“Actual death threats have been sent to me. The moderator claimed that they’d received an “insane” amount of vitriol, including threats, from people who wanted awkwardtheturtle banned. On Sunday, another Mildly Infuriating moderator said awkwardtheturtle had been removed. “This person has ruined several subreddits,” one claims.Ī post with the petition on the Mildly Infuriating subreddit, where the bulk of the complaints appear to have been generated, has received nearly 80,000 upvotes as of this writing. Comments by signatories include, “Fuck misandry,” and numerous accusations that awkwardtheturtle abuses their power. The petition has received nearly 14,000 signatures as of this writing. (awkwardtheturtle’s gender is not known-comments about them use male, female, and gender-neutral pronouns interchangeably.) “He has been abusing power and is being paid to moderate, which breaking Rule 1 of Reddit’s site-wide rules and rule 7 of Reddit’s user agreement,” the petition claims. But that’s precisely what’s happened.Ī petition to ban awkwardtheturtle claims that they have far too much power and are moderating “hundreds, if not thousands” of subs. And it’s essentially unheard of for a petition to ban a moderator to gain any traction. It is exceptional, however, for those complaints to cross subreddits, generating hundreds of comments and thousands of up- and downvotes. This isn’t particularly noteworthy complaints against Reddit moderators are par for the course. It’s working.Īwkwardtheturtle has been the subject of complaints for months, possibly years. In another comment, they said, “Ban all men.” The latter appears to be troll bait. It slides off without effect,” they wrote on Sunday.
“Men experience sexism the way Gallagher experiences flying bits of watermelon. In a recent comment on Reddit, awkwardtheturtle said misandry doesn’t really affect men. I recommend saying less silly things- awkward the turtle May 17, 2020
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Again, a request for top mod removal does not guarantee that it will happen, so if you are contacted by the admins in reference to one, don’t panic! Our first priority is to review requests carefully and work with the entire mod team to come to a solution agreeable for everyone.Yet you claim that I, a lowly janitor on the intornet doing it for free, am a threat to a free and open platform Any acts of retaliation will result in action from the admins, up to and including removal from moderating and possible suspension from the site. If we determine that a top mod should not be removed, we expect the mod team to work together in good faith to moderate the subreddit. We will not ban the mod from the subreddit, and we expect the removed moderator and the current mod team to work together in good faith to avoid further disruption. If we determine that the top mod should be removed, we’ll process the removal and contact both the modmail of the subreddit and the mod we’ve removed to explain the actions we have taken. This isn’t restricted to explicit violations like a hacking attempt or some other community defacement it could be the case that this mod’s actions have disrupted the rest of the mod team, the workings of the subreddit, or anything else that could cause problems for the community as a whole.Īs we look into these requests, we will contact the top mod in question to inform them of the process and give them the opportunity to provide us with further details as needed. When looking at a request to remove a top moderator, one of the things we take into consideration is whether or not the mod in question is harming or could harm the subreddit. If that process fails, however, and a top mod either doesn’t acknowledge the efforts of the team to reach out to them or is simply unwilling to step down, you can then attempt to resolve the issue by reaching out to the admins with a removal request, which may not always mean removing the top mod. As a first recourse, mod teams should attempt to resolve their issues internally, through a discussion with other moderators. Ī request for a top mod removal is not a “vote off the island,” nor is it guaranteed to be successful. If you are active on Reddit but no longer actively moderating a community, it is possible to be removed as a moderator of it through the top mod removal process.