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[–] AllonzeeLV@vlemmy.net 70 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (23 children)

I've seen some here openly despair that leaving reddit didn't do anything.

Spez, CEO of Reddit and former mod of the r/jailbait subreddit losing his shit very publically for days proves otherwise.

...And it's also a reminder that the reddit community we loved has already been destroyed by ownership, anyone returning would be returning to a shadow that disdains its own users and works to disempower them with every update.

[–] SugarApplePie@beehaw.org 34 points 2 years ago (10 children)

Holy shit was he seriously a mod of that subreddit? Good lord...

[–] wjs018@beehaw.org 55 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Back in the olden days of reddit, mods didn't need to accept their position. So, it was a troll tactic to promote people to moderator of a controversial sub and then take a screenshot. I have no knowledge of spez's moderating history, but I imagine this is the most likely scenario.

[–] HawkMan@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

he participated pretty heavily in the sub either way.

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