The good samaratian admin will not be named, just to avoid harassment from those who want this particular subreddit gone.
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HandofBane eventually explained what happen: davidme went off the deep end, made a screed on another sub, and attempted to nuke the whole mod team, the CSS, and made a huge mess. According to the creator of KiA (and since he's a regular of r/politics, it's influence also added to his growing antagonisticism towards what he made), the subreddit became infested with "racism, sexism, and other -isms", and therefore he really wanted to close the sub, despite being handed over supervisory control.
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The subreddit was gone for about 45-50 minutes, until a reddit admin and the KiA mods wrestle the power back from davidme to put back everything live and in order.
On July 13, 2018, davidme set the subreddit on private and attempted to nuke KotakuInAction. Therefore, even though Kotaku in Action is a good resource, the subscribers are discourage to buy reddit gold (aka premium membership) or allowing ads on the site. Mainly for the reason that many of reddit's mods in most subreddits have been deleting posts and comments on Gamergate (and similar issues and concerns) and the admins have shadowbanned hundreds, if not thousands, of people for the same reason.
Role in GamergateĮventually, the subreddit became the hub station of news and discussion. Kotaku in Action became the defacto one for Gamergate discussion (Besides 8chan), along with talks about censorship, agendas, bias, and other issues in the gaming media and related topics. The Tumblr In Actions post can be seen here Also, because Gawker is of low standards.īut when two subreddits, r/games and r/gaming, banned discussion about the disclosure policies by journalists and the trolls and Shit Reddit Says natives took over r/gamergate subreddit. This is before Gamergate happened, mainly one of the reporters living in with an indie dev. Thanks to Kotaku being it's usual corrupt, colluding, self-serving self, a post about their dallyings ended up in TumblrInAction, there. It is a community that allows the exchange of information, supports the ongoing discussion of media ethics, and protects the right of the individual to embrace their personal interests in entertainment and freedom.
It is a community that organizes to hold the media accountable to the concept of artistic freedom by standing up for the artist, the developer, the writer, the filmmaker, and all who enjoy the freedom to create, explore, and expand. KotakuInAction is a community that condemns willful censorship, exclusion, harassment, or abuse. We believe the current media is complicit in the proliferation of an ideology that squashes individuality, divides along political lines, and is stifling to the freedom of creativity that is the foundation of human expression. We have taken notice of various incidents involving conflicts of interest and agenda-pushing within media which we feel are damaging to the credibility of the medium and harm the community at large. We believe that the current standards of ethics in the media has alienated the artists, developers, and creators, who perpetuate the things we love, enjoy, and enthusiastically build communities around. KotakuInAction is a platform for open discussion of the issues where gaming, nerd culture, the internet, and media collision.
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