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      Powermod of over 1000 subs. Permanently online. Bans users for no reason and posts inflammatory comments and pins them in threads. One example - Do you remember the r/Art drama where the artist got her art removed by a mod who said it was AI art (it was not) and berated the artist for her style? Yep, that’s awkwardtheturtle.
      Basically the worst of the WORST of reddit mods with no life outside of reddit.

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        Oh that’s interesting AF. I haven’t REALLY been active on reddit for many years up until the recent drama, but even that shitstorm got my attention. Hadn’t realized it was that guy.

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        That info from the petition saying awkwardtheturtle is another user is something that went around for a while, but it wasn’t true (unless there’s been a turn in that story).

        awkwardtheturtle posted a selfie in the “centuryclub” subreddit (which only allowed people with over 100k link or comment karma in), and the person in the selfie definitely wasn’t the person people suspected awkwardtheturtle was.

        The “proof” so many pointed to (including the petition) was a Vox article which was just repeating stuff from a Daily Beast article. The Daily Beast article never said the two were the same person, but the Vox article assumed they were. Probably because the head mod on a lot of subreddits that other person mods is/was awkwardtheturtle.

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        Okay yeah I thought I remembered her being a woman but somehow everyone here is talking about ‘him’

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          By default, everyone’s a guy on the internet unless stated otherwise. Some people just know the name and that they’re a powermod and not much else. Also, they’re apparently trans or claims to be, so there’s a subset of people who’d misgender them on purpose.

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            “The Internet: Where the men are men, the women are men, and the children are FBI Agents.”

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    lmao the sheer amount of entitlement on him. Truly a leopardsatemyface moment. Imagine tying your entire identity to being an unpaid lacky for a website that doesn’t give two fucks about you, to the point that when you’re let go you go nuclear.

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      It always does make you wonder how these people have the time to actively moderate 100+ subreddits without any compensation. That is, unless there are some under-the-table deals that we don’t know about. I think moderators have been caught taking bribes before.

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        A petition to ban her was created, with implications made that she was being paid. Mind you, this was quite a few years ago.

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        I thought the most remarkable thing was the “moderator” proclaiming their innocence by stating they hadn’t been to the sub in question for at least six months and never talk to the top mod.

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        Turtle doesn’t mod for shit, nor do other mods with 1000+ subs. These people see themselves as ‘community leaders’ who set up org charts and make all the lower-rung mods do all the work for them. It’s incredibly toxic.

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    I love how the majority of comments in this thread have a single downvote. I wonder who’s doing that 😂

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      Because you’re literally browsing a magazine about that other site?

      I agree that this particular mod getting banned isn’t directly related to the migration efforts, but the overarching drama it’s connected to is the main reason people are leaving Reddit for Lemmy. IE: admins becoming hostile towards moderators, developers, and redditors, resulting in an environment that the whole userbase is trying to flee. So even though I don’t care about this “power-tripping asshole mod” (as another Lemming described him), I get how some people here might find the post useful and relevant.

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        Apparently awkward was responsible for a lot of the John Oliver spam in the subs he modded. Might be why he’s finally gone now. He even contacted John Oliver on Twitter to cry about his suspension and ask for help lol See pic related

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          Of course they’re claiming responsibility for the John Oliver thing. Considering their history, I doubt it. But even if they were involved, it’s the community at large that was responsible for the John Oliverification of Reddit.

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          lolol what a fucking embarassing tirade. Turtle bitch needs to log off and go wash his ass.