Re:RIF developer counters Reddit CEO’s claims
by clnq on Friday June 16, 2023 @04:24PM
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This is not his first controversy, he has a history with twisting facts and trying to manipulate people. Including that incident where he edited comments of people criticizing him on Reddit. I would guess there is a lot more of this behaviour that doesn't surface publicly.
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Re:RIF developer counters Reddit CEO’s claims
by FireBeyond on Friday June 16, 2023 @06:19PM
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Let's not forget him being the head moderator of r/jailbait and several of the other more "problematic" subreddits.
Re:RIF developer counters Reddit CEO’s claims
by predictabl3 on Friday June 16, 2023 @08:41PM
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Yo, I have lots of opinions and strong feelings about reddit and spez right now, but I don't think that's accurate.
Afaict/afaik that was from a time where anyone could be annoited to a mod position without their consent.
I'm happy to have more pitchforks, but I also don't (1) like lies being spread or (2) want to distract from the "righteous" cause with something that's not true.
Re:RIF developer counters Reddit CEO’s claims
by jadamson on Friday June 16, 2023 @08:46PM
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The head moderator of that subreddit was violentacrez aka Michael Brutsch, a troll prolific to have articles about him in The Guardian [1], The Atlantic, [2], and The Verge [3] among others. It's well within the realm of possibility that he added spez as a joke.
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/oct/16/reddit-vi...
[2] https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/10/what-...
[3] https://www.theverge.com/2012/10/18/3523434/violentacrez-mic...
Re:RIF developer counters Reddit CEO’s claims
by liamwire on Friday June 16, 2023 @08:57PM
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Your link contradicts your comment:
“In October 2012, Chen exposed the real name and details of Violentacrez (a moderator of several Reddit jailbait communities), a Texas Internet developer, who was subsequently fired from his job.”