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  • bionicjoey@lemmy.caEnglish
    14·
    1 year ago

    Can’t say I was a fan of ATT, but they put in a huge amount of time working for Reddit for free. Reddit admins have definitely shielded them in the past from a lot of deserved flak with the implication that a terminally online asshole is exactly the kind of free labour that Reddit wanted. It’s a fascinating change of attitude for them to turn on ATT now; it really shows where their priorities are.

    • goat@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      19·
      1 year ago

      Oh, it wasn’t for free.

      Awkwardtheturtle is supposedly the Digital Marketing Manager, Assistant Director of Web Services, Digital Communications Specialist, and Digital Media Strategist in the Innovative Learning Technology Initiative, all operated from within the University of Southern California. Most of their work consists of creating media strategies for pharmaceutical companies. They have a constant Slack channel with direct access to the admins at all times and regularly met with the admins in person. From their qualifications, they likely provided Reddit media strategies.

      They still have some of their numerous alts online, which they’re currently being outed.

      Worth noting that the subs their alt manages aren’t participating in the blackout. Curious that.

  • ruk_n_rul@monyet.ccEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    Infamous? What’s the scoop? I’m ootl.

    Edit: just read about it in the actual r/ootl… Which they also moderated at that time. Quite surreal with today’s context.

    • goat@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      31·
      1 year ago

      They are a sexist, racist power-mod who regularly bans users they personally dislike. Because they controlled hundreds of subreddits, if they banned you, they banned you across pretty much the entire site.

      They are infamous for encouraging male suicide, getting away with their hate speech and selling drugs to minors.

    • goat@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      Most likely refusing the admins.

      Awkwardtheturtle is a part of the Powermod Slack Team, who aren’t the best friends with the Reddit admins.

      • abff08f4813c@kbin.social
        1·
        1 year ago

        I wonder if it’s a possibility that the entire powermod slack team protests this by blacking out all the subs they mod indefinitely until the ban is lifted.

    • Spiracle@kbin.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      According to their own complaints, probably because one of the thousands of subs they were mods in went dark. Another user here mentioned that their subs didn’t participate in the protest, but the mod said that one of the mods higher up in the list kept one dark.

      • abff08f4813c@kbin.social
        1·
        1 year ago

        All other things aside, the specific reason for the ban seems to be unfair - this person would have been one of the “hey make me top mod of this sub and i’ll make it public again” folks. Exactly the type that reddit admins want to keep.

        They just keep shooting themselves in the foot.

  • tomve_cz@kbin.social
    3·
    1 year ago

    Reddit is going same path like Bud Light

    It seems that most of young managers are just kiddos without reality check.