IAmAnAnonymousCoward now in complete control of r/worldpolitics after removing myself and another mod this morning. It will now be 100% up to him to determine whether an article is "spam" in a sub with +50,000 subscribers.

56  2012-04-04 by [deleted]

FYI

  • He's been a Redditor for a mere 9 months
  • He took over /r/worldpolitics a few months ago and stated that "no submissions will be removed"
  • His new rule is that "spam" will be removed, and it is now completely up to him to determine what meets his definition of spam
24 comments

51  IAmAnAnonymousCoward 2012-04-04

If anyone wants to know what really happened, please head over to /r/SubredditDrama.

I can't be everywhere at once.

30  safetyacc 2012-04-04

Literally couldn't care less.

16  Tailend22 2012-04-04

You're seriously implying that the length of time someone's been a redditor is proportional to how good they'll be as a mod?

4  IAmAnAnonymousCoward 2012-04-04

If he'd know how long I've really been here...

I don't want to know myself.

4  jambarama 2012-04-04

If he'd know how long I've really been here...

It is depressing. Believe me.

2  YouthInRevolt 2012-04-04

I'm saying that it's certainly one factor among many to consider.

5  Tailend22 2012-04-04

It's really not. 9 months is more than enough time for someone to become accustomed to the rules and expectations of Reddit and the Reddit community.

9  tehorhay 2012-04-04

go outside.

4  karlomarlo 2012-04-04

get some fresh air and eat some cranberry jelly.

2  YouthInRevolt 2012-04-04

Sorry, my boss usually doesn't let me do that at work.

7  Sarcasticus 2012-04-04

Make another subreddit. Call it /r/superworldpolitics or something.

1  sunshine-x 2012-04-04

who created the subreddit?

message the admins. they'll help.

8  [deleted] 2012-04-04

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0  sunshine-x 2012-04-04

That's not been my experience at all. Quite the opposite actually.

2  baconn 2012-04-04

Me, sorta - it was while subreddits were in beta, so one of the admins created it.

-1  [deleted] 2012-04-04

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2  bumblingmumbling 2012-04-04

Actually r/worldpolitics is one the better places IMO. It does not block submissions and is not censor crazy. I am not sure what this is about yet.

3  IAmAnAnonymousCoward 2012-04-04

It does not block submissions and is not censor crazy.

I'll keep it this way.

1  crackduck 2012-04-04

So why did you make yourself the sole mod?

2  IAmAnAnonymousCoward 2012-04-04

Here.

And to be completely honest YouthInRevolt often acted as if it was his subreddit and I had to call him back several times. It was getting on my nerves.

1  crackduck 2012-04-04

Seems fair enough, I guess, as long as the moderation stays the way it is.

2  IAmAnAnonymousCoward 2012-04-04

As long as the moderation stays the way it is.

Of course it will. It's my policy after all.

1  crackduck 2012-04-04

Well it certainly pisses 'basementdad' off. ;)

2  IAmAnAnonymousCoward 2012-04-04

It will continue to piss him off and he's free to continue his rants.

-5  lanismycousin 2012-04-04

I think the zionist overlords and the black crusaders are behind this!

They can take away my biscuits but they can't take MY FRIIIIIEEEEEED CHICKEN !!!!

-45  [deleted] 2012-04-04

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4  evilpenguin234 2012-04-04

This is really not a successful bot, is it.

5  Tailend22 2012-04-04

It's really not. 9 months is more than enough time for someone to become accustomed to the rules and expectations of Reddit and the Reddit community.