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πŸ“’EDIT: a_knife just removed ALL OTHER MODS!

Original starbucks post by accused inactive mod a_knife

Post about what ACTUALLY happened

Proof of only active mods agreeing to go private

Proof that a_knife doesn't even MOD the sub they made the unilateral decision to reopen

Proof of a_knife removing a mod

Funny thing is, Reddit will likely boot the 3 of them, and make a_knife top mod, which is DIRECTLY AGAINST their claims to remove any mods making unilateral decisions, because of course, it only applies if that unilateral decision is to go private. Spread the word

#reddit #boycottreddit #protest

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[–] Steeve@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, finally, time to take my rightful position as the top moderator of a... coffee chain subreddit.

Such a small amount of power to go to someone's head lol

The Starbucks sub has been at the forefront of protests. They even made the news a few months ago for being a major player in starting a Starbucks union! This was a very bad place for admins to start their takeover if that's what's going on.

[–] CookieJarObserver@feddit.de 15 points 1 year ago (5 children)

The mod likely didn't come back, but reddit just used his account...

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[–] randomperson@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And why exactly a_knife isn't removed by top mod for that?

[–] minnieo@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Because reddit wants the protest to stop and they will ONLY support mods who will comply/want to stop it. As I said in my post

"Funny thing is, Reddit will likely boot the 3 of them, and make a_knife top mod, which is DIRECTLY AGAINST their claims to remove any mods making unilateral decisions, because of course, it only applies if that unilateral decision is to go private. Spread the word"

[–] ttzera@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

I believe that person was the top mod, they were just inactive

[–] Radicalized@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Quite frankly, y’all moderators are dumb as dirt if you let this happen. It’s obvious that this would happen (and will continue to happen) and it’s been obvious since the 48 blackout was announced. The top moderator of each participating subreddit should have removed all the other mods (even just temporarily) before they shut things down β€” to ensure no one could pull this move. And then even if Reddit did force the reopening, there’d be no one there to moderate it.

[–] Nougat@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Except that's not how that works. Reddit mods are tiered. If the top mod is idle - happens all the time - nobody can remove them, and they can come back at any point and do whatever with impunity.

[–] minnieo@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

That was then, this is now. We can't change the past, we can't change the 48 hour business, all we can do is continue to fight back. This isn't helpful.

[–] Aeonx@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I thought about this, I was 100% surprised that mods didn't plan for it as soon as Spez said he would do it.

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[–] Lockely@pawb.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

a_knife is a powermod sitting on 35+ subs and squatting. He just removed all the other moderators as of 10mins ago.I'm sure reddit will rectify this immediately. /sarcasm

[–] minnieo@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

FOR REAL? if this is true i will edit my post and add it.
edit: its true

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So what you're saying is that r/Starbucks effectively has no mods?

[–] ttzera@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

One person that was an inactive mod took over and removed all the mods that were taking care of the subreddit previously. So pretty much yes.

[–] theblueredditrefugee@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We could easily ruin that subreddit by posting garbage there LOL

[–] density@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

This is the answer.

You want to mod all by yourself...? Ok

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