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If it was just the swearing at /u/spez comments, they've been doing that for literally months now, including some very long threads with little else as content
by Natsu 10y ago
If it was just the swearing at /u/spez comments, they've been doing that for literally months now, including some very long threads with little else as content over various other controversies.
The new part is that people started calling him a pedo supporter for banning /r/pizzagate last night, which was an anti-pedophile sub subject to much controversy over allegations of doxing, while allegedly allowing pro-pedophile subs to exist.
So /u/Spez took it out on the admins of /r/The_Donald, which is where most of the discussion was gathered after the /r/pizzagate ban due to a sticky post about it moving to Voat's /v/pizzagate where it quickly became a featured sub.
I don't remember which was the alleged pro-pedo sub nor have I visited that sub myself to see what was there, I just saw many angry comments mentioning some sub (pedochat? something like that) while watching the subreddit drama unfold. So basically this is another bit of mod drama and another influx to Voat.
As for unprofessional vs. nefarious, I think many people are upset that this is something a single rogue admin can do. At better run places, no one person would hold all the keys. And given how someone's reputation could be ruined by a bit of invisible editing, leaving one to get hounded by SRS or whomever, well it's hard not to be uncomfortable that it's apparently something an admin could just do on a lark.
That said, I hope the story is more complicated than that (he likely does have some very special access, etc.), but it really only exacerbates the trust issues they have over there, which is about the last thing they need.