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The user's post history (now purged by the user) was almost entirely shilling for "dogebonk" cryptocurrency, often in disingenuous ways. Like this from the last

The user's post history (now purged by the user) was almost entirely shilling for "dogebonk" cryptocurrency, often in disingenuous ways. Like this from the last two days: https://i.imgur.com/VvuRBTZ.png https://i.imgur.com/VvuRBTZ.png Asking for 100k doge ($17k) feels extreme enough that the mod is saying "get lost" rather than making a legitimate offer. Given the tweet's use of #DogeBonk and #DOBO hashtags, it's probably an attempt to stir up drama to get more interest in the cryptocurrency that they've invested in. Unfortunate that the mod's joking reply feeds into that.

dredmorbius 5y ago
Plausible. Of course, the first things lost online are context, subtlty, and irony.
winternett 5y ago
Doesn't surprise me at all, actually would not be surprised if this isn't wide-scale practice across Reddit. I was banned once my own sub began to gain traction on the platform, and my 3 other (completely unrelated) accounts were banned as well. If you look at the reputation across those accounts built over years that suddenly vanished, it's easy to see how one would willingly pay to have them re activated by crooked admins. Reddit leadership knows this is happening, many subreddits have been banned and orphaned. Reddit also makes everyone upload their content to IMGUR instead of being able to point to youtube links, so technical the majority of their content isn't credited or linked to anything that can account for it. I chose to simply not go back really, just registered a lurk account. The quality of the site has tanked, and their IPO will likely not do much anyway. Karma always catches up with bad practice.... Spilled milk... I just maintain my own site now, which has all the features and better control/metrics for me anyway. On my own site I get much better views as well than I ever did on my Subreddit.
- treesprite82 5y ago
  To clarify, it was the banned user spamming dogebonk cryptocurrency posts - not the mod. I don't think there's any wrongful behavior on part of the mod, assuming the offer was a joke. If someone banned you and your 3 alts then I believe that would've been an admin (paid reddit employee). Subreddit mods (volunteers) can only prevent you posting in the subreddit(s) they moderate, and can't see your IP or anything. Reddit as a whole doesn't forbid Youtube videos. Some specific subreddits may disallow videos.

dredmorbius 5y ago

Plausible. Of course, the first things lost online are context, subtlty, and irony.

winternett 5y ago

Doesn't surprise me at all, actually would not be surprised if this isn't wide-scale practice across Reddit. I was banned once my own sub began to gain traction on the platform, and my 3 other (completely unrelated) accounts were banned as well. If you look at the reputation across those accounts built over years that suddenly vanished, it's easy to see how one would willingly pay to have them re activated by crooked admins. Reddit leadership knows this is happening, many subreddits have been banned and orphaned. Reddit also makes everyone upload their content to IMGUR instead of being able to point to youtube links, so technical the majority of their content isn't credited or linked to anything that can account for it. I chose to simply not go back really, just registered a lurk account. The quality of the site has tanked, and their IPO will likely not do much anyway. Karma always catches up with bad practice.... Spilled milk... I just maintain my own site now, which has all the features and better control/metrics for me anyway. On my own site I get much better views as well than I ever did on my Subreddit.

treesprite82 5y ago
To clarify, it was the banned user spamming dogebonk cryptocurrency posts - not the mod. I don't think there's any wrongful behavior on part of the mod, assuming the offer was a joke. If someone banned you and your 3 alts then I believe that would've been an admin (paid reddit employee). Subreddit mods (volunteers) can only prevent you posting in the subreddit(s) they moderate, and can't see your IP or anything. Reddit as a whole doesn't forbid Youtube videos. Some specific subreddits may disallow videos.