Stories of misbehaving moderators and administrators from all around the Internet.

Welcome!

Has a moderator or administrator from an online community:

Abused their power?
Suspended you for no apparent reason?
Treated you like a pile of garbage?
Acted against logic / their own ethics?
Silenced you before you could say anything?
Unable to handle legitimate criticism?
Turned a minor incident into chaos?
Utterly unthankful for your contributions?

You are not alone.

This is the right place to share your story!

Get it off your chest!

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No disruptive spam or vandalism.
Swearing for venting and emphasis: Allowed, but it is recommended to put such explicit language into spoiler tags like this.
Obviously, Poal.co's native Terms of Service apply.

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About

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 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 place to uncover and epose a mosbehaving in power of an Internet community, but now, there is this place!

Hall of shame

(Coming soon after release.)

Thanks for participating!

Subverse information: # Stories of misbehaving moderators and administrators from all around the Internet. Welcome! Has a moderator or administrator from an online community: - Abused their power? - Suspended you for no apparent reason? - Treated you like a pile of garbage? - Acted against logic / their own ethics? - Silenced you before you could say anything? - Unable to handle legitimate criticism? - Turned a minor incident into chaos? - Utterly unthankful for your contributions? **You are not alone.** **This is the right place to share your story!** Get it off your chest! ---- # Guidelines: * No disruptive spam or vandalism. * **Swearing for venting and emphasis: Allowed,** but it is recommended to put such explicit language into spoiler tags [like this](#spoiler). * Obviously, [Poal.co's native Terms of Service](https://poal.co/tos) apply. ----- # Feedback / Meta For Feedback and discussion **about** this subverse, add one of the respective *“Feedback”* and *“Meta”* flairs. Constructive criticism is welcome. ----- #About 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 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 place to uncover and epose a mosbehaving in power of an Internet community, but now, there is **this place!** ---- # Hall of shame *(Coming soon after release.)* # Thanks for participating!