• @[email protected]
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    2211 months ago

    It’s nothing surprising to me. This is what I assume Reddit was like before heavy moderation of subs many years ago, and what gets on the front page.

    /r/trees used to be one of the most popular subreddits and used to frequently show up on /r/all (the ‘frontpage’ back then), followed by GoneWild communities iirc (at least that’s how it felt like, I mean Spez was a moderator for Jailbait after all) I think Lemmy just doesn’t hide it and so it’s easier for people to click on and such.

    • @Duchess
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      511 months ago

      what the fuck, spez was a moderator for jailbait?? on the /u/spez account or what?

      • Margot Robbie
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        311 months ago

        You used to be able to assign mod position to a user without them having to accept it on reddit.

        • @Duchess
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          411 months ago

          ah okay, so there’s no proof he actually participated in the community?

          • Margot Robbie
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            1011 months ago

            The reddit admins did give violentacrez, the top mod of r/jailbait and other porn subreddits, a special “pimp daddy” award, so they are all still really gross people, but I just think it’s important to criticize them for what they are actually responsible for.

            • @Duchess
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              111 months ago

              yeah i absolutely agree. if you start accusing people of shit they didn’t do then you lose all credibility.