Case 1
Moderator carrotcypher says “removed for paywall.” When asked about which rule this breaks, receives no response. The post is then locked.
Case 2
Same as the first, except this time there is no paywall - the link is to a freely accessible advocate.com page.
It is censored with no explanation.
Case 3
Same as Case 2, moderators censor the post and leave no explanation.
Case 4
This one is finally given a removal reason: a rule that does not exist in the sidebar, and seems to have nothing to do with the post (“Your post has been removed for being too specific to a company or single product.”)
But in a censored comment, the OP of the post says they received a different removal reason:
This time, other people notice the censorship and the nonsensical nature of the official removal reason.
Since this removal, there has been no further post of this news in r/privacy. Sources tell me the moderators refuse to explain their decision.
Carrotcypher is one of the moderators of the FOSStodon server.
https://hub.fosstodon.org/team/
Carrotcypher also moderates over 50 other subreddits, and is often the top active moderator on them. Here are some of those subreddits, from most to less popular:
I presume the FOSStodon admins, as well as some of the moderators in the subreddits that aren’t fully taken over, are not aware of this activity.
Here are some other assorted notes:
Well I know which Mastodon server I’m blocking now. I feel like I should bring this to @[email protected]’s attention because I can see this person from the blahaj.zone Sharkey instance (have since blocked carrotcypher and muted fosstodon).
Perhaps you would consider block fosstodon.org as a whole, Ada? Thank you for your consideration.
Malignant power-tripping asshole this guy. And also a Nazi. Who would’ve guessed?