Grimy@lemmy.world to Unpopular Opinion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoI don't think a person who built a shadowban malware list and slipped in a DDoS attack in his farewell message should be a mod on this community.message-squaremessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up1272arrow-down128file-text
arrow-up1244arrow-down1message-squareI don't think a person who built a shadowban malware list and slipped in a DDoS attack in his farewell message should be a mod on this community.Grimy@lemmy.world to Unpopular Opinion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square36linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareharrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·4 days agoHe says he did. But he quit last year and came back two weeks later. Plus he has a bunch of alts on other instances.
minus-squareScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·4 days agoThat doesn’t sound like a normal mod. That sounds like someone paid to do a job. Like a disinfo agent manipulating information. Who tf had time for that?
minus-squareharrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 days agoExactly. Dude was running at least one instance, modding a bunch of communities, running a bunch of alt accounts, and building Tesseract with a super long and very specific blocklist. Paid actor or independently wealthy.
minus-squareScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·4 days agoGlad someome else sees that as a possible scenario. Since nobody else said anything, I was about to take my tin foil hat and sit in the corner alone.
minus-squareharrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoI got you. I’ll grab my tinfoil hat and join you.
He says he did. But he quit last year and came back two weeks later. Plus he has a bunch of alts on other instances.
That doesn’t sound like a normal mod. That sounds like someone paid to do a job. Like a disinfo agent manipulating information.
Who tf had time for that?
Exactly. Dude was running at least one instance, modding a bunch of communities, running a bunch of alt accounts, and building Tesseract with a super long and very specific blocklist.
Paid actor or independently wealthy.
Glad someome else sees that as a possible scenario. Since nobody else said anything, I was about to take my tin foil hat and sit in the corner alone.
I got you. I’ll grab my tinfoil hat and join you.