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View submission: Mod of WSB removed after deleting Gamestop related spam
Funny how shill is originally defined as those who offer unhealthy, obsessive levels of praise or worship to specific companies or corporations, but in that place you're labeled the shill for... *checks notes* not praising and worshiping one particular company?
Comment by poktanju at 07/01/2022 at 19:01 UTC
66 upvotes, 0 direct replies
not praising and worshiping
Not even that. You can be a shill for something even if you hate it, but not enough.
Comment by [deleted] at 07/01/2022 at 23:00 UTC
21 upvotes, 1 direct replies
A shill is originally someone who is secretly being paid to promote or defend something. Being a fanboy is not shilling.
Comment by Retiredape at 07/01/2022 at 22:06 UTC
-23 upvotes, 3 direct replies
Being obsessively against something is just as bad as being obsessively for something.
He was a mod, they can have their own opinions but their actions should be neutral with regards to their rules. He's been wrongfully removing posts for half a year. If they wanted to ban gme content in their rules they could have easily done so.