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   The Fedilore Otter 🦦 (fedilore@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 07:11:19 JST The Fedilore Otter 🦦

   So here's an interesting one.

   Carrotcypher is a mod for fosstodon.org

   He's also a mod of /r/Mastodon, /r/privacy, and like 50 other subreddits.

   He's also an asshole who's fine with ICE deporting Mahmoud Khali for his political speech.

   https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/s/tRYPx1WUEk

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     The Fedilore Otter 🦦 (fedilore@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 07:11:17 JST The Fedilore Otter 🦦

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     • Fosstodon

     It's very silly.

     I'm not sure why @fosstodon (or /r/mastodon) would pick such an obvious troll as a mod, and then keep him even when he's basically inactive (less than one post a week, on average).

     https://fosstodon.org/@carrotcypher/with_replies

     But there ya go.

     Keep an eye out for Fosstodon, and if you're bored have a scroll through some of Carrotcypher's reddit comments.

     https://www.reddit.com/user/carrotcypher/comments/

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     The Fedilore Otter 🦦 (fedilore@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 07:11:17 JST The Fedilore Otter 🦦

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     As an aside: Only two TBS instances block Fosstodon.org.

     Four TBS instances block the funny horse-wearing-short-pants instance.

     Sure wonder what the difference is! 🙃

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     The Fedilore Otter 🦦 (fedilore@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 07:11:17 JST The Fedilore Otter 🦦

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     Oh my god, this is a real Fosstodon rule.

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     The Fedilore Otter 🦦 (fedilore@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 07:11:18 JST The Fedilore Otter 🦦

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     One of the more mysterious examples is this article about DHS now allowing the government to spy on queer people, specifically because they're queer.

     /r/Privacy has deleted links to this article at least four times, and no existing link to this article is currently up.

     Carrotcypher is a mod on /r/Privacy, and is pretty clearly responsible for at least one of the unexplained takedowns.

     https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dhs-surveillance-lgbtq/

     https://lemm.ee/post/60365167

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     The Fedilore Otter 🦦 (fedilore@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 07:11:18 JST The Fedilore Otter 🦦

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     And then this is my personal favourite so far.

     It a thread about AI, as a mod on /r/OpenSource, he decides to take a strong stance against 19th-century English textile workers.

     https://www.reddit.com/r/opensource/comments/1jmyfcu/comment/mkhmw16/?context=3

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     The Fedilore Otter 🦦 (fedilore@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 07:11:18 JST The Fedilore Otter 🦦

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     Part of what's so great about this one is that on the left there's his bad take with -27 points.

     On the right, you see him on the list of subreddit mods.

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     The Fedilore Otter 🦦 (fedilore@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 07:11:19 JST The Fedilore Otter 🦦

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     Here's the same Fosstodon mod defending schools outing queer children to their abusive parents.

     It's got some big phrenologist energy, describing being trans as a "mental health" issue.

     From the linked article: "Only about one in three LGBTQ+ youth live in LGBTQ-affirming homes, according to a 2021 survey conduced by the Trevor Project."

     https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/16nr11q/comment/k1gol5g/

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     The Fedilore Otter 🦦 (fedilore@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 08:47:03 JST The Fedilore Otter 🦦

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     Some Reddit posts that Carrotcypher has made in his capacity as a Fosstodon mod.

     Nothing especially horrifying, but... yikes.

     (Although I do agree that Vanta is pretty extreme 🤟🛹.)

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     The Fedilore Otter 🦦 (fedilore@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 08:47:03 JST The Fedilore Otter 🦦

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     • Fosstodon

     LMAO, @fosstodon users are reporting people for interacting with this thread.

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Friday, 09-May-2025 20:01:18 JST SuperDicq

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     @fedilore@mastodon.social The last rule says something like "Do not tone police" while all the previous rules are about tone policing.