So I was shadowbanned, and a lot of you have speculated about what this means. Here is the full story.

52  2014-01-18 by [deleted]

I was really trying to avoid making a self post about this issue, but it seems that with all of the crazy assertions being made that his is the best way to clear the air and my name. My account was not compromised. I posted the image in question myself without coercion of any kind. My coworker found the picture on Facebook, and we thought it was some kind of transsexual midget. Not my usual sort of material, but I thought it was worthy of a r/wtf post. So I posted it. I went to check my karma later and realized that I was not able to log on. I tried to reset my password, but it wouldn't let me. After trying again yesterday several times, I created an alt to message the admins. They let me know that my image was reported as being cp. I explained that I didn't think the image was of a minor, and they couldn't really debate me on the subject because there was no proof either way. The image is long gone, so I have no way of proving this to any of you either. If the image was in fact deliberate cp with no ambiguity there is no way the admins would have unbanned my account. It was a stupid mistake, although I don't believe I am at fault. I hope this is a reasonable explaination and that I haven't offended of alienated anyone. My account was not compromised and I am still very much me. Sorry for all the meta.

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the ole' midget excuse again

Isn't reddit drama fun?

yeh

what exactly is meta

What?

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Oh man there are too many stupid bots.

Banned.

I'm sorry, but the caps lock didn't seem to help me understand why you were asking me this question. But here you go..

Meta (from the Greek preposition μετά = "after", "beyond", "adjacent", "self", also commonly used in the form μετα- as a prefix in Greek, with variants μετ- before vowels and μεθ- "meth-" before aspirated vowels) is a prefix used in English (and other Greek-owing languages) to indicate a concept which is an abstraction from another concept, used to complete or add to the latter.

read the bot's name and the all caps makes more sense, just a silly way to get karma

Thanks. I thought it was a crazy person.

That'd be weird. Finding a crazy person on /r/conspiracy.

WHO: /u/Vdebs

WHERE: posted in /r/conspiracy

WHEN: 11 hours ago (1/18/2014-11:30AM CST)

ACTION: Typed approx 20 letters

TYPE: Question

CONTENT: [do not peek at this]

/META

And now all the conspiracy theories around hacked accounts and a campaign to use this to destroy the subreddit have been debunked.

Will anyone care?

Thanks for clarifying, hope this settles this up.

Glad you're back. Are you still a mod?

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Thank you for the clarification SINS. Glad you made this post to clear the air.

Its not him. Sin has been busy with his new kid.

You're saying this post was not written by 9000sins?

Nope. Some troll/hacker was stalking him awhile back for some reason. I think he banned him from /r/conspiracy and got stalked for that.

You did the right thing, bringing it into the open and clearing it up. These kind of baseless accusations can fester if not given air and sunlight.

i wish politicians and cops could behave as responsibly

Battle of the Mods! Come get some fun.

Welcome back!

you posted on WTF for all for that delicious karma..

Yeah it's okay to post death pics or porn on /r/wtf but not a transexual midget.

Welcome back sins

9000 sins is part of the illuminati!

Anybody got a link to the picture?

There's only one way to know for sure;

Was it being tossed?

thank you for the self post, it really should put at bay the drama and meta-conspiracies !!

So the correct explanation was the simple one that didn't make any unsubstantiated conspiracy assumptions? Interesting.

I'm betting compromised account. Tell us something only 9000sins would know. What is your favorite color?

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Goddamnit! He checks out boys. Only 9000sins could have known the answer to that. It's him. 100%. Nothing further to see here. Move along citizens.

really? becuase everyone on here thinks the fucking cia/fbi/shill/jew took you out. This sub isn't the laughing stock of Reddit, it's the people.

You seem upset.

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you're not analyzing shit when you're just pointing fingers, don't hype yourself up to be smarter than you are. No one gives a shit what you discuss on here, most of your sources are shit, the people on here will believe anything that has the word conspiracy in it. goddamn

No one gives a shit? So why did people from Digg who buried posts, trashed conspiracy theories and trolled Libertarians set up shop on Reddit with the same usernames? Some people definitely give a shit enough to intentionally continue what they did before on a another site.

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You surround yourself in conspiracy, you make it your life. I never said there aren't conspiracies. Where are you getting this shit, do you know how to read? "If you believe there are conspiracies, then let us continue doing what we are doing in peace." lol wut, and talk to me about generalizing when you fucks stop making everything a conspiracy. George bush drank coffee, but did it have fluoride in it where the chemtrail drizzled it over his house, but does fluoride even effect reptilians?

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"Things that some conspiracists do isn't what every conspiracy theorist does. If you can't realize that generalization and still want to put ALL conspiracists down based on the dumb ideas you have heard from some, then I don't think I can really help you here." so you just said that things that some conspiracists do isn't what every conspiracy theorist does is a generalization. I thought generalizations weren't accurate, what the fuck are you saying? shitting on your own argument

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generation? Word your arguments better, come on now son. The way you word it makes it seem like you are calling it a generalization. I'm done here, jesus. You clearly call it one.

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yet you still reply..................................................................................................................................................

Please point out one post where someone claimed it was the FBI/CIA/Jew/Shill as you put it. The hilarious thing is that some of the claims made here that are ridiculous aren't even made by conspiracy theorists, they're made by people who come here to stir the pot.

The accusers in this sub-reedit are far more prolific than the accused.

And to be fair to people here, it's not unreasonable to suspect that it's possible the OP's account was hacked and targeted because he/she is a mod here given the animosity pointed at this sub. All I saw was people entertaining and discussing the idea that it was possible which is not unreasonable.

I really couldn't imagine a scenario where you were intentionally at fault. Just be careful.

it was some kind of transsexual midget. Not my usual sort of material, but I thought it was worthy of a r/wtf post

Lost quite a bit of respect for you, right there...

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Anyone in this sub who uses exclusion from the herd as an insult doesn't belong here!

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And you're not getting my point that dehumanizing ANYONE (no matter how funny, odd or weird) is EXACTLY the intent of marginalization. Making it socially acceptable to mock the transgendered wasn't by accident. Anything that represents the true nature of soul and the duality of the universe has been repressed for a purpose.

You do have a valid point that the mod reverence here is skewed (our protectors from the tyranny of reddit! swords clashing).

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All I have to say is karma's a bitch. That what we do to the least of us... Hate speech is banned here. Check your privilege, dude. Do you have any Trans friends? Cuz I pray for the safety of mine.

I think you're lost. Try http://tumblr.com

Gotta catch em all?

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I'm a bisexual female.