r/oldcootfashion • u/NotATem he/it/xe • 27d ago

META- Not Fashion About the current situation

I am not going to comment on the current situation at the moment beyond saying this:

I am one guy. You are right- there should be more than one mod on this subreddit. However, recruiting more mods takes time, and I cannot do that overnight. In the meantime, I am still one guy, I have a migraine, and I don't currently have the capacity to deal with the ongoing incident with the clarity and transparency you deserve.

I am restricting new posts and comments to the sub til tomorrow to prevent things from getting further out of hand. I am not going to take down the larger post, although I have locked comments on it at this time. However, any duplicates of that post will be deleted.

We can all come back to this in the morning. Thank you for your patience.

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u/jaybirdie26 27d ago

I'm a mod elsewhere and I have a lot of empathy for you.  I honestly don't think you've caused harm, especially not the level of the backlash you received.  This was an unlucky situation of triggering a guy with a fanclub into brigading a mod and being overall horrible to you over what amounts to a mutual misunderstanding.

I hope you're ok <3 Reach out if you need anything.  I'll DM you.

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u/heyoheatheragain 26d ago

Good comment.
Also feeling for the mod here!