I was just banned from /u/BipolarBear0's /r/RestoreTheFourth honey-pot. Why? I tried to alert a user there that the bigots at r/conspiratard were brigading them and noticed that my comment wasn't showing up when logged out. I asked why I was being censored and got banned for it. Such bravery.

22  2013-12-14 by TheGhostOfDusty

The bigots' downvote brigade post:

I was first auto-censored, presumably by their abuse of /u/AutoModerator, and then outright banned when I called attention to it.

Related:

33 comments

6  red-light 2013-12-14

It doesn't appear that you violated any of the sub's rules, however you were still banned.

What a shameful occurrence.

I hope they come to their senses, un-rustle their jimmies and reverse their decision to ban your account.

also, /r/conspiraturd is a downvote brigade, I don't know why they keep denying that fact.

3  [deleted] 2013-12-14

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2  dr_candycan 2013-12-14

Banning people on reddit is easy, power hungry mods who just don't give a f*

2  dr_candycan 2013-12-14

Well, this is interesting. While I was away from reddit... I don't care that people downvoted my comment, too many jackasses in the world, not enough time to pay attention to them all.

As an activist, I am seriously worried about surveillance and prosecution of young Americans like Snowden & Manning, and stand by my comment about hearing clicks on my phone. I am a blogger who is constantly writing about the NSA.

The one instance I was referring to was when I said (while on the phone) "Did you know I'm a blogger? I just purchased a website domain..." and then I heard a tiny blip of "garbled" noise, and then a short series of clicks.

I can't describe it any other way. Make fun of me if you want, but if they are watching us, then shit be sure, they are REALLY watching us.

Seems NSA is more concerned with radicals and activists, as opposed to terrorists and criminals.

1  orcaecca 2013-12-14

why do you guys all seem to care so much about what goes on in random locations in cyberspace? do you honestly think that these meta-reddit game-playing-retards are going to have any effect on anyone?

why do you waste your time on non-constructive internet meta-fights in in web-spaces?

-1  Chumgum 2013-12-14

Maybe you are just a dick

-2  -Mikee 2013-12-14

Just noticed this on the modmail and I'm completely uninvolved and wish to stay that way, but I would like to point out the best way to handle something like this is to start out with a message to the Admins, and mods of the subs in question, highlighting your concern about a breach of reddit's TOS.

5  TheGhostOfDusty 2013-12-14

"Want to actually have an effect? Don't write your representative, write the local newspaper."

1  -Mikee 2013-12-14

The proper thing is to start out with the first one before moving to the other.

If you find you've been charged for a 16oz beer, when you only ordered a 12oz, you don't stand up and start yelling. You ask the manager to rectify the issue first. If/when they tell you to go fuck yourself, then you can flip your tables.

0  TheGhostOfDusty 2013-12-14

http://pastebin.com/LTdMza13

http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1lecql/the_russian_news_site_rtcom_has_been_banned_from/cbyta5s?context=2

1  Letterbocks 2013-12-14

That pastebin post is pretty enlightening, is it verified?

2  TheGhostOfDusty 2013-12-14

http://i.imgur.com/R0PHNxI.png

/u/RTFMicheal

1  Letterbocks 2013-12-14

Oh yeah i've seen that screendump before, never knew whose account it was connected to though.

I shall not contact the user though, I imagine he probably has enough people contacting him.

The restore the fourth movement did seem to get stimyied though. And it's a crying shame, I am still subbed there but it feels like an opportunity wasted.

-1  -Mikee 2013-12-14

How is that relevant to this specific situation?

0  TheGhostOfDusty 2013-12-14

You're telling me to "ask the manager to rectify the issue". The manager, your co-mod, is infamously corrupt and dishonest. It would follow that you are too.

1  Letterbocks 2013-12-14

Not sure that's valid, at least mikee engaged with you when he could have easily not bothered.

1  TheGhostOfDusty 2013-12-14

Smarm and sincerity are sometimes indistinguishable. Are you familiar with the people -Mikee happily co-mods with?

-1  -Mikee 2013-12-14

The thing is you didn't even try. He might have ignored you, and so might have all the other mods, and even the admins.

But you didn't try.

1  TheGhostOfDusty 2013-12-14

But you didn't try.

Trying is what got me banned in the first place.

http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/26032.html

-1  -Mikee 2013-12-14

You did not try. I see no messages to that sub in the modmail about breach of TOS. You didn't message the admins.

2  TheGhostOfDusty 2013-12-14

Honestly can't tell if you're playing dumb. Did you just not look at any of the links in this post? Did you amazingly forget about the modmail you said you saw that brought you here?

I'll copy and paste the pertinent links from the top:

To repeat, I did try and was banned without explanation from your subreddit. I respect the admins too much to bother them with BipolarBear0/douglasmacarthur's inane power-tripping bullshit, primarily because they have repeatedly demonstrated that they don't care what mods do in their subs unless it makes reddit look bad to advertisers.

Would you go and complain to someone like, oh say Assad (I assume you too are a Syria warmonger like your co-mods), about being censored unjustly?

0  -Mikee 2013-12-14

There is a fundamental misunderstanding here.

  1. Someone posts Comment X.

  2. It is linked to at /r/conspiritard, for the purpose of vote brigading.

  3. You leave comment Y below comment X, referencing the vote brigading.

  4. Your comment is removed.

Directly after #2 is where you are supposed to message the admins/mods. The photos you reference are after #4, and therefore irrelevant.

Step #3 in itself is vote brigading because it was in a comment instead of a private message.

2  TheGhostOfDusty 2013-12-14

Directly after #2 is where you are supposed to message the admins/mods.

You presume, incorrectly, that I haven't already done just that dozens of times over the past 4-5 years.

Hence:

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Admins know damn well that there is a nominally bigoted anti-"conspiracy theory" downvote brigade subreddit. They are hypocrites in that sense.

Care to explain to me why my original comment was instantly removed? Was it "automoderator"? If so, why?

Step #3 in itself is vote brigading because it was in a comment instead of a private message.

LOL!

0  -Mikee 2013-12-14

You did not do it in this specific instance. I spoke of nothing besides this specific event. Just remember the advice in the future.

1  TheGhostOfDusty 2013-12-14

You did not do it in this specific instance.

You're saying that I'm not insane. Thanks.

In this context your advice is insane though. Just some advice. Futuristic advice even!

So, you going to unban me? ;)

At least tell me what I did wrong?

0  -Mikee 2013-12-14

That's some damn impressive mental gymnastics right there.

The reason was already stated. I will no longer be replying to your responses.

1  TheGhostOfDusty 2013-12-14

Cool talking points.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKd7QYXKs5k&t=04m52s

0  TheGhostOfDusty 2013-12-14

The reason was already stated.

The reason for the ban was never stated. Neither was the reason for my comment being auto-censored.

Why did you say that?

You need to hit the gym.

5  quantifiably_godlike 2013-12-14

Heh.

1  CowzGoesMooz 2013-12-14

Come clean about the donation money you scammed people when you guys started /r/restorethefourth son. /u/Bipolarbear0 kept the money for himself and spent it.

-2  RogueRainbow 2013-12-14

That whole post is fucking retarded. Why would they (NSA) leave clicking in the speaker if they ever wanted to listen to a conversation? Pretty sure they could just do it without that.

Everyone who gave that post attention should just be banned for feeding trolls, including you.

2  TheGhostOfDusty 2013-12-14

Is bigotry really called for? ಠ_ಠ

1  RogueRainbow 2013-12-14

Define bigotry

1  TheGhostOfDusty 2013-12-14

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T549VoLca_Q

1  -Mikee 2013-12-14

The proper thing is to start out with the first one before moving to the other.

If you find you've been charged for a 16oz beer, when you only ordered a 12oz, you don't stand up and start yelling. You ask the manager to rectify the issue first. If/when they tell you to go fuck yourself, then you can flip your tables.

-1  -Mikee 2013-12-14

How is that relevant to this specific situation?

1  Letterbocks 2013-12-14

That pastebin post is pretty enlightening, is it verified?

2  TheGhostOfDusty 2013-12-14

http://i.imgur.com/R0PHNxI.png

/u/RTFMicheal

1  TheGhostOfDusty 2013-12-14

You did not do it in this specific instance.

You're saying that I'm not insane. Thanks.

In this context your advice is insane though. Just some advice. Futuristic advice even!

So, you going to unban me? ;)

At least tell me what I did wrong?