Infamous power mod got permabanned without explanation, then have a public meltdown.

out of all the powermods he made chuds mald the hardest so I'm a little sad to see Turtle go tbh

Considering that this is the most hated person on Reddit other than spez himself, no tears were shed.

Unfamiliar with the person. What's he infamous for? What sort of chodelicious behavior defines him to you?
- Among other things, this happened 2 years ago.
- Here's a post from 2021 about this person giving some background. I recall even a change.org petition requesting them being banned.
  
  Also, you might recall them for making the news recently after banning an artist from /r/art because they said a piece by them was made by AI, and when proven otherwise they said that it was obviously based on AI and that they should find a better style, which escalated to the point that the sub was temporarily closed
  
  Seeing that person going down is a nice piece of justice in this shitstorm. It happened for the wrong reasons, admins should have removed this person long ago and didn't, but at least it's something.

Dipshits like this are the reason why moderators have such a bad reputation. Powermods in general are very controversial but this person takes the cake.

Holy shit , 😂😂😂
It's beautiful, like a firework in a tire fire.
I'll drink to that.

This mod seems familiar. They may be the offending party behind my worst experience on Reddit, and the only mod I ever blocked.

Handed me a temporary ban for responding to a post written to the wrong sub. They didn't have time to write out a redirect link to copy and paste for lost redditors, but did have time to mark me as trouble and berate me when I suggested redirecting users. Since a temporary ban "wasn't enough," they gave a longer ban so I would "learn my lesson."

Really put a damper on my whole reddit experience.

you got banned for replying to a post someone else made in a wrong sub?
- This mod was infamous for banning people from uncontroversial subs for the sin of commenting in subs they didn't approve of, regardless of content. Like if you made a comment in /r/conservative making fun of Donald, they'd ban you from /r/videos for being a Republican.
  
  This couldn't have happened to a more deserving dirtbag.

If they were an "absent mod" as they self-proclaim, why are they so salty?

wow so one of them actually knows how it feels to just have all agency taken away without warning or good reason

Only when it happens to them. They still won't understand when they inflict that on others.

What if this person comes to Lemmy or kbin and becomes a mod...yes, I'm asking the inevitable question.

Easy. Kbin/lemmy admins actually listen to their users, unlike spez and his cronies. The asshole can move to their own instance and continue there, but that might get them defederated.
- Reddit wasn't like that all the time. I do remember a time on Reddit where it was - or at least felt like it - a bit like it feels on Lemmy right now. Lots of nerdy outsider communities and admins who seemed to care. Not trying to be a negative nancy here, just a reality check or something like that.

I love a good redemption arc and their future is looking bright with potential!

What will a Reddit mod do when they can no longer mod?

When I went on reddit today to check the sentiment of the users, I mostly saw users telling the mods to go away. And to be honest I kind of understand the users. And I don't really understand the mods. If you don't like it just go away.

I mean I get why they can't they're addicted to this fake power they have, but realize that both reddit and the users don't want you there anymore, it's time to give up. Reddit has shown that they will not budge because they can't keep loosing money, they didn't do it in a good way but still. And the users are telling you that they still like the site, take the hint and go away.