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[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Can someone update me on the lore around this guy?

[–] [email protected] 115 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Powermod of over 1000 subs. Permanently online. Bans users for no reason and posts inflammatory comments and pins them in threads. One example - Do you remember the r/Art drama where the artist got her art removed by a mod who said it was AI art (it was not) and berated the artist for her style? Yep, that's awkwardtheturtle.
Basically the worst of the WORST of reddit mods with no life outside of reddit.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Wow. So he's basically the final boss of reddit mods.

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 year ago

Big asshole mod, known for being an asshole. Power tripper af

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Further digging reveals the opposite. Not a guy according to the change.org petition, which is a little too doxxy for my taste.

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"My accounts WILL be restored"

Okay Karen.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

I want to speak with Spez's manager!

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

lmao the sheer amount of entitlement on him. Truly a leopardsatemyface moment. Imagine tying your entire identity to being an unpaid lacky for a website that doesn't give two fucks about you, to the point that when you're let go you go nuclear.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It always does make you wonder how these people have the time to actively moderate 100+ subreddits without any compensation. That is, unless there are some under-the-table deals that we don't know about. I think moderators have been caught taking bribes before.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

A petition to ban her was created, with implications made that she was being paid. Mind you, this was quite a few years ago.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I love how the majority of comments in this thread have a single downvote. I wonder who’s doing that 😂

[–] [email protected] 67 points 1 year ago (22 children)

Unlike Reddit, you can see who "reduces" (downvotes) comments and threads. In a comment click on more -> activity -> reduces. Yes, it is all the same person.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

Seems like we found turtle's ball licker's Kbin account!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What?!? That's a fucking amazing feature, thanks for spreading the word.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Oh man, that's amazing. Thank you for that information

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Well since this isn't reddit you can actually look at who is downvoting. So whats up with all the downvotes @amnesiac7 ?

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

Ah interesting, seems he immediately downvoted you too!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I just boosted everyone in the thread. No ones rep was harmed in the making of this comment section.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

That account has been busy, too. 1 week old and has created 99 threads, mostly political rage bait.

[–] bdonvr 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Ooh, is his ghost in the room with us right now?

Good luck becoming mod of 1000 communities/magazines in the Fediverse, with them distributed across all sorts of different instances like this.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

As long as Mr. Snrub has to rebuild his empire from scratch, it's still a win.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago

Touch an entire football field of grass, dude.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

ok why do we care about some other site's drama :3

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because you're literally browsing a magazine about that other site?

I agree that this particular mod getting banned isn't directly related to the migration efforts, but the overarching drama it's connected to is the main reason people are leaving Reddit for Lemmy. IE: admins becoming hostile towards moderators, developers, and redditors, resulting in an environment that the whole userbase is trying to flee. So even though I don't care about this "power-tripping asshole mod" (as another Lemming described him), I get how some people here might find the post useful and relevant.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Apparently awkward was responsible for a lot of the John Oliver spam in the subs he modded. Might be why he's finally gone now. He even contacted John Oliver on Twitter to cry about his suspension and ask for help lol See pic related

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Of course they're claiming responsibility for the John Oliver thing. Considering their history, I doubt it. But even if they were involved, it's the community at large that was responsible for the John Oliverification of Reddit.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Lmao what a goober

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

because drama makes the world go around

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

I think he thinks being a moderator is an important job or something.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

Turtle has always been a douche canoe. It's fun to see them melt down.

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

They sound very unpleasant

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

Yeah, I don't understand how they became a moderator on so many major subreddits.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Especially if they're going to 6 monrhs without helping. Like why?

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

Reddit is gonna die in a hot fire and we are all here for this!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

That's actually pretty funny

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Lmao finally

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Bruh momentum

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

This made my day. Happy Friday all!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It took a few years but they finally listened to the Petition! : https://www.change.org/p/reddit-mods-ban-u-awkwardtheturtle

j/k

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"I NEED to be mod again!"

"I haven't looked at the sub in 6 months"

Pick one

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