Comment by Wyboth on 28/01/2014 at 00:07 UTC*

151 upvotes, 14 direct replies (showing 14)

View submission: [Developing] Former /r/conspiracy mod /u/Flytape is added as a mod to /r/xkcd. Need I say more?

Kicked mod here. This has just gone from shitty to shittier. Randall Munroe has something in mind for these guys if things don't change. I'm not going to say what it is, because I don't want to spoil the fun.

Edit: Also, the users of /r/xkcd are now reposting every anti-conspiracy theory xkcd ever made on /r/xkcd. I love these guys.

Edit 2: A response to him blaming me for bringing SRS into the situation.

Edit 3: The mods are proving that /r/xkcd is a free speech zone in the best way possible.

Edit 4: Here's some evidence of their censorship. Thread before.[1] Thread after.[2]

1: http://redditlog.com/snapshots/167853

2: http://www.reddit.com/r/xkcd/comments/1wce5c/my_favorite_quote_by_randall_the_xkcd_creator_on/

Edit 5: Flytape is a survivalist?![3] A-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

3: http://www.reddit.com/r/TheSurvivalGuide/about/moderators

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Comment by [deleted] at 28/01/2014 at 01:16 UTC

40 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Splendid, I'll start your AMA. Why couldn't you accept that white male non-Jewish people are best people?

Comment by [deleted] at 28/01/2014 at 00:24 UTC*

57 upvotes, 7 direct replies

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Comment by BipolarBear0 at 28/01/2014 at 17:11 UTC

16 upvotes, 1 direct replies

It's funny, man. I have a pretty storied history with conspiracy theorists, often revolving around the issue of 'censorship'. I can't tell you how many times I've received death threats, harassing PMs or just general hate because people decry me as censoring things (I moderate /r/news and enforce our subreddit rules, crazy shit right?), removing comments, etc. Hell, Flytape was one of the main ringleaders of the massive witch hunt I received when I banned a holocaust denier from /r/news - decrying it because, of course, 'censorship'. They really claim to hate censorship.

And now you see these conspiracy theorists literally engaging in actual censorship. Banning users who disagree, removing posts, and hiding any mention to /r/XKCDComic. And it's funny, because it shows the true nature of these sorts of conspiracy theorists who are acting in such detriment to your subreddit. They don't care about censorship, they just want to have a steady argument to scream at the top of their lungs whenever someone does something they don't like. It's antisocial behaviour at its finest. They never learned how to communicate with other normal human beings, so they shift to cognitive dissonance as a way to win arguments by war of attrition.

Comment by [deleted] at 28/01/2014 at 09:07 UTC

9 upvotes, 0 direct replies

My body is ready. My tissue supply... less so. Can't wait for this gloriousness.

Comment by 3DBeerGoggles at 28/01/2014 at 17:55 UTC

9 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I'm all about free speech[1]!

1: http://i.imgur.com/A9BKJxP.png

Sure FlyTape, we believe you... obviously all of these users deleted their comments out of embarrassment once you proved them wrong!

Comment by SexSellsCoffee at 28/01/2014 at 00:43 UTC

17 upvotes, 1 direct replies

This is great. The entire situation is almost as crazy as the conspiracy theorists. Look at what you have done lol

Comment by [deleted] at 28/01/2014 at 00:18 UTC

14 upvotes, 2 direct replies

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Comment by greenduch at 28/01/2014 at 03:13 UTC*

14 upvotes, 1 direct replies

You should see if the /r/xkcdcomic are maybe interested in helping you out somehow? Their CSS is better (though imo could use a smaller font). Maybe could migrate over there?

Edit: I'm dumb. Didn't realise r/xkcd was using eightnote's CSS now.

Comment by pimpst1ck at 29/01/2014 at 14:45 UTC

4 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Just FYI I thought I should issue some kind of apology to you. After all it was mine and /u/cordis_melum's actions against the /u/soccer and /u/flytape crowd that kind of got you caught up in this.

They're still the guilty ones, but I thought it was the decent thing to apologise.

Comment by [deleted] at 29/01/2014 at 19:02 UTC

3 upvotes, 1 direct replies