Relevant - http://i.imgur.com/FKfEL1g.png

I'm all for a coup if it is gonna knock out mods that might have been up to shiesty shit behind the scenes.

There was a thread about a mod on r/drama about a month ago about a certain mod and others not trusting him and that mod has been absent ever since. This problem has been a festering for a bit now.

Got a link for that thread? The only drama I'm seen is between Flytape, Creq and U13.

I'd rather not stir the pot.

Sarah has a lot to deal with, and I actually agree with her/him a lot of the time, so I'd rather not say out of respect.

Oh. Ok. So no Drama.

I'm sure a search of posts on r/drama with certain key words will give you your fix.

Sarah has a lot to deal with, and I actually agree with her/him a lot of the time

Not sure what you agree with, he doesn't do anything. Not even in modmail.

I've been here almost 6 years coming up, I've seen her plenty.

Same here. But I've seen him do fuck all of significance, or anything in general.

they're all fags

Eh... I can't say for sure what is going on the behind the scenes... but the fact that there prolly is a lot going on behind the scenes isn't good... was it JUSTIN_HERGINA that the topic was about? Cause he quit like an hour ago...

Have you got any questions?

Not really... aside from still wondering if you were the the one the drama topic was about.

No I wasn't.

I agree with Sarah that something has to be done.

For a sub that is weary of things done in secret by those in power with little accountability and far removed from their "constituents" SOME of this sub's mods in the last two months have gone off the rails.

I really regret helping vote in a mod this time around.

Better to have anarchy than corrupt rule.

the mods literally do whatever they want and are held to no standards.

Welcome to reddit lol

Which is why the mod system sucks.

really? Mind pointing out one instance of a mod going off the rails here? I've been impressed with what I've seen.

Creq banned a obvious toxic troll TWICE with links as evidence who then gets unbanned by another mod less than an hour later. Check mod log it's his most recent.

Flytape stating all threads by certain users going into contest mode because they were having a disagreement. Like wtf?

ShellOil trolling pizzagaters with name calling. Sure it's tame, but why ask for drama?

You got a better eye for this stuff than I do. Thanks for the clarification.

I am reserving judgment. I feel the mods have overall done a very good job. Let's see what happens here.

Hahhahahahahahahahha

How long have you been here? You know Flytape has been demodded 3 times right?

Hmmm. 8 month user knows the long history of /u/flytape.

I find that interesting!

Plenty of reasons to make new accounts, surprised so many people keep old ones tbh.

Plenty of reasons not to make alts also...

Such as?

Such as using one account and not making a million alts?

Making a new account once every few months and deleting the old one isn't really that hard.

But why?

Circumvent bans, that's why.

ohhhh thanks, this is my first account lol

Speaking from experience?

When you have subs like r/worldnews banning you for saying that a terrorist attack with a truck was most likely perpetrated by an adherent to Islam, I can understand why some people make new accounts.

I don't disagree.

Anonymity/privacy. No reason to aid people trying to build a profile on you. I'll go with the more private/anonymous option unless there's a good reason not to, and I don't see one in this situation.

Who's stalking ya buddy? Who are you afraid of?

Who said that? I just don't see any reason to be less private, retroactive security doesn't work.

people can use more than one username, do you find that interesting? lmao

http://i.imgur.com/34yTN4O.gifv

I've been here for 8 years, I think this is account 9 or 10. I'm sure I'm not alone in that.

I did not. Perhaps I'm a fool, but if Flytape is a shill, he's a very accomplished one.

Flytape is an asshole who isn't shy about speaking his mind, but he ain't no shill.

Today marks the first day of the death spiral of /r/conspiracy

R.I.P.

TODAY?

Lmfao

If you thought it was bad before, it's about to go to shit haha

The end is nigh brah

Give it some time. I'm very curious to see what they sub will do with less moderator intervention.

I sort of figured that was part of the test, to see what happens when the rumor gets out we are modless.

What's been happening? I've been away for a while.

Sounds like your story might be more interesting.... the information wars plod on as designed. Bill Clinton is still a rapist (sigh) INFOWARS.COM

If he's still breathing, he's still raping.

Well, I hope it was restful. The toxicity of it all really has it's hooks in me. Don't even know if I could detox if I wanted too.

That's why I had to dip out. All of the negativity after the election- like the world was coming to an end, I refused to give it any energy. I peek in every now and again and I have no idea what happened to a sub I have loved for so long. It's sad really.

Sorry you've been through the ringer. Take a break, hit the reset.

I dont understand why reddit doesnt allow mods to be elected? It would make a lot more sense

Because the sub is inundated with bots and shills. How do have a fair election that way?

Now where does that sound familiar...

Perhaps if we replace sub by country and bots and shills by illegals and the dead...

Oh now I remember! The 2016 elections :D

If it wasn't for the :D I would've thought you were serious.

That system could be gamed much like any thread. I've thought about it before, in an ideal world it's the perfect solution but I fear it wouldn't work in the larger subs.

The community was a lot smaller here once upon a time, and usernames became your id badge. For the most part, mods here were veto'd in with the community's consensus and or voted in by popular demand. Unfortunately there's too much tom foolery these days that I fear this process will no longer work.

Its because the subs power was getting to strong and effecting people opinions. When that happens, it gets attacked for those opinions and more since the election.

I actually think most of the mods here have been pretty good. There are three who sometimes make some questionable decisions based on their personal politics, and another who stretches the interpretation of the rules to their absolute breaking points, but on the whole I think this is one of the best sets of mods on reddit.

Shhh shhh shhh... everyone be good again! Act natural... everyone... just act natural... cause now this sub has double the number of powered up mods that we used to have hours ago.

I don't know, it seems like some fairy drastic action was necessary. I wish /u/Sarah_Connor best of luck and hope things can get back on an even keel, but it's going to be tough given the huge divide in this community

Have you got any questions?

Not really... aside from still wondering if you were the the one the drama topic was about.