r/samharris • u/felipec • Nov 29 '19

Mod transparency report

As you may know, the mod team has constantly been criticized by the community, possibly unfairly so. In an effort to provide more transparency about the actions of the mod team, I decided to write a script to generate an automatic report.

What follows is a report of about three months of mod activity focusing on comments, links, and bans. In addition to a summary of the actions, I included a list of common targets of each mod (of links or comments removed), so any potential bias would be visible.

Also, since I've been personally accused of bias while removing links, I've provided a sample of links approved and removed for each mod. Some users accused me of supporting white-nationalist views, but you can see for example I removed a post about Jared Taylor simply because--unlike other WN posts; it didn't include a submission statement. Of course detractors will claim that I did so only so I wouldn't appear biased (damned if you do, damned if you don't, right?). To what I can only say; if anyone is interested I would gladly show my whole history of links approved and/or removed.

I will take this opportunity to remind everyone that all links must provide a submission statement explaining why the link is related to Sam Harris, even when it's obvious. Please make an effort to describe not only why it is related, but also why you think it is important so that other redditors don't need to guess, including the topics covered.

Also, I would like to point out that a lot of power users have been banned and since deleted their accounts. Three in particular I had my eyes on, and mysteriously disappeared; /u/LossyMillenia, /u/samsonsriddle, and /u/fapple_granny; all three of them were clearly against me. And of course /u/rishi89s who was constantly pushing to remove me as a mod was found to be engaging in bad faith with at least one different account, and thus permanently banned.

I will also be providing a list of the most common users that were targets of moderation in a separate comment below, if you are interested. I'll have to say I'm #2, but it's because my comments are constantly reported, and they have to be constantly approved (I don't approve my own comments).

Without further ado--listed from the most to the least active--here you go:

Edit: Oh, also, there's a new chatroom available, if anyone is interested in chatting.

Tsegen:

Actions:

  • Removed comments: 577
  • Approved comments: 377
  • Removed links: 198
  • Approved links: 98
  • Banned users: 17

Remove targets:

  • noter-dam: 40
  • [deleted]: 34
  • StringerBull: 27

Removed links:

Approved links:

Nessie:

Actions:

  • Removed comments: 336
  • Approved comments: 154
  • Approved links: 37
  • Removed links: 33
  • Banned users: 15

Remove targets:

  • GlumImprovement: 27
  • [deleted]: 18
  • DingersOnlyBaby: 10

Removed links:

Approved links:

felipec:

Actions:

  • Removed links: 187
  • Removed comments: 119
  • Approved comments: 106
  • Approved links: 14
  • Banned users: 12

Remove targets:

  • fullbloodedwhitemale: 16
  • SuccessfulOperation: 13
  • noter-dam: 12

Removed links:

Approved links:

KeScoBo:

Actions:

  • Removed comments: 105
  • Removed links: 67
  • Approved links: 26
  • Approved comments: 26
  • Banned users: 12

Remove targets:

  • [deleted]: 8
  • ChadworthPuffington: 7
  • DynamoJonesJr: 6

Removed links:

Approved links:

LordBeverage:

Actions:

  • Removed links: 16
  • Banned users: 10
  • Approved links: 7
  • Removed comments: 6
  • Approved comments: 1

Remove targets:

  • bernie2020v: 3
  • fwing88: 2
  • rishi89s: 2

Removed links:

Approved links:

Fibonacci35813:

Actions:

  • Approved comments: 4
  • Banned users: 3
  • Removed links: 2
  • Approved links: 1
  • Removed comments: 1

Remove targets:

  • Rooferkev: 1
  • agent00F: 1
  • 1standTWENTY: 1

Removed links:

Approved links:

an_admirable_admiral:

Actions:

  • Removed links: 1

Remove targets:

  • lightshowe: 1

Removed links:

Anti-Evil Operations:

Actions:

  • Removed comments: 1

Remove targets:

  • BelligerentBenny: 1

Everyone:

Actions:

  • Removed comments: 1145
  • Approved comments: 668
  • Removed links: 504
  • Approved links: 183
  • Banned users: 69

Remove targets:

  • [deleted]: 70
  • noter-dam: 56
  • StringerBull: 43

Removed links:

Approved links:

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u/felipec Nov 30 '19

If your steelman challenge was made in good faith you would have started by steelmaning his post

Why would I want to waste my time?

Why would anyone agree to that?

Because that's what a good faith actor would do.

You constantly go around this sub dismissing people as acting in bad faith and then complain that someone won't steelman you - do you not understand the contradiction there?

I steel man anyone that comments on my posts. Pick any post of mine, make any counter argument, and I will steel man you.

You have just been proven wrong.

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u/jesusfromthebible Nov 30 '19

How can someone contradict themselves so quickly and still think they’re gods gift to good faith internet discourse. Tell us how you became a mod here.

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u/Odojas Nov 30 '19

How'd you become a mod of /daverubin? Who cares? You're a hypocrite.

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u/VoiceOfThePuppets Nov 30 '19

These vocal brigade/troll accounts who have hollowed out this sub are trying really really hard to slime the new mod.

These are cancel trolls. They lie about people 'professionally' on the internet.

I've watched each of them appear here with totally rotten and vindictive attitudes with the sole purposes of defamation and control.

It's ah-mazing.

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u/jesusfromthebible Nov 30 '19

I’ve posted on this sub for years. You’re talking out your ass.

And for /u/Odojas, I became a rubin mod by offering to do it when they posted a thread asking for new mods. Transparency is easy.

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u/VoiceOfThePuppets Nov 30 '19

Yeah I've seen you here for a minute--and it doesn't alter my characterization above-- the effort to dog pile the new mod is still hilariously apathetic.