that.

[โ€“] Serinus@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Federation is over-hyped when joining or promoting. It's only really important when there's a problem.

It's like trying to sell a new car by featuring the warranty, or trying to sell a computer by talking about backups. Both important, but not a shiny selling point for new users.

I get why the devs want to feature federation. If you build a car, you're probably going to want to talk about the engine and its design. But the users just want "car go fast".