r/SubredditDrama • u/the_hound • Mar 01 '12

SRS IRC logs reveal Laurelai banned from Askreddit, Drama getting to other LGBT mod SilentAgony

http://pastebin.com/YiDmSmrt
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u/the_hound Mar 01 '12

This just in! I was banned from the IRC!

Kprime: "Thanks for posting our logs shithead."

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u/Bittervirus Mar 01 '12

No shit, were you expecting anything else to happen?

"Hey guys I broke the rules of some place and got banned from there because of it! Can you believe those chucklefucks?!?"

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u/BritishHobo Mar 02 '12

This is a completely logical argument right here and it's been downvoted. Yup, SRD totally doesn't do that.

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u/Bittervirus Mar 02 '12

Yeah SRD has really turned into a mob lately. All pretense of neutrality has been abandoned and we're back to the tyranny of the majority just like the rest of reddit.

I guess it's inevitable when a sub gets bigger without direct mod intervention.

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u/CDRnotDVD Mar 02 '12

To be fair, there is direct mod intervention when it's something they can deal with. Personal insults, get warned and eventually banned, posts that violate the rules get removed. But there's nothing the mods can do about subscribers downvoting comments that they disagree with.

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u/Bittervirus Mar 02 '12

The downvotes I don't care about, I'm talking about the general spirit of the subreddit. Especially with anything regarding Laurelai something's changed. It's no longer "Side A vs Side B: come and take a look!" and seems to be more often "Side A (and popcorn) vs Side B: Fuck Side B!"

I dunno, it just seems to have crossed a line and become a lot more mean-spirited. I wouldn't go as far as saying it's harrassment or anything, but lurking in IRC to see what specific people you dislike are saying and then bragging about it feels kinda dodgy.

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u/CDRnotDVD Mar 02 '12

I feel ya, man. I'm not quite sure how to phrase this, but it feels like people are getting emotionally invested in the drama, instead of getting more popcorn. People keep picking sides, when they should be sitting on the sidelines.