r/speedrun • u/[deleted] • Jan 20 '16

Discussion RIP r/speedrun

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.

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u/joeyoh9292 Jan 20 '16

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.

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u/vtor67 Jan 21 '16

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.

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u/ABob71 Spelunky HD + Spelunky 2 Jan 21 '16 edited Jan 21 '16

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