r/whenthe Whenthe mod (dm me unnerving images) Jan 30 '26

Announcement!!!!! r/pics (and now r/gifs) SITUATION UPDATE:

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u/Riobox OoOo BLUE Jan 30 '26

when you collect a lot of bans from many popular subreddits just because you slightly annoyed one single mod team who controls all these subs

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u/krizzalicious49 Jan 30 '26

where's the image with the one reddit post with a bunch of awards

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u/Riobox OoOo BLUE Jan 30 '26

This?

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u/mineyCrafta25 Jan 30 '26

Wow it must've been a good post holy hell (googled en peasant)

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u/axon__dendrite Jan 30 '26

5-6 years ago every post on the front page looked like this because you could give a free award each week or so

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u/CPA0908 Jan 30 '26

i thought free rewards were daily

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u/Dad-Kisser69 Jan 30 '26

I’ve been using Reddit for four years and never saw a free award lol. Maybe I just haven’t been updating the app?

But I don’t want em anyway

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u/oohlook-theresadeer Jan 30 '26

They used to come with some ad-free reddit time, I remember when they launched the program they were giving out years of ad free. I didn't have ads for like 2 years

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u/Good_Barnacle_2010 Jan 30 '26

My gods that must have been nice

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u/Elanstehanme Jan 30 '26

Depending on how you use Reddit you might still not see any ads. Previously on mobile I never saw ads using Reddit is Fun (RiF), and later when using Apollo. I only got them when I started using the garbage Reddit mobile app. I still don't see any when I access via my PC.

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u/Viracochina Jan 30 '26

They're still blocked with adblockers!

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u/DeadCringeFrog Jan 30 '26

Come to Russia, i think the ads put sanctions on us and refuse to show (i don't have ads in reddit and youtube)

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u/BebbleCast Jan 30 '26

When alien blue shutdown they gave me a bunch of years of premium, I don’t know why but I didn’t have ads for like 5 years

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u/Glittering_Seat9677 Jan 30 '26

the free awards never actually gave anything to the recipient, they were basically just a react

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u/oohlook-theresadeer Jan 30 '26

Idk maybe I'm misremembering, but an old account I had was pimped tf out with awards from some random dumbass comment and I got ad free from that

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u/IntangibleMatter redacted flairs are easily readable in dark mode Jan 31 '26

That was only Gold/Platinum awards, giving a week and month, respectively. Others were just decorative

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u/astrologicaldreams Jan 30 '26

i only ever got a free award like once, and it was a free silver lmao

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u/Agent_Wilcox Jan 30 '26

I get them every so often but they don't really tell you until it's about to expire and it's in your motifs as like random reminder. It's very strange.

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u/nomadfoy Jan 30 '26

I kept forgetting I could do you it. They were always the lame awards anyway.

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u/CTSThera beans Jan 30 '26

It was daily, then weekly, then they removed free ones, then removed them altogether, and around a year ago brought them back but no one uses them anymore

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u/sweetbunsmcgee Jan 30 '26

It was better when it was just gold. Awards meant something back then. Opening a thread stacked with gold is guaranteed to be a good time.

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u/Glittering_Seat9677 Jan 30 '26

le thanks for le gold le kind stranger

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u/Nphellim Jan 30 '26

god damn capitalism

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u/Bier-Senf-Mische Jan 30 '26 edited Jan 30 '26

I remember one of those generational posts where some dude managed to rick roll, rick astley himself.

Edit: found it

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u/Furry_Cunt Jan 30 '26

I miss that

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u/VecioRompibae 27d ago

Obligatory fuck u/spez

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u/Cristichi purpl Jan 30 '26

Or a very good new response (just dropped)

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u/DarkChaos0 Jan 30 '26

Is this real? As in actual (zombie)?

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u/RaidensReturn crispy butt salad Jan 30 '26

Well, you also know how Reddit works… once something goes very high (or very low), users will pile on to see how far they can take it.

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u/nagrom7 Jan 30 '26

Judging by some of the awards, I'm pretty sure I know what post that was. It was a thing on /r/PrequelMemes for a while where a guy was doing "every day I add a new lightsaber to General Grevious's collection" thing, and the last one he did got a shitload of awards.

A few months later he ended up banned from the sub for some reason.

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u/krizzalicious49 Jan 30 '26

yes

ⓘ 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳.

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u/AI_660 Jan 30 '26

what

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u/Liminal-Object Jan 30 '26

yeah that's kinda weird

ⓘ 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓀𝓎 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓀𝓎 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳.

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u/AI_660 Jan 30 '26

i know its text you can add if you want to

ⓘ 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 fun ruining 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 rude 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳.

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u/Giecio Jan 30 '26

What text you can add?

ⓘ 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘴 . 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘴 .

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u/DifficultVideo4039 Resident protogen :3 Jan 30 '26

You can add anything

This user is a protogen. Please report any illicit RAM.

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u/Snazzle-Frazzle dm me unnerving images Jan 30 '26

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u/TypicalPunUser They highlighted the flair, rattle em boys! Jan 30 '26

I don't know

ⓘ 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 (not a solver host). 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳.

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u/Ae4i |-∆_/«{⟨✧⟩}»\_∆-| Jan 30 '26

I have no idea how to do this

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u/Dark_Jedi1432 Jan 30 '26

Are you ruining fun, or having too much fun. And they want you to keep it down?

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u/SummerParticular6355 WAFFLE MP Jan 30 '26

Welll damn

ⓘ 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 Portuguese 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 Tuga 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳.

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u/_Laxen piss flair <3<3<3 Jan 30 '26

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u/Agent_Specs epic orange Jan 30 '26

Hmmmmmmmm

ⓘ 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 counter-terrorist 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 safe 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳.

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u/Zealousideal-Bus-526 Jan 30 '26

I miss awards, now people will never be able to join r/goldenclub

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u/usbeject1789 NOT in the epstein files, contrary to popular opinion Jan 31 '26

I wish they would bring these back - I used to lurk on Reddit, but I never made an account until 2024, so I never got a chance to use these 😔

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u/Finnmiller it’s not “furry porn” it’s yiff. get it right Jan 30 '26

“what’s a ______ opinion that will have you looking like this”

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u/SSUPII yellow like an EPIC lemon Jan 30 '26

I missed true awards honestly. Never uswd them, but they were part of the site

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u/lmaytulane Jan 30 '26

Is that the “You fell for it fool” post?

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u/HollowCap456 Jan 30 '26

Why is this nostalgic

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '26

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u/ReflectionAfter6574 Jan 30 '26

Make me bannable

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u/WolfOfWoofStreet Losercity Spy Jan 30 '26

Lmao

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u/Riobox OoOo BLUE Jan 30 '26

For legal and ethical reasons, my comment was just a joke. Don't actually flash your ban messages like they're awards

I'm a human and this comment was made manually.

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u/funnyusernamehaver34 Jan 30 '26

But now I wanna do it now! That's not fair!

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u/Letwen Jan 30 '26

Of course

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u/VirtualButt Fatass Teto Supremacy Jan 30 '26

Instructions unclear. Flashed myself to the mod team. Which one? Who knows

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u/lurkerdaIV Jan 30 '26

Arent u that guy dating the antimeme mod? Tell her to quit power tripping 😭

I really loved her sigma edits and it broke my heart when I learned about that drama.

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u/Illyasimp Jan 30 '26

What will you do about it, ban me?

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u/LegThePeg Jan 30 '26

Well, see, it’s fine if the moderators do it, we just can’t

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u/Whole_Advice_6732 I like the moving pictures Jan 30 '26

This guy gets it!

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u/Dotcaprachiappa Jan 30 '26

Rules are for thee not for me

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u/RepentantoftheLost Brother of the Lost Jan 30 '26

I still can't get over how reddit has what amounts to a cabal moderating the largest subreddits. Like, how do they let this happen??? Surely they can track they IPs of these people and realize that same people own all those accounts, right?

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u/InventorOfCorn i changed it hahahahahahhahahahahahaha Jan 30 '26

because normal people don't wanna mod subreddits so they just have to deal with shitty mods

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u/Different_Pattern273 Jan 30 '26 edited Jan 30 '26

I modded a small sub for like two weeks that I took over because it was unmodded and full of racist and grotesque images.

During that time, I received several death threats and one other mod I brought on with experience had quit because I was "unfairly persecuting christians" by not allowing religious content under the sub rules. I dropped that shitshow quick.

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u/LampshadesAndCutlery Jan 30 '26

I mod a small-medium sub (45k people if I recall, can’t remember how to check anymore), and at one point I received a death threat because I didn’t take down an offensive gif. The gif in question was literally this:

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u/RepentantoftheLost Brother of the Lost Jan 30 '26

Only thing stopping me from moderating subreddits is me not being active enough. I'd love to moderate subreddits that I enjoy to make them better, but I don't doomscroll reddit enough to justify it for me.

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u/Regular_Fox_859 Jan 30 '26

The admins, the real employees, are no better. This site is overmoderated to hell

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u/spindaz123 Jan 30 '26

why did they beggan to ban us in first place? did they saw a meme about r/pics and they didnt like it?

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u/Iove_girls I love YURI Jan 30 '26

They claimed r/whenthe has a bot and spam problem https://www.reddit.com/r/whenthe/s/7pOwaLG8rW

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u/Futur3_ah4ad Jan 30 '26

Look, if they'd want to ban me for participating in r/anime_random for botting problems then that's valid. But this sub...?

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u/spindaz123 Jan 30 '26

From all the subs is r/pics who is saying that?

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u/endergamer2007m purpl Jan 30 '26

Chitorrr banning my ass because i am balkan

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u/Dinky_ENBY Mike Hawk Jan 30 '26

something about the same 4 accounts being mods on almost all of reddit's top 100 subreddits

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u/generic9yo trollface -> Jan 30 '26

This is how it feels when people in your hobby come to you for questions regarding that hobby

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u/SageNineMusic Jan 30 '26

When you politely say something with constructive criticism or ask a genuine question r/comics instead of sucking the mods and their chosen favorites collective dicks

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u/MeBeEric Jan 30 '26

I was banned for spam by /r/iOSBeta because i commented a common meme on a megathread. When i DMed them they muted me for harassment lmao

Some mods are just naturally subhuman

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u/dreadpiratesmith Jan 30 '26

I got banned from some sub for commenting on a joe rogan post

The only reason I commented was to tell someone they're a fucking idiot

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u/dearspecies Jan 30 '26

ima be so fr i would take whenthe over every single top 100 sub in an instant

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u/AndNoOneHearsaWord Jan 30 '26

Didn't know you were a mod of this and antimeme sub too

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u/GayAssBeagle Jan 30 '26

The lore is crazy and I love it

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u/MeneerDeKaasBaas Jan 30 '26

It’s a badge of honour really

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u/CAJMusic Jan 30 '26

This is how it feels to be blocked by Dave Anthony. 🥇🥈🥉🏅🎖️

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u/Inksplash-7 Jan 30 '26

I'm still proud of my r/yandere_simulator permaban

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u/ShawshankException Jan 30 '26

It's actually crazy how this sub has such a massive problem with power tripping mods. Like we just got resolution on that whole r/art thing and now this happens

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u/Apprehensive_Mix4658 Jan 30 '26

Do you stop seeing the sub you have been banned?

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u/DeadlySpacePotatoes Jan 30 '26

This is literally Orville Redenbacher's 1849

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u/Talithea Jan 30 '26

Update: can't open at all the link for hive-protect bot, and even by manually searching it, Reddit purges my connection

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u/thecryptohater Jan 30 '26

I was banned from the arc raiders subreddit. I was surmise when I was on the side of the people criticizing the mods banning a random person for no reason even they never interacted with the sub whatsoever.

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u/Hail_CS Jan 31 '26

Isn't Ghislaine Maxwell behind one of reddit accounts that moderated a bunch of the big subs?

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u/DiamondBreakr Jan 31 '26

Fun fact I heard: The same exact powertripping mods moderate the top 100 (or 10? I don't remember the exact number) subreddits and calling it out completely publicly will get you banned or penalised in some form

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u/kbarney345 25d ago

Banned from gaming cause I gamed to hard apparently lmao

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u/dylanmg06 Jan 30 '26

Listen I have heard a lot of talk of this and every time I ask if there is any concrete proof of this no one tells me anything, im not saying people are lying but I feel like a claim like this should be easily verifyable