Powermod of over 1000 subs. Permanently online. Bans users for no reason and posts inflammatory comments and pins them in threads. One example - Do you remember the r/Art drama where the artist got her art removed by a mod who said it was AI art (it was not) and berated the artist for her style? Yep, that's awkwardtheturtle.
Basically the worst of the WORST of reddit mods with no life outside of reddit.
Oh that's interesting AF. I haven't REALLY been active on reddit for many years up until the recent drama, but even that shitstorm got my attention. Hadn't realized it was that guy.
By default, everyone's a guy on the internet unless stated otherwise. Some people just know the name and that they're a powermod and not much else. Also, they're apparently trans or claims to be, so there's a subset of people who'd misgender them on purpose.
That info from the petition saying awkwardtheturtle is another user is something that went around for a while, but it wasn’t true (unless there’s been a turn in that story).
awkwardtheturtle posted a selfie in the “centuryclub” subreddit (which only allowed people with over 100k link or comment karma in), and the person in the selfie definitely wasn’t the person people suspected awkwardtheturtle was.
The “proof” so many pointed to (including the petition) was a Vox article which was just repeating stuff from a Daily Beast article. The Daily Beast article never said the two were the same person, but the Vox article assumed they were. Probably because the head mod on a lot of subreddits that other person mods is/was awkwardtheturtle.
Is turtle just copy/pasting replies they've previously received from users they banned for whatever dumb reason? It literally reads like any of the threads I've seen complaining about their moderation.
This kind of person is the reason why I decided to mod one specific sub. Because I saw the shitshow that one person can make on a sub when going on a power trip. Once the dust have settled I'll give it to someone reasonable who wants to do it full time.
You should be cautious if one of the powertripper we have now is the admin of a sub you like. I think the max I've seen was 40~60 subs? What good do you think can come out of it?
btw, as someone mentioned, he is fuelling his own fire on /m/politicus, making it a rageclick fest all over again. This is the reason why I left reddit btw, because all the subs slowly turned into a rageclick show.
When you mod you set the tone, if you don't want a mirror of reddit then step up and set the tone yourself.
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