The dev of an alternate site Squabbles, makes an announcement post stating that their site now has Titles when making a post.
Mod states: “this is a rule 2 violation”, aka 30 days cool off period to promote an alternative by a user*.* The sidebar rule actually doesn’t mention anything about the 30 days cool off period.
When called out, the mod clarifies: “ugh sorry i see the confusion. sidebar rule 2”:
Do not post official updates, changes, or announcements for a reddit alternative if a previous update, change, or announcement was posted here for that same alternative in the last 30 days, or the alternative was first posted here less than 30 days ago, unless exceptional circumstances warrant it.
When a user calls out the mod for power tripping, they respond: “how does a daily squabbles post sound to you?”
When a user states that the whole purpose of the sub is to let users know about Reddit Alternatives, the mod responds: “hurr durr we should just have no rules and no moderation. it’ll be like craigslist but even better!”
When another user states in a civil manner with a suggestion that once a day or once a week should be reasonable, the mod responds: “it’s per poster, fucktard”
Squabbles dev suggests: “Thanks for the heads up. Though I think 30 days is too much. If you don’t mind a suggestion, I think 2 weeks seems to be more reasonable? There are a lot of people who visit sporadically or for the first time that won’t see a lot of these posts.”
To which the mod responds: “nope, you’re a shameful spammer that should focus on your product instead of marketing it”
The dev clarifies: “I work on my product 8+ hours a day. In your ideal world “you build it, and they will come” but that’s just not true in the real world. And I’ve only posted a few times in the past few weeks in here. You’ve also been giving preferential treatment to pretty much every other alternative here. They’ve ALL posted many official updates and you haven’t touched them. You even deleted an organic post with 1k upvotes and 20 awards when we had our first jump in users. I posted once in a week and you tell me I’m violating a rule that every other alternative has been breaking constantly.”
Mod rage quits: “spam away, i quit this sub. you know the rule says 30 days.”
Another farewell comment by the mod: "enjoy the spam fest. i quit."
The Drama Keeps On Giving. The Mod Has Made Their Way To Squabbles Also It Seems, To Give Their Valuable Opinion.
Eventually, he deleted his comments, but here is the direct link to the Squabbles thread
boxcar@exploding-heads.com 9 months ago
i clicked on the link and found out chris christie is using imgur right now.
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^^^ @ALICE you see what I did there… hey @ALICE! I made a funny about Chris Christie. ;)