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If there is no conspiracy, how did they immediately ban the poster from all their forums, and delete the post?



The /r/InterestingAsFuck mod, /u/ibleeedorange, says this [1]:

>I really don't know every sub he was banned from and if/what he did, but from looking at his post history he seemed to have just posted his QQ in a bunch of subs which then got him banned because he broke rules there, then he harassed mods and posted misleading comments like the ones I had to remove in IAF.

It's worth noting that /u/ibleeedorange is a high-profile user, but does not moderate the same subreddits as those mentioned in the OP.

[1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/gjedc1/uroo...


It's not only the user who was banned from a broad range of subs, the mass deletion of comments (which from reading them on ceddit are not objectionable) is additionally egregious.

I haven't even started referencing the pretty inarguable range of referenced personal accounts of behaviour of these mods.

There's a point at which the idea of this being emergent and unproblematic is still plausible. We appear to be beyond that point.




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