https://www.reddit.com/r/xkcdcomic/comments/1wclrl/rxkcd_kerfuffle_megathread/
created by mattster42 on 28/01/2014 at 05:20 UTC
163 upvotes, 18 top-level comments (showing 18)
Okay, I'm removing most of the posts that have been made about the /r/xkcd situation and making this stickied post. Let's try to keep all discussion about this situation here, so that actual xkcd content can take precedence and not get drowned out by the meta posts.
Somehow this got blown up into a debate between what I assume are a couple of major camps in the reddit community. That's really not what I intended when I made this subreddit five months ago. I just wanted a place where we could laugh at xkcd comics and enjoy the discussion that ensued.
So this can be a place for us to discuss the situation over the next couple days, but we will eventually need to stop feeding the drama, forget about /r/xkcd, and just be /r/xkcdcomic.
Comment by [deleted] at 28/01/2014 at 12:24 UTC*
42 upvotes, 3 direct replies
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Comment by giziti at 28/01/2014 at 05:25 UTC
23 upvotes, 2 direct replies
So would you say, "Everything is back to normal"?
Comment by karma1337a at 28/01/2014 at 06:36 UTC
23 upvotes, 2 direct replies
I'll just go make some popcorn until someone explains what's going on.
Comment by [deleted] at 28/01/2014 at 17:57 UTC
21 upvotes, 4 direct replies
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Comment by Shanman150 at 28/01/2014 at 07:40 UTC
58 upvotes, 3 direct replies
I haven't seen anyone mention it yet, so I guess I'll point out that /u/soccer added 2 new mods. One from /r/Holocost and another who seems very MRA-ish. So I guess this is kind of a "screw you" back at us?
Comment by MetallicFire at 30/01/2014 at 02:27 UTC
16 upvotes, 2 direct replies
I'm pretty sure /r/xkcd is moving to approved submitters only, as I just received a message that I am an approved submitter.
Comment by KamensPoltergeist at 28/01/2014 at 07:55 UTC
33 upvotes, 3 direct replies
A campaign to PM people who post in /r/xkcd simply linking them to a short summary of what's happening would help dry up traffic over there.
Comment by PasswordIsntHAMSTER at 28/01/2014 at 20:24 UTC
17 upvotes, 2 direct replies
You guys should add /U/Wyboth as a mod, he earned it!
Comment by J4k0b42 at 29/01/2014 at 01:17 UTC
8 upvotes, 1 direct replies
So there's been an update that allows anyone to see what subs a user mods on their page, go look at what /u/soccer has.
Comment by Meltz014 at 28/01/2014 at 16:50 UTC
7 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Comment by alavios at 30/01/2014 at 18:43 UTC
7 upvotes, 1 direct replies
So submissions in /r/xkcd have been restricted[1]. Now, /r/xkcd is doing a huge favour to /r/xkcdcomic if you can't even post :/
1: http://i.imgur.com/rE83VN4.png
Comment by S_A_N_D_ at 28/01/2014 at 22:46 UTC
4 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Despite all that is going on and how much I would love to see the mods of /r/xkcd replaced, I think it would set a really bad precedent that may be used in the future over disagreements within subs.
Comment by heeero60 at 29/01/2014 at 12:43 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
It seems we are not alone[1].
Comment by dewboy99 at 29/01/2014 at 13:13 UTC
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Hey, I think the two threads discussing the situation over on /r/xkcd just got deleted from there, or I'm just seeing things.
Comment by [deleted] at 28/01/2014 at 13:57 UTC
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I'm not sure what this means, but the sidebar links are now going where they say they are again (that is, no longer going to the irrelevant subs but to the same subs linked here.) Since it's proven folly to hope that Soccer's learned his lesson, perhaps Flytape isn't on the same page as him?
Comment by heeero60 at 29/01/2014 at 10:42 UTC*
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Thank for pointing all of this out with the two posts on /r/xkcd, I had seen some stuff on SRD but did not really pay attention to it. What I havent been able to find though, is how all of this got started. What exactly happend that soccer could become the top mod?
Edit: apparently I am bad with acronyms.
Comment by [deleted] at 31/01/2014 at 15:02 UTC
-2 upvotes, 3 direct replies
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Comment by xkcdforever at 28/01/2014 at 05:34 UTC
-12 upvotes, 1 direct replies
http://www.reddit.com/r/xkcd/comments/1wclz0/you_cant_ban_all_of_us_forever_we_will_fight_for/
Join me in creating throwaways to protest! It takes 2 minutes, but if enough of us do it, we can overwhelm them.
