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It's a weird fall from grace for violentacrez. Redditors, in general, loved what he did. His subreddits were hugely popular; /r/jailbait was once voted subredd

by aes256 14y ago

It's a weird fall from grace for violentacrez. Redditors, in general, loved what he did. His subreddits were hugely popular; /r/jailbait was once voted subreddit of the year by the community, and he himself was once moderator of the year. Now he has been unmasked he is facing the wrath of the wider population, which doesn't 'get' Internet humor, the tongue-in-cheek nature of trolling, will never admit to finding teenagers attractive, etc. Meanwhile, in distancing themselves from him, the Reddit staff have thrown him under the bus. You can see why it's tricky for him. Part of me thinks he doesn't really have anything to apologize for.

naner 14y ago
The demographic of Reddit that enjoyed what he did (or at least thought is was funny or exercising "free speech") has been consistenly getting smaller and less influential as Reddit has gained more mainstream popularity. Reddit's employees never really loved the guy (AFAICT) but they tolerated him because he moderated and kept illegal content out of his subreddits and they sure as hell didn't want to touch any of that stuff. Violentacrez turned on Reddit as soon as he was outed, looking for any scapegoat to take some of the pressure off of himself. All things considered, I'm not suprised that Reddit is not backing him up.
- aes256 14y ago
  I don't think violentacrez is using Reddit as a scapegoat. I think he's genuinely and understandably surprised by the outrage. It's that transition from being hailed as an Internet hero to being derided as a vile monster that has just left him bewildered. From what I understand he was instrumental in driving traffic to the site in the early days, and contributed a great deal to not only moderating his own subreddits (including many of the most popular subreddits) but training other moderators. An awful lot of people held violentacrez in high regard despite his controversial antics, but now this has all blown up in the media, violentacrez himself is being used as a scapegoat.

by aes256 14y ago

naner 14y ago

The demographic of Reddit that enjoyed what he did (or at least thought is was funny or exercising "free speech") has been consistenly getting smaller and less influential as Reddit has gained more mainstream popularity. Reddit's employees never really loved the guy (AFAICT) but they tolerated him because he moderated and kept illegal content out of his subreddits and they sure as hell didn't want to touch any of that stuff. Violentacrez turned on Reddit as soon as he was outed, looking for any scapegoat to take some of the pressure off of himself. All things considered, I'm not suprised that Reddit is not backing him up.

aes256 14y ago
I don't think violentacrez is using Reddit as a scapegoat. I think he's genuinely and understandably surprised by the outrage. It's that transition from being hailed as an Internet hero to being derided as a vile monster that has just left him bewildered. From what I understand he was instrumental in driving traffic to the site in the early days, and contributed a great deal to not only moderating his own subreddits (including many of the most popular subreddits) but training other moderators. An awful lot of people held violentacrez in high regard despite his controversial antics, but now this has all blown up in the media, violentacrez himself is being used as a scapegoat.