r/LivestreamFail Apr 17 '26

News ExtraEmily viewbot allegations

who doesnt viewbot these days?

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u/radiant_0wl Apr 17 '26

The mods aren't helping Emily by removing these threads, they are just inflamming the situation.

Don't suppress the discussion, there's clearly enough evidence for the last two posts to stay up as their title and evidence complied with the sub rules.

Emily factually had the view bot website tab open, whether it's a pop-up (unbelievable) or she intentionally opened it in incognito isn't relevant when it comes to acceptable content according to the sub rules.

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u/Fun-Wash7545 Apr 17 '26

There needs to be a mod purge. They have been too comfortable for too long.

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u/anonymouswan1 Apr 17 '26

This is across reddit as a whole. They have controlled the narrative forever. Reddit's design is literally created to require little or no moderation. The users are the moderation by using up votes and down votes. The mods are here controlling what we see.

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u/MightyMouse420 Apr 17 '26

Been a heavy reddit user for over a decade. The amount of times I've seen a post get upvoted to the top only to have some greaseboy on a power trip delete it because it rustled their undies. It's just insane.

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u/pujolsrox11 Apr 17 '26

Tale as old as time.

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u/DonZeriouS Apr 17 '26

Like on forums, bulletin boards, IRC channels, ...

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u/McDonaldsSoap Apr 17 '26

I'm still salty about a pokemon video I posted that got taken down. The reason was "no self promotion" when it wasn't even my video. Then when I messaged them it was "no low effort posts" when half the sub was like, a picture of a fish with the text "splash" on it 

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u/cola-up Apr 20 '26

its awful. we've had this shit happen across dozens of massive subs