• The Quuuuuill
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    1811 months ago

    He was the moderator of a sub called “jailbait” for a long time. What’s less clear is if that was something he did on purpose or if someone else assigned him as a mod as a prank assuming he wouldn’t notice

    • @harmsy
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      911 months ago

      I always wondered why a subreddit like that was allowed to exist in the first place. I guess I have my answer now.

      • @nutt_goblin
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        711 months ago

        As I remember it, reddit got its start when “internet culture” was pretty heavily downstream of 4chan/somethingawful/ytmnd. And pedo-type behaviour was pretty normalized in those spaces.

    • @irreticent
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      411 months ago

      When someone invites you to become a moderator you have to click a couple times to accept. It was no accident.

      • @zalgo
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        911 months ago

        Not exactly. In the olden days of reddit no confirmation on your part was necessary.

        • @irreticent
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          211 months ago

          Oh, I didn’t know that. Thanks!

      • The Quuuuuill
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        211 months ago

        That wasn’t how it worked at first. Back when I first joined Reddit you could be made moderator of a sub by another user without confirmation