EDIT: I've been permanently banned for "brigading".
Luckily I can edit this.
I am literally my own person, it really does not take a genious to see that this is pure power tripping abuse.
Attempting to categorise your own behaviour as "fake drama from the same 2 users" when it's pretty clear cut in this post alone that your behaviour and power tripping has been addressed by much more than just... two.
ORIGINAL POST STARTS HERE.
I've recently gone down a rabbithole and a half due a single link from one person on this reddit, and the owner and perhaps only moderator for this reddit, has been abusive, toxic, cross server reddit stalking and false banning people for quite literally no reason - as well as leaving a giant trail over the last few months that make it extremely easy to prove.
Part A.
https://www.reddit.com/r/gmod/comments/1sg342p/gmods_spiritual_successor_sboxs_official_reddit/
The owner has been banning people who have not specifically broke the rules of this reddit, as well as following them to seperate reddits completely unrelated within MINUTES of them posting, to subreddits they haven't posted in for years. ( as well as failing to disclose on that reddit he even was the person in question, before the community there exposed.
A lot of their posts and responses in the reddit they followed the user to, have been deleted by the Gmod moderation team for harassment. If we can let that sink in.
Now for the kicker, this is what got the dude banned off the reddit.
THIS is what got a dude banned from the reddit.
Does that seem right to you? So you'd suspect there'd be an actual reason. Well according to the owner, "no it wasn't that - it was actually this "
I'm sorry? I've messaged Imaginary_Taste and they are still currently banned from this reddit.
They have disclosed, in their entirety, everything as well as the reason they were banned from this reddit in the comments.
The person behind this ban, is completely in the wrong and there's not even a question about it. It genuinely makes me wonder how many other accounts have vanished from S&box's reddit simply due to the "perceived damage" it would do to Sandbox.
PART B.
Someone, today, who responded to their post is being accused (and, is now banned since I've dmd them) - of stalking and harassing the owner in question, with literally no evidence. (which also lead me on the rabbithole).
This person below, is then accused of being back from a ban - I think the owner in question has started to mix up accounts?
I've DMd the person below if they had more evidence, and Intelligent-Tone2367 has been BANNED by moderation, for this.
There's quite literally nothing here but a personal bias from the owner. Mow a Gardens creator has stated it was made in blender, according to the discord. Stretched normals / polygons are completely standard in making things stand out.
user was banned for this, a harassment claim with no backing
Part C
Just, a massive series of, manipulative, toxic as well as targetting specific games they personal feel as low effort / antagonizing them and rallying people to not play.
This reddit is quite literally, one of the main outlets and conversational hubs for a lot of people. I did not come to Sandbox's reddit for the owner of to perpetrate a level of elitism and be hateful towards people who enjoy games.
I don't care you don't like the game, if people are enjoying it, that's all that matters.
When asked to clarify in the subreddit that this ISN't an official subreddit, and that it is entirely unofficial even though it has FP members, instead of understanding the community they once again - start to antagonize.
Accusing people of arguing with him of being bots / multiple of the same account rather than confessing he's straight up wrong.
I mean at this point I can just keep scrolling, him arguing against basic clarification is a strange but consistent trait.
As well as acting that their opinions on "popular" games are objective...?
I'm pretty much completely sure that his post is going to get taken down, but at least I'll be able to link it to others in regards to this person in question.
I am pretty sure what has happened here has broken reddits tos of "moderate with integrity.", as well as maybe a few others.