My AskReddit comment exposing moderation abuse was removed by mods after they told me that it would not be. Also shadowbanned.

43  2014-04-29 by goonberry27

Here was my comment:

(760 upvotes)


This is a massive problem and nothing can be done about it. A select few run this site and they can censor any post going against them.

/u/manwithoutmodem is one of these people. Just look at all of the huge subreddits he mods. He has a ton of power and has fucked me and many other people over countless times and there is nothing we can do.

This post will be removed by mods, I guarantee it.

EDIT: sorry for coming off as paranoid. Just take a look for yourself at how many subreddits the moderators of default subreddits moderate.

EDIT2: I have made a subreddit dedicated to exposing mod power and promoting "independent" subreddits.

/r/FixReddit


screen of mod promising not to remove the thread

screen of other askreddit moderator getting mad at the one who deleted everything

This is bullshit

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Mods can't shadow ban, only Admins can.

How do you know that? What's to stop admin from delegating power?

I can't tell you :)

That's it! I'm banning you from /r/wastemanagement/

Kind of correct.

mods can enact a pseudo shadowban in their own subs by using automod fitlers targeted at specific users.

If this is true this brings up a whole new level of abuse.

how can one man moderate 596 subs?

You were probably banned for blatantly promoting your iconoclastic sub, that I just subscribed to :)