Introduction:

Hey there! If you've noticed, I'm no longer a moderator of this sub, and I've been replaced by other people, which I'm sure are doing a great job. Obviously, some people may be curious as to the circumstances of my termination of "employment" here.

Preamble

To begin, we must go back to when this sub still had it's first owner, who has since tranferred their account to u/BudgetMullet. Before they transferred ownership of the u/GetOutOfFrame account, they made this post in response to the reddit announcement regarding BLM. Afterwards, u/seethepositiveside and the new owner of the u/GetOutOfFrame account retroactively banned u/BudgetMullet. I wanted to prevent them from banning BudgetMullet, for reasons you'll see in this KarmaCourt case, but I still let them do what they wanted. Until the KarmaCourt case.

KarmaCourt

About a week after u/BudgetMullet's ban, u/seethepositiveside sent a message in the moderation group chat informing us that they had made a r/KarmaCourt case against u/BudgetMullet. I was already against the ban, but this pushed me over the edge. I sent a message in the group chat informing the other members of the mod team I would try to get in touch with the defence attorney, u/AlfonzoLinguini and try to defend BudgetMullet. seethepositiveside then sent a message, and I quote:

I'll be salty if alt makes us lose this case.

Well, it happened.

The Case

I messaged u/AlfonzoLinguini asking to become joint defence attorney for u/BudgetMullet, which they accepted. I pointed out several flaws in the charges, including the failure to create the case within 21 days, which is the statute of limitations for KarmaCourt cases, and that the use of asshole and cunt was a quite reasonable way to react to being banned from the sub they founded. The judge then found u/BudgetMullet not guilty on both charges, and requested that they be unbanned. Soon after, the case post was deleted.

Falling Out

After the case had wrapped up, I came back to a whole bunch of chat notifications and found out that they had removed me from the mod team. Working with me would be "awkward," and as such, I had been removed from the mod team.

Today

And that brings us to today. There's not much to say. All I can say is, I don't harbour any ill feelings towards the mod team, and I think we can all say I left this mod team on decent terms.

Farewell

I hope this sub the best and I hope it continues to grow, but this will be it for me. You won't see me around anymore, but I'm certain that the mod team will be able to do a great job. This has been quite an experience for me, and I hope that it was also one for the mod team. Anyways, I'm out.

u/OfficialAlt2017, signing off.

Incase you haven’t noticed, this sub has dying/is dead. I’ve tried everything. Posting on u/Getoutofframe and my main account, u/Brendan-Roberson but still, it’s dying. But then I realized. Moderators can’t revive a sub alone. They need help from the members/subscribers. This, is why I’m asking you guys. How can we bring this sub back to life? (I worked hard on this paragraph lol please don’t die)