571

Reddit /r/piracy in turmoil as a mod caught taking bribes to promote posts (www.reddit.com)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

107 comments fedilink hide all child comments

All the principled pirates have jumped ship to lemmy so it was bound to happen sooner than later.

(page 2) 50 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[-] Algernon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 months ago

I thought I wasn’t gonna give a shit about this, but it was quite enjoyable. Too bad, so sad! Looks like that guy’s discord is now well known for the wrong reasons…

[-] xnx@slrpnk.net 9 points 3 months ago

Can someone post the picture here can’t read it on the web version

load more comments (6 replies)

[-] CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 months ago

fuck reddit lmao

[-] H_GG@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 months ago

I read that the (banned) member joined reddit a short time ago, I wonder how he became a mod

[-] hurtn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 months ago

sucked cock

[-] FeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 months ago

Least controversial day on Reddit.

[-] lemmyaccount01@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago

I'm not going to reddit can someone explain what it is ? Somebody paid a mod to promote a website ? what posts ? I don't even know how reddit works exactly. Are promoted posts not allowed or very obvious ? They didn't disclose ?

[-] DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

This is a copy and paste from one of the mods of r/Piracy:

The mod u/ Furdiburd10 who manually approved and stickied the post has been removed from the mod team. Reddit's spam filter actually caught it early on and the community helped mass report. They also fully censored comments from yall calling it out.

Sorry we let this slip. This shit happened seven years ago too for folks that were around that time: https://torrentfreak.com/reddits-piracy-sub-reddit-reopens-after-mutiny-shutdown-170523/

Edit: If you were banned by this loser or muted, please DM me and I'll comb through the logs and work on reinstating you back.

[-] kirbowo808@kbin.melroy.org 6 points 3 months ago

The fact that even happened tbh is insane tbh, but I’m so glad that people are now jumping ship tbh esp what the dumb decisions Reddit has made in the past couple of years.

load more comments (6 replies)

[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 5 points 3 months ago

I took a bribe on my Minecraft server once. Although I made them change it from going to me to being a direct donation and keeping it a secret. I also confirmed it with the owner who was basically paying for it out of pocket lol. Good times.