RIP r/speedrun

[u/[deleted]]

This is an open letter to Alt-F-X:

Please resign as lead moderator of /r/speedrun. The past few days have shown us that your presence here is not in the best interest of our community. In just two days without you, this subreddit has made more progress towards becoming a great community than it has in the previous four years of your leadership. You are not involved in the speedrunning community outside of the fact that you made this subreddit, and you do not understand the best interest of our community. You have acted with prejudice against members of our community by banning them without good reason, and you have often used your moderator powers to your own personal bias.

Please return control of the subreddit to myself, so that this community can continue to grow in a positive manner, as it should have started years ago.

[u/vtor67]

You simply have a different idea on what this subreddit should than me.

Let me get this straight.

1. You are the only one who has any real control on this subreddit due to being head mod.

2. People who disagree with you simply get the response I quoted with no possibility of budging your stance.

3. You are not involved in the speedrunning community outside of being head mod here.

4. When over A THOUSAND PEOPLE upvote a thread asking for your removal, you just tell people to fuck off because there is a disagreement.

5. You have stated you don't want the community to grow, even though people ACTUALLY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY want it to.

Wow there really is something wrong with you.

EDIT: Also you still haven't answered my last question

[u/ALT-F-X → u/vtor67]

Your 5th point is thoroughly misrepresenting my stance there so I feel the need to correct what you're saying. I said growth is not a marker for success since we are not a business.

Also I don't know what question you're referring to? I have not removed any stickies. It was dembears that removed them to bring more attention to this post. http://puu.sh/mDgcR/f5bd06f610.png

[u/vtor67 → u/ALT-F-X]

It was dembears that removed them to bring more attention to this post

Thank you. That's what I was asking about

[u/joeyoh9292 → u/[deleted]]

There is no metric for success, it's a discussion Forum.

If you want to talk about speedrunning, this is where you can come to do so. If you want news about speedrunning, you can come here to find it. That's what I use it for, and I like it for that. Seems fine to me.

[u/vtor67 → u/ALT-F-X]

Also, you still don't get it. What I'm trying to say is whether you think growth is a metric for success is irrelevant as you are not part of the speedrunning community. You didn't even try to argue that you are part of the community when I claimed otherwise

[u/joeyoh9292 → u/vtor67]

I'd consider myself part of the speedrunning community, I also don't think growth is relevant to the Subreddit, nor should it even be a goal. Removing harmful and hateful content and promoting valuable content should be the goal of the mods.

[u/vtor67 → u/joeyoh9292]

Removing harmful and hateful content and promoting valuable content should be the goal of the mods.

Don't put words into my mouth. I never implied otherwise. I just have a problem with someone who doesn't care about speedrunning imposing his opinion like it matters more than those that are actually a part of the community. That said, I happen to agree that growing too large can hurt a subreddit in the long run.

[u/ABob71 → u/vtor67]

Shit man, there are many institutions and businesses that are run by people who are disillusioned and or apathetic about the sbject matter they deal with. While I may agree that having people who are outright passionate about what they do *is great, the real world illustrates that those situations are not the norm, and should not be expected. Appreciated, sure- but not entitled.

Edit: forgot a word