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I know what you're talking about. I was also a mod myself on /r/Suomi (Finland) and quit after a rather serious incident. Other mods and users on far-right subs
by httpsterio 6y ago
I know what you're talking about. I was also a mod myself on /r/Suomi (Finland) and quit after a rather serious incident. Other mods and users on far-right subs started to compile a list of European subreddit moderators whom they deemed 'SJWs' and tried to gather as much personal information on everyone. Someone from that group leaked the documents to us and it was quite alarming. The scale, effort and hate that went into those documents was the most surprising thing.
Anyways, when our main mod got approached on the street and asked if he was /u/nickname on reddit and he replied yes, he got stabbed. That was the day I quit.
- exo-pla-net 6y agoHorrifying. Is there a news story on the stabbing?
- FilterSweep 6y agoI’m sorry you and your friend dealt with that. It’s not just geo subs that have this problem. A friend of mine who mods a number of comedy subs (of all things) showed me his mod mail that appeared to indicate systematic brigading from far right discord servers. They post extremist content in a bid to get the sub banned, and if it fails, they escalate harassment campaigns on the moderators
- CogentHedgehog 6y agoThis is the best argument I've seen for making it publicly anonymous which moderator took a specific action and maintaining a large pool of moderators. Bad actors can harass a community as a whole (and they do) but it's much harder for them to target specific moderators. The flipside is that moderators have to hold each other accountable for impartial enforcement of the rules.