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The hall of shame — Mod/Admin abuse leaderboard.

Updated leaderboard here.

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▪ Leaderboard

The purpose of this leaderboard is to inform and warn users of potential hostility they might encounter in the respective communities.

This special place is reserved for the worst of the worst.

Those who treated innocent users without mercy.

Those whose blood is intoxicated by hostility.

Those who harm their own community.

Those who fail to acknowledge their own mistakes.

Those who respond to legitimate criticism with suppression, rage and/or verbal abuse.

Every human makes mistakes, but those who refuse to adapt and learn from them hinder progress and innovation.

These are the moderators and administrators who behaviourally solicited being listed here.

Rank list:

Sorted by abusiveness level from top to bottom. The highest rank, Rank 1 , is the most abusive.

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🏆 Abuse Rank	Name, user page and website	Occupation	Misconduct	Notes
1. 🥇	Bbb23(en.wikipedia.org) • en.wikipedia.org	Long-term abusive Wikipedia administrator and deletionist.	Long-term tool abuse(en.wikipedia.org); false accusations of trolling and more; stigmatisation of users; bigotry; hostility, toxicity and irrational acting; strong discouragement of prolific editors; selection bias; extreme pessimism; always assuming bad faith without any prior indication; acting against logic; disrespectful; occasional vandalism (collateral damage); mass-deletion of legitimate articles, drafts, redirects and templates; zero criticism tolerance; prejudice; lack of patience;(quora.com) punishing users for failing to follow his unclear and ambiguous instructions such as “say something useful”; usage of thought-terminating clichées; unreasonable, spontaneous and abusive revokings of talk page accesses;brigading fellow administrators against users; hypocrisy; double-standard in user boxes. Countless violations of the fourth pillar(en.wikipedia.org), among other policies such as WP:CIVIL, WP:Assume good faith, WP:Don't bite newcomers and WP:ADMINACCT .	Community hashtag: *#BbbGate(twitter.com)* . It's fair to nickname him an “account sadist” (metaphorically).
2. 🥈	Jason Scott Sadofsky(archiveteam.org) • ArchiveTeam.org	ArchiveTeam founder and owner	Coarse verbal abuse; gaslighting practices; flaming and scolding of innocent users; prejudice; abuse of authority bias; excessive insincerity; thanklessness; hostility and devaluation of prolific editors; stigmatization; selection bias and excessive pessimism; abrupt banning of innocent users without recourse; neglectance of user inquiries; abandonment of same conversation he requested minutes earlier; unable to handle legitimate criticism; poor patience; zero acknowledgement of own misconduct;, screaming false accusation against user (_ “MONTHS you've been doing this”(archive.ph)_), despite the user's account was created only 3 weeks prior(archive.ph).	IRC user name: “SketchCow” . Also known for UPPERCASE TEXT OVERUSE.
3. 🥉	Ani625(reddit.com) • Reddit.com	Redditor since 2006 (≥4.1M karma points), moderator of ≥192 subreddits (a “powermod” ).	Random unreasonable and unexplained actions: Mass-deletion of legitimate posts and manual shadowbanning of poster (through AutoModerator). Neglectance of user inquiries; site-ban lobbyist.
4.	Westwall(de.metapedia.org) • de.metapedia.org	German Metapedia administrator.	Hostility; Suspending user for simple legitimate question; false accusations of edit warring; hypocrisy (falsely accuses user of “anti-social behaviour” while being like that himself); neglect of user inquiries; poor communication.
5.	Adrian Isén • ( Twitter @AdrianIsen(twitter.com); Instagram @adrianisenofficial(instagram.com))	Technology review YouTuber(youtube.com)	Unreasonable and aggressive mass-blockings of innocent users on social media (some of which have only posted one harmless comment).
6.	NinjaRobotPirate(en.wikipedia.org) • en.wikipedia.org	Wikipedia administrator	Suppression of all criticism against Bbb23; prejudicial, hostile attitude.
7.	RobertJ(forums.MozillaZine.org) • Forums.MozillaZine.org	MozillaZine user since 2003 and forum moderator; Proud iSheepsince ~1982.	Hostility against innocent, especially new users; unreasonable and prejudicial closures of legitimate threads; devaluation of legitimate criticism.
+	[ (+) Add name ]			If eligible, a new name will be sorted into the appropriate rank in the table.

These are the most hostile moderators and administrators known so far.

Feel free to ask questions, share your thoughts and suggest improvements and updates to the table in the comments.
Expose additional hostile moderators and administrators through a new post.

Information:

Communities being listed here does not imply that we disagree with their mission, but that members should expect being treated with hostility by their respective moderators and/or administrators.

Abusive moderators and administrators listed on this leaderboard might be lowered or de-listed, if they publicly apologize to their victims infront of their community, undo their damage and don't repeat their misconduct.
- Dispute: If a moderator or administrator listed here believes that they behaved appropriately , they are kindly invitedto logically justify and clarify their actions, or clear up possible misunderstandings in an explanatory comment.
- We might ask you to authenticate yourself through a confirmation posted by your original account, if you claim to be a user from another site than Poal.co (e.g. a user listed on the leaderboard above), in order to prevent someone from pretending to be someone they are not.
- Be thankful we even give you the option to do so. Most hostile mods/admins give your users zero recourse and/or neglected their appeals entirely .

In contrary, moderators and administrators who persist inflicting damage and whose already abusive behaviour deteriorates, might have their rank increased.

As the owner of a community (e.g. Jason Scott), you obviously are by no means obligated (except morally obligated) to behave nice, fair and respectfully. But if you misbehave like the mods/admins listed above, then you should expect being thought of as hostile and being disrecommended by former users or witnesses, which deters new and existing users from joining or staying in your community, which hinders its flourishment. It is _your_ responsibility.

Don't blame us for being listed here. Every time you choose to behave hostile and counter-productively, you gamble with the trust of your users and you actively solicit being judged over it and publicly criticized for it. If you don't want that, please treat your community better. Choose civility over hostility.
- This leaderboard is not defamatory , because it presents subjects as they are. Expect being judged based on how you present yourself.
- Propose any changes by commenting.

Because posts on Poal.co get archived (i.e. locked and read-only) automatically after three months, an updated version of this leaderboard will be linked in the side bar, in the “Hall of shame” section, after this post expires.

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# **Updated leaderboard [here](https://poal.co/s/ModAbuse/150834).** ---- ^(Because the sidebar information text is capped at 8000 characters, which have already been nearly exhausted, a separate post is needed for the moderatorship & administratorship abuse leaderboarbd.) # ▪ **Leaderboard** The purpose of this leaderboard is to inform and warn users of potential hostility they might encounter in the respective communities. ### **This special place is reserved for the worst of the worst.** * Those who treated innocent users without mercy. * Those whose blood is intoxicated by hostility. * Those who harm their own community. * Those who fail to acknowledge their own mistakes. * Those who respond to legitimate criticism with suppression, rage and/or verbal abuse. Every human makes mistakes, but **those who refuse to adapt and learn** from them **hinder progress and innovation.** These are the moderators and administrators who behaviourally solicited being listed here. ## **Rank list:** Sorted by abusiveness level from top to bottom. The highest rank, *Rank 1*, is the most abusive. ^(Tip: If you are viewing this table on a mobile phone, we recommend you to turn your phone horizontally. The additional screen width provides a better viewing experience of the table.) | **🏆 Abuse Rank** | Name, user page and website | Occupation | Misconduct | Notes | |---|---------|---|---|---|---| | 1. 🥇 | [Bbb23](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bbb23) • en.wikipedia.org | Long-term abusive Wikipedia administrator and deletionist. | Long-term [tool abuse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:TOOLMISUSE); [false accusations of trolling and more; stigmatisation of users; bigotry; hostility, toxicity and irrational acting; strong discouragement of prolific editors; selection bias; extreme pessimism; always assuming bad faith without any prior indication; acting against logic; disrespectful; occasional vandalism (collateral damage); mass-deletion of legitimate articles, drafts, redirects and templates; zero criticism tolerance; prejudice; lack of patience;](https://www.quora.com/How-come-the-Wikipedia-administrator-BBB23-has-never-been-sanctioned-after-violating-WP-5P4-countless-times-for-years/answers/184895343) [punishing users for failing to follow his unclear and ambiguous instructions such as *“say something useful”*; usage of thought-terminating clichées; unreasonable, spontaneous and abusive revokings of talk page accesses;](https://poal.co/s/ModAbuse/138053) brigading fellow administrators against users; hypocrisy; double-standard in user boxes. Countless violations of [the fourth pillar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:5P4), among other policies such as *WP:CIVIL, WP:Assume good faith, WP:Don't bite newcomers* and *WP:ADMINACCT*. | Community hashtag: ***[#BbbGate](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?hashtags=BbbGate,Bbb23gate)***. It's fair to nickname him an *“account sadist”* (metaphorically). | | 2. 🥈 | [Jason Scott Sadofsky](https://archiveteam.org/index.php?title=User:Jscott) • ArchiveTeam.org | ArchiveTeam founder and owner | [Coarse verbal abuse; gaslighting practices; flaming and scolding of innocent users; prejudice; abuse of authority bias; excessive insincerity; thanklessness; hostility and devaluation of prolific editors; stigmatization; selection bias and excessive pessimism; abrupt banning of innocent users without recourse; neglectance of user inquiries; abandonment of same conversation he requested minutes earlier; unable to handle legitimate criticism; poor patience; zero acknowledgement of own misconduct;](https://poal.co/s/ModAbuse/120094), screaming false accusation against user (_[“**MONTHS** you've been doing this”](http://archive.ph/wip/DAjlz)_), despite the user's account was created [only 3 weeks prior](https://archive.ph/awgPM). | IRC user name: *“SketchCow”*. Also known for UPPERCASE TEXT OVERUSE. | | 3. 🥉 | [Ani625](https://reddit.com/u/Ani625) • Reddit.com | Redditor since 2006 (≥4.1M karma points), moderator of ≥192 subreddits (a *“powermod”*). | [Random unreasonable and unexplained actions: Mass-deletion of legitimate posts and manual shadowbanning of poster (through *AutoModerator*). Neglectance of user inquiries; site-ban lobbyist.](https://poal.co/s/MeanwhileOnReddit/115459) | | | 4. | [Westwall](https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Westwall) • de.metapedia.org | German Metapedia administrator. | [Hostility; Suspending user for simple legitimate question; false accusations of *edit warring*; hypocrisy (falsely accuses user of *“anti-social behaviour”* while being like that himself); neglect of user inquiries; poor communication.](https://poal.co/s/ModAbuse/150552) | | 5. | Adrian Isén • ([Twitter @AdrianIsen](https://twitter.com/Adrianisen); [Instagram @adrianisenofficial](https://instagram.com/adrianisenofficial)) | Technology review [YouTuber](https://youtube.com/user/adrianisen) | Unreasonable and aggressive mass-blockings of innocent users on social media (some of which have only posted one harmless comment). | | | 6. | [NinjaRobotPirate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:NinjaRobotPirate) • en.wikipedia.org | Wikipedia administrator | Suppression of all criticism against Bbb23; prejudicial, hostile attitude. | | 7. | [RobertJ](http://forums.MozillaZine.org/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=16555) • Forums.MozillaZine.org | MozillaZine user since 2003 and forum moderator; Proud [iSheep](/s/crApple) since ~1982. | Hostility against innocent, especially new users; unreasonable and prejudicial closures of legitimate threads; devaluation of legitimate criticism. | + | [[ (+) Add name \]](https://poal.co/submit/text/ModAbuse/) | | | If eligible, a new name will be sorted **into the appropriate rank** in the table. | These are the most hostile moderators and administrators known so far. ---- Feel free to **ask questions, share your thoughts** and **suggest improvements and updates** to the table [in the comments](#scmnts). Expose additional hostile moderators and administrators through [a new post](https://poal.co/submit/text/ModAbuse). # Information: * Communities being listed here **does not imply** that we disagree with their mission, but that members should expect being treated with hostility by their respective moderators and/or administrators. * Abusive moderators and administrators listed on this leaderboard might be lowered or de-listed, if they publicly apologize to their victims infront of their community, undo their damage and don't repeat their misconduct. * **Dispute:** If a moderator or administrator listed here believes that they **behaved appropriately**, they are kindly [invited](https://poal.co/login?next=%2Fp%2F132568%23rcomm-0) to logically justify and clarify their actions, or clear up possible misunderstandings in an explanatory comment. * We might ask you to **authenticate yourself** through a confirmation posted by your original account, if you claim to be a user from another site than Poal.co (e.g. a user listed on the leaderboard above), in order to prevent someone from pretending to be someone they are not. * **Be thankful** we even give you the option to do so. Most hostile mods/admins give your users zero recourse and/or neglected their appeals **entirely**. * In contrary, moderators and administrators who persist inflicting damage and whose already abusive behaviour deteriorates, **might have their rank increased.** * As the owner of a community (e.g. Jason Scott), you obviously are by **no means obligated** (except **morally** obligated) to behave nice, fair and respectfully. But if you misbehave like the mods/admins listed above, then you should **expect being thought of as hostile** and being disrecommended by former users or witnesses, which deters new and existing users from joining or staying in your community, which hinders its flourishment. It is **_your_ responsibility.** * Don't blame ***us*** for being listed here. Every time you choose to behave hostile and counter-productively, **you** gamble with the trust of your users and **you actively solicit** being judged over it and publicly criticized for it. If you don't want that, **please treat your community better.** Choose civility over hostility. * This leaderboard is **not** *defamatory*, because it presents subjects **as they are.** Expect being judged based on how you present yourself. * Propose any changes by commenting. ---- Because posts on Poal.co get *archived* (i.e. locked and read-only) automatically after three months, an updated version of this leaderboard will be linked in the side bar, in the *“Hall of shame”* section, after this post expires.

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What is moderatorship/administratorship abuse?

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Moderatorship abuse, short Mod abuse is when a moderator or administrator in an online community, such as a Subreddit, abuses his powers to supress innocent users.

This includes the deletion of legitimate posts and banning (or shadowbanning ) a member for no apparent reason or based on prejudice.

Moderatorship abuse can also include thanklessness (lack of gratitude), verbal abuse and false accusations towards innocent users.

An abusive moderator/administrator might neglect or dispute the predominant productive contributions of a member, while highlighting their comparatively minor mistakes.

Targeted members of moderatorship abuse are usually not in a position to defend themselves due to the authority bias of the other members and confirmation bias of the moderator in the abused member's disfavour. Even if the other members know that the moderator or administrator is abusing his powers, they are unable to speak up because they risk being abused and/or banned as well.

There was usually no definitive place to uncover and expose a misbehaving authority in power of an Internet community, but now, there is this place!

The story

For a long time, innocent users of online communities who were scolded and kicked out by hostile moderation/administration had no dedicated place to educate other Internet users about unfavourable experiences they made in the online community. They were on their own, without recourse, and insane moderators and administrators could keep cyberbullying one user after another, without remorse, without being held accountable.

Now, there is this place.

Frankly, we are sick of online communities which falsely advertise themselves as (one or more of the following: ) a welcoming space, open-minded, thankful to contributors, and striving for a mission , while actually internally being lead by hostile, prejuidical and unthankful moderators and/or administrators who act against the purpose of their own community, devalue productive good-faith users and prejuidically ban them without allowing a discussion.

Now it's your turn. Share your experiences and spare fellow Internet users the headache from online hostility.

Also, inform your friends about /s/ModAbuseso they have a place to go the next time they encounter a ravenous moderator and administrator.

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# What is moderatorship/administratorship abuse? ^((Text moved here from the sidebar due to the 8000-character limitation of the sidebar.\)) Moderatorship abuse, short *Mod abuse* is when a moderator or administrator in an online community, such as a Subreddit, abuses his powers to supress innocent users. This includes the deletion of legitimate posts and banning (or *shadowbanning*) a member for no apparent reason or based on prejudice. Moderatorship abuse can also include thanklessness (lack of gratitude), verbal abuse and false accusations towards innocent users. An abusive moderator/administrator might neglect or dispute the predominant productive contributions of a member, while highlighting their comparatively minor mistakes. Targeted members of moderatorship abuse are usually not in a position to defend themselves due to the authority bias of the other members and confirmation bias of the moderator in the abused member's disfavour. Even if the other members know that the moderator or administrator is abusing his powers, they are unable to speak up because they risk being abused and/or banned as well. There was usually no definitive place to uncover and expose a misbehaving authority in power of an Internet community, but now, there is **this place!** ----- # **The story** For a long time, innocent users of online communities who were scolded and kicked out by hostile moderation/administration had no dedicated place to educate other Internet users about unfavourable experiences they made in the online community. They were on their own, without recourse, and insane moderators and administrators could keep cyberbullying one user after another, without remorse, without being held accountable. ## Now, there is **this place.** Frankly, we are sick of online communities which falsely advertise themselves as (one or more of the following: ) *a welcoming space, open-minded, thankful to contributors, and striving for a mission*, while actually internally being lead by hostile, prejuidical and unthankful moderators and/or administrators who act against the purpose of their own community, devalue productive good-faith users and prejuidically ban them without allowing a discussion. **Now it's your turn.** Share your experiences and spare fellow Internet users the headache from online hostility. Also, inform your friends about /s/ModAbuse so they have a place to go the next time they encounter a ravenous moderator and administrator.

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Thank you for creating this place.
I was completely on my own (along with Elliot Algase, also known as “ealgase” , another banned ArchiveTeam member). But now, there is finally a place for exposing these morons.

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Thank you for creating this place.

You're welcome, AT!

But now, there is finally a place for exposing these morons.

Indeed!
Expose 'em all!

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Updated leaderboard here.

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This special place is reserved for the worst of the worst.

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