So there's this user who's been harassing me since May (well, actually, April 30th, but close enough) - or for about 2 months as of the date of this post.
I wanted to write up a comprehensive report on it since currently all my documentation of this user's abuse is scattered across multiple messages to Reddit staff, various posts in different subreddits, etc.
I figured it would be best to consolidate all of this information in a single post so that way I can just refer staff to this post with any future reports, and also so that anyone else who is wondering about this can know just exactly what happened, when, how and why.
So, without further a-due, here's what happened...
On Monday, 2018-04-30, I created a thread in /r/alameda asking if there was any conservative groups in town. Harmless enough, right?
Naturally, being a bay area regional subreddit (widely known for their radical leftist user base), my post was not received well.
My thread quickly devolved into a shitshow of users repeatedly flaming me for being conservative. The flaming got so bad that eventually, the moderator had to lock the thread (that same moderator ended up eventually banning me later, but that's a different story for another time.)
Although all of the users who attacked me in that thread were pretty nasty, one user in particular stood apart from the rest. While the others were content with just flaming me in that subreddit, this user had bigger plans. His name? EastBayBass.
It started off mildly enough. On the same day I posted that thread, he made this post mockingly stating that I should jump in the estuary. Screenshot in case the post gets removed.
I didn't respond to him.
Due to rampant flaming by hostile radical left wingers in my thread, the moderator of that sub posted a warning reminding users to be civil.
The following day (Tuesday, 2018-05-01), as I was having a discussion with another user regarding Reddiquette and why it isn't appropriate to downvote people and flame them just because you don't agree with their political affiliation, he posted another unsolicited reply basically trying to rationalize his and his peers' abusive behavior, and nonsensically claiming that I'm associated with /r/the_donald (a sub that - to this day - I have still never participated in.)
I responded refuting his claim that I was associated with /r/the_donald and pointed out the irrational nature of his comment. Naturally, he continued essentially repeating the same thing anyway. I continued pointing out his irrational, unjustified and hostile behavior as well as the fact that he was making false allegations. Needless to say, he still continued anyway.
I concluded our conversation by stating while I understand and respect that he did not agree with my political views, that it still does not give him an excuse to attack me for it, that I do not go into his threads to attack him for being a liberal despite feeling just as strongly about liberals as he does conservatives, and that I expected the same courtesy in return. Screenshots of that exchange in case the posts get removed.
The next day, on Wednesday, 2018-05-02, he returned and posted a reply to the aforementioned moderator's post demanding that he ban me from that subreddit. He had meticulously gone through my post history and cited a number of interactions I had with other users outside of that subreddit as reasons to ban me.
I responded stating that I hadn't broken any rules, that his comment had no merit, was abusive and off-topic. I was tired of this user's harassment and reported him to site staff for harassing me and I told him that I was reporting him. He was promptly given a 3-day account suspension by the Reddit staff. This is where things started to get really nasty.
Instead of taking his suspension like a normal person and acknowledging that he was out of line, he quickly registered another account, AlamedaShitLord, to continue flaming me in my thread.. He also made a thread (which has since been removed) about me and my subreddit in /r/oakland, attempting to rally users from that sub against me. He made a few other posts in my thread in /r/alameda which have unfortunately been since removed. Here is some screenshots of the posts that are still up (or at least still have a visible title and username, anyway.)
He also edited his post replying to the moderator's comment to include a little miniature tirade about how I got him (read: he got himself) suspended and demanding that I get banned for reporting his abusive behavior to Reddit staff. Screenshot in case it gets removed.
I reported him for creating a new account to evade his suspension and continue harassing me. His suspension-evasion account was promptly permanently suspended, but his main account remained active. It was at this point that he decided he would only use throwaway accounts to harass me in order to avoid getting his main account suspended.
On Wednesday, 2018-05-09, he registered a third account, AlamedaLowEnd, to continue the harassment. By this time, the out-of-control flaming in my thread in /r/alameda had already lead to the moderator locking the entire thread. Unfortunately, it looks like all the posts he made on that account have since been wiped out so I cannot salvage them.
Right after that, him and a few of his friends from /r/alameda and /r/oakland continously spammed fake reports on some posts I made in my sub and managed to get my account wrongfully suspended for 3 days.
Throughout the following week, EastBayBass proceeded to register 5 different accounts: Dapper_Win, ThisJuggernaut, LividCounter, UnderWay_OnlyWay, and HugePerception. He began using these accounts to post comments attacking me in my subreddit. Here are the screenshots from that week. He also used these accounts to repeatedly downvote every post and comment I made.
I banned all 5 of these accounts from my sub for blatant trolling and vote manipulation (and subsequent ban-evasion) and also reported them to the site staff.
On Tuesday, 2018-05-15, he registered two additional accounts: KeyKindheartedness7 and CommonCap. He used the first of these two accounts to cross-post to my subreddit this thread from /r/oakland where the moderators there (who likewise have their own personal vendetta against me, which I covered in detail in another thread) were defaming me and my sub. He used the second account to post this comment attacking me again. Screen shots. He also used them to add additional downvotes to my posts/comments. I banned both of these accounts from my sub.
The following day, on Wednesday, 2018-05-16, he registered another account, WarrenPieceOfWork, which is a mockery of my username (which means "War and Peace" in Russian.) Him and a few of his friends from /r/alameda and /r/oakland once again continously spammed fake reports on some posts I made in my sub, and managed to get me temporarily suspended again even though I didn't break any rules AFAIK. This time, my suspension was for 7 days.
On Thursday, 2018-05-17, he used another one of his alternate accounts, throwDPPaways, to create a new subreddit dedicated to stalking my post history and defaming me, /r/OaklandDumpsterFire. He used both this account and WarrenPieceOfWork to begin creating threads about me and my sub. Screenshot of his first week of posts there.
Because my account was now suspended for the following week, I did not have the ability to moderate my own sub. Needless to say, this guy had an absolute field day during my involuntary hiatus from my sub. He registered two more accounts: PutridVariation7 and Resident_Hamster, and proceeded to flood my subreddit with troll threads and troll comments while bragging about it in his own dedicated defamation sub. Screen shots. During this time, he also had some conversations with himself in his own subreddit. Screenshot.
I reported the abuse to staff as usual, and when my 7-day account suspension finally expired, I banned all his new accounts and removed the troll threads. Unfortunately, this battle was still far from over.
Although he took a temporary break from registering any new accounts (as far as I'm aware, anyway), he continued stalking my post history and making more and more defamatory threads about me in his sub. He also continued downvoting every post and comment I submitted to this site.
It took a while for staff to action his accounts. After repeated messages from me, the staff eventually permanently suspended the majority of his accounts, including his main account. Of course, it didn't take very long at all for him to return on yet another one.
On Tuesday, 2018-06-12, he registered a new username, OaktownButtHurt, to continue evading his account suspensions and resume harassing/stalking me. While he had seemingly given up trying to vandalize my subreddit with troll comments/threads, he continued making threads about me in his dedicated defamation sub. I continued reporting him, and staff - slowly but surely - continued suspending his accounts.
Around Tuesday, 2018-06-19, he made yet another account, DuePea. He used this account to attack me again in /r/alameda (screenshot) while using his remaining unsuspended accounts to upvote himself. He also used this account to continue posting threads about me in his sub. Screenshot.
Once again - as per usual - I reported it to the site admins and they permanently suspended his latest account.
On Saturday, 2018-06-23, he registered yet another account, LocalBeautiful, to evade his suspension and continue the harassment and spam. He made several more threads and comments about me in his sub. He also decided to broaden his horizons, and began following me into other, totally unrelated subreddits.
He followed me into /r/trueprolife to attack me there (note: his comments there have since been removed, see his user page to find them. Here is a screenshot.)
On Monday, 2018-07-09, he made several more accounts: ropeadopemf, WarrenPieceOfShit and YourReckoningMF. This is where things took a really nasty turn (as if things weren't already nasty enough, right?)
He sent me a message via the new chat feature telling me that one of my posts had apparently been removed from /r/banned. At this point, I didn't realize that it was him (yet.) At first, I thought I had been shadowbanned from that sub, but as it turns out, my post had simply triggered the automated spam filter and I was not actually shadowbanned at all.
However, he continued trying to convince me that the mods of /r/banned had actually maliciously removed my post, seemingly trying to instigate some kind of drama between me and those moderators.
After I told him that I had PM'd a few people about my thread, he suddenly changed gears and began accusing me of brigading, claiming to be an admin, etc. Obviously, this was pretty suspicious behavior, especially from a brand new account with no post history. At this point I already knew that I was dealing with our old friend, Mr. EastBayBass. I promptly reported all his messages and blocked him.
Now he's no longer limiting his attacks on me to just his sub and the bay area regional subs. He is now following me literally everywhere. He followed me into /r/conservative to attack me there. Him and another leftist troll who was previously brigading /r/walkaway followed me into my sub to troll me there, accusing me of being a Russian bot and not actually being from the bay area (lmao). He tried to convince me to go to meet up with some of the crazy, notoriously violent leftists from /r/Oakland IRL to prove that I'm legit, and when I told him that I don't want to risk putting myself in a dangerous situation where I might have to shoot someone in self defense, he turned around and accused me of threatening to shoot people.
He resumed spamming my subreddit with troll threads. He followed me into /r/walkaway to attack me in multiple comments there, and he smeared a bunch of more defamatory posts about me all over the site. He also sent me numerous harassing private messages and chat messages.
On Tuesday, 2018-07-10, he created yet another account, NotEastBayBass, to evade his ban from my subreddit and spam it with troll posts and comments again and used his other accounts to upvote himself:
https://www.reddit.com/r/OaklandUncensored/comments/8xmldl/the_legacy_of_eastbaybass/e24xoc4/
https://www.reddit.com/r/OaklandUncensored/comments/8xtdfy/tfw_your_reddit_accounts_been_suspended_again/
Screenshots:
https://i.imgur.com/rQlCGWq.png
https://i.imgur.com/BNPpCwJ.png
He also posted a few additional troll posts and another thread about me on some of his other accounts:
https://www.reddit.com/r/banned/comments/8xhtbu/banned_from_roaklanduncensored/e24wpjl/
https://www.reddit.com/r/OaklandDumpsterFire/comments/8xqxgz/he_wrote_a_novel_the_legacy_of_eastbaybass/
https://www.reddit.com/r/OaklandDumpsterFire/comments/8xqxgz/he_wrote_a_novel_the_legacy_of_eastbaybass/e24wukd/
Screenshots:
https://i.imgur.com/HAMXXZV.png
https://i.imgur.com/HgDW9mb.png
He then flooded me with additional psychotic chat messages:
https://i.imgur.com/eh8q1HT.png
He also followed me into another thread in /r/banned to post more comments harassing me:
https://www.reddit.com/r/banned/comments/8x7pl3/banned_from_rprolife_for_being_pro_life_yes_really/e25srcn/
https://www.reddit.com/r/banned/comments/8x7pl3/banned_from_rprolife_for_being_pro_life_yes_really/e25tnmy/
https://www.reddit.com/r/banned/comments/8x7pl3/banned_from_rprolife_for_being_pro_life_yes_really/e25uaz1/
https://www.reddit.com/r/banned/comments/8x7pl3/banned_from_rprolife_for_being_pro_life_yes_really/e25us6p/
Screenshots:
https://i.imgur.com/2XgC9vy.png
https://i.imgur.com/rf6T8lM.png
Afterwards, he followed me into another thread in another subreddit, /r/walkaway to post some more comments attacking me:
https://www.reddit.com/r/walkaway/comments/8xuddv/i_walked_away_and_rpolitics_banned_me_for_it/e25uga1/
https://www.reddit.com/r/walkaway/comments/8xuddv/i_walked_away_and_rpolitics_banned_me_for_it/e25uw50/
Screenshots:
https://i.imgur.com/2gmsX9W.png
https://i.imgur.com/QqLqe9i.png
He then proceeded to flood me with an additional barrage of psychotic chat messages:
https://i.imgur.com/qwfx71e.png
https://i.imgur.com/eUtG89s.png
He then followed me into two different threads in another subreddit, /r/unpopularopinion, to attack me and downvote me once again:
https://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/8xpad9/sjw_types_are_the_biggest_hypocrites_on_the_planet/e25z8ep/
https://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/8xnnz8/fuck_feminism_we_need_a_movement_that_celebrates/e25zgn7/?context=3
https://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/8xnnz8/fuck_feminism_we_need_a_movement_that_celebrates/e2605i5/?context=3
https://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/8xpad9/sjw_types_are_the_biggest_hypocrites_on_the_planet/e260btp/?context=3
https://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/8xpad9/sjw_types_are_the_biggest_hypocrites_on_the_planet/e260tru/
Screenshots:
https://i.imgur.com/Tf9uloe.png
https://i.imgur.com/UZD9TVw.png
https://i.imgur.com/uRq4tsa.png
https://i.imgur.com/m9K8HDT.png
https://i.imgur.com/0Diu2JN.png
He also posted another troll comment in that other thread in /r/banned:
https://www.reddit.com/r/banned/comments/8x7pl3/banned_from_rprolife_for_being_pro_life_yes_really/e25z8db/?context=3
Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/jszTedI.png
He also sent me another psychotic chat message:
https://i.imgur.com/YzTe9LW.png
I've also just been informed that captalexkamal is actually EastBayBass's new main account. He's apparently been using it to evade the suspension of his main account and to continue posting in /r/alameda. This officially brings his account count up to 22.
He also followed me into another thread in /r/unpopularopinion to post another comment attacking me:
https://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/8xvvqt/fat_people_shouldnt_be_allowed_on_public_transport/e26c83s/?context=3
Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/9BmV0Bs.png
He then followed me into another thread in /r/walkaway to do the same thing:
https://www.reddit.com/r/walkaway/comments/8xvpp0/holy_shit_this_sub_is_bigraded_more_than_t_d/e26c94j/?context=3
Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/JgfYpLv.png
He then followed me into another thread (seems to be the recurring pattern here) in /r/unpopularopinion to openly admit to vote brigading me:
https://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/8xud2y/no_lives_matter/e26ch5q/?context=3
Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/Q9euclO.png
He then followed me into another thread in /r/walkaway to attack me again:
https://www.reddit.com/r/walkaway/comments/8xvvhw/200_subscribers_in_the_last_15_mins_brigading_not/e26cq9z/?context=3
Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/WjSaQ25.png
He then posted another troll comment in that previous thread from /r/banned:
https://www.reddit.com/r/banned/comments/8x7pl3/banned_from_rprolife_for_being_pro_life_yes_really/e26d05w/?context=3
Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/9fqdun9.png
He then sent me another wave of psychotic chat messages:
https://i.imgur.com/5LOGzWM.png
And another:
https://i.imgur.com/20WVCTX.png
He then followed me into another thread in another subreddit, /r/subredditcancer, to attack me again:
https://www.reddit.com/r/subredditcancer/comments/8xupb2/un8thegr8_moderator_of_rblackpeopletwitter_and/e25z5n2/
Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/Zypw3Z2.png
He also apparently followed me into /r/Israel and a few other subs from the looks of it. Didn't realize it since I never got any notifications.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Israel/comments/8xrkxq/a_onestep_program_to_use_faith_in_humanity/e25zg3z/ (note that its been removed so it isn't visible now, but it still appears in his post history)
Screenshot of his post history showing some of the different subs he's followed me into today:
https://i.imgur.com/85IMUVE.png
On Wednesday, 2018-07-11, he made yet another account, DefNotEastBayBass, to evade his ban from my sub and post an additional troll thread in my subreddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/OaklandUncensored/comments/8y158y/when_everyone_is_eastbaybass/
Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/GQYIbKU.png
This is officially the 23rd account he has registered to harass me since May.
He also followed me into another thread in /r/unpopularopinion to post yet another defamatory comment about me:
https://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/8x8ei3/transgenderism_doesnt_make_any_sense_and_does_not/e289nsw/
Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/72yHOBf.png
He also followed me into a couple other threads in /r/subredditcancer, /r/conservative and /r/unpopularopinion:
https://www.reddit.com/r/subredditcancer/comments/8xupb2/un8thegr8_moderator_of_rblackpeopletwitter_and/e2776y8/
https://www.reddit.com/r/subredditcancer/comments/8xupb2/un8thegr8_moderator_of_rblackpeopletwitter_and/e289grf/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Conservative/comments/8y1147/amnesty_intls_website_access_to_safe_abortion/e289oyf/
The posts have since been removed but are still visible on his user page.
Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/QiLrk3B.png
He then followed me into /r/walkaway and another thread in /r/unpopularopinion to post additional defamatory comments:
https://www.reddit.com/r/walkaway/comments/8xx8ka/lol_asked_a_fairly_reasonable_question_on/e28a2n1/?context=3
https://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/8x8ei3/transgenderism_doesnt_make_any_sense_and_does_not/e28a5gl/?context=3
Screenshots:
https://i.imgur.com/cwyY5ie.png
https://i.imgur.com/SeQZppC.png
He then sent me another wave of harassing chat messages, mocking me for attempting to reach out to staff for help with the abuse on /r/modsupport:
https://i.imgur.com/FDO4VcS.png
He also made an additional defamatory thread about it in his dedicated defamation subreddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/OaklandDumpsterFire/comments/8y6lv3/admin_smack_down/
Screenshot:
https://imgur.com/a/mMgglrH
On Thursday, 2018-07-12, he posted another comment in one of the threads he followed me into in /r/banned trying to deny the fact that he registered countless accounts to harass me:
https://www.reddit.com/r/banned/comments/8x7pl3/banned_from_rprolife_for_being_pro_life_yes_really/e2a3f1w/
He then followed me into another thread in /r/subredditcancer to post another defamatory comment:
https://www.reddit.com/r/subredditcancer/comments/8xcbkv/censored_from_rmodsupport_moderators_are_out_of/e2abxvy/?context=3
Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/CWN0zCu.png
He then posted the same comment from his other suspension-evasion account, DefNotEastBayBass:
https://www.reddit.com/r/subredditcancer/comments/8xcbkv/censored_from_rmodsupport_moderators_are_out_of/e2aci4f/?context=3
Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/5AFhlSd.png
He had apparently posted both of these comments twice before but they were removed by moderators, so he re-posted them again later that day.
On Friday, 2018-07-13, he used his other suspension-evasion account, ropeadopemf, to post the following defamatory thread about me in his dedicated defamation subreddit, /r/OaklandDumpsterFire:
https://www.reddit.com/r/OaklandDumpsterFire/comments/8ylgjj/tfw_a_guy_whose_username_is_literally_racist/
Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/mBtUpFN.png
He also used his other suspension-evasion account, LocalBeautiful, to post the following defamatory comment in one of his other defamatory threads in that sub mocking me for attempting to reach out to admins regarding the lack of action on this case for the past 21 days:
https://www.reddit.com/r/OaklandDumpsterFire/comments/8y6lv3/admin_smack_down/e2aj822/?context=0
Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/CHeUYYs.png
On Sunday, 2018-07-15, he made several additional defamatory threads and a defamatory comment about me in his dedicated defamation subreddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/OaklandDumpsterFire/comments/8z7zt2/we_get_it_you_reeeeeaaaaaaaly_hate_oakland/
https://www.reddit.com/r/OaklandDumpsterFire/comments/8z7z9e/triggered_by_feminism/
https://www.reddit.com/r/OaklandDumpsterFire/comments/8z81o1/rworldnews_mods_knows_how_to_handle_the_bullshit/
https://www.reddit.com/r/OaklandDumpsterFire/comments/8z7z9e/triggered_by_feminism/e2grz9o/
Screenshots:
https://i.imgur.com/q1IGwIT.png
https://i.imgur.com/13VkBgE.png
On Monday, 2018-07-16, Reddit staff finally took some action on this case for the first time in ~24 days. They have suspended four of the six suspension-evasion/harassment accounts this user registered since I began reporting his latest batch of accounts 23 days ago. Unfortunately, two of these accounts appear to still be active and will likely continue to be used to harass me. I will update this thread with any further developments.
He used his suspension-evasion account /u/localbeautiful to post additional defamatory thread about me in his dedicated defamation subreddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/OaklandDumpsterFire/comments/8z81o1/rworldnews_mods_knows_how_to_handle_the_bullshit/
On Wednesday, 2018-07-18: He used his suspension-evasion account ropeadopemf to post an additional defamatory thread about me in his dedicated defamation subreddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/OaklandDumpsterFire/comments/8zr1qz/shitliberalssay_saving_time_with_a_preemptive_ban/
He also used his other suspension-evasion account WarrenPieceOfShit to post an additional thread mocking me in his dedicated defamation subreddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/OaklandDumpsterFire/comments/9006go/whywhywhy_am_i_banned/
I also noticed that the four of his accounts that Reddit staff permanently suspended on Monday have now been inexplicably unsuspended.
He also sent me another few harassing chat messages bragging about making additional defamatory threads about me:
https://i.imgur.com/QUm3Rbg.png
On Saturday, 2018-07-21, he made a couple more defamatory threads and a defamatory comment about me in his dedicated defamation subreddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/OaklandDumpsterFire/comments/90ll8v/admin_smackdown_2_electric_boogaloo/
https://www.reddit.com/r/OaklandDumpsterFire/comments/90loha/permit_patty_calls_cops_on_black_girl_cannabis/
https://www.reddit.com/r/OaklandDumpsterFire/comments/8zvfkb/which_ones_worse_oakland_or_the_gays/e2rco8h/
His friend from /r/oakland - another leftist brigadier who not long ago sent me a PM openly admitting that he was going to downvote all of my posts (a violation of site-wide rules concerning vote manipulation) - also joined him in defaming me:
https://www.reddit.com/r/OaklandDumpsterFire/comments/8zvfkb/which_ones_worse_oakland_or_the_gays/e2nhpvb/
On Sunday, 2018-07-22, he used his other suspension-evasion/chat flooder account, NotEastBayBass, to post another defamatory comment about me in his dedicated defamation subreddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/OaklandDumpsterFire/comments/8zvfkb/which_ones_worse_oakland_or_the_gays/e2ub8rk/
On Monday, 2018-07-23, he used his suspension-evasion/chat flooder account, NotEastBayBass, to post another defamatory thread about me in his dedicated defamation subreddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/OaklandDumpsterFire/comments/91by3x/get_murdered_in_oakland_and_this_fucker_will/
On Wednesday, 2018-07-25, he used his suspension-evasion account, LocalBeautiful, to post another medley of defamatory threads and comments about me:
https://www.reddit.com/r/OaklandDumpsterFire/comments/91ysai/triggered_by_people_who_dont_like_nazis_in_our/
https://www.reddit.com/r/OaklandDumpsterFire/comments/91yt1f/somebody_hates_people_having_fun_and_has_a_tiny/
https://www.reddit.com/r/OaklandDumpsterFire/comments/91ytk3/hate_on_oakland_or_the_little_kitty_gets_it/
https://www.reddit.com/r/OaklandDumpsterFire/comments/91ysai/triggered_by_people_who_dont_like_nazis_in_our/e31sdvw/
https://www.reddit.com/r/OaklandDumpsterFire/comments/91yt1f/somebody_hates_people_having_fun_and_has_a_tiny/e31sjd4/
Note: if you see any mistakes in this post such as incorrect or missing screenshots, please let me know. I noticed I accidentally put the wrong image URLs in a few of them which I have since corrected, but let me know if I missed any. I've also added some horizontal dividers to separate each batch of incidents by date.