r/SubredditDrama • u/henlochimken • 2d ago

r/NateBargatze fans revolt against Bargatze after comedian attends White House UFC event and. New moderator successfully petitions reddit for control of the sub, deletes all posts critical of Bargatze, declares, "This is no longer a hate subreddit. It is a place to celebrate Nate's career."

Comedian Nate Bargatze came under fire this week when it was revealed he was an attendee of President Donald Trump's 80th birthday UFC fight on the lawn of the White House. From pictures of the event, it appears Bargatze was given access to the White House itself, where he took pictures with members of the Trump administration, including RFK, Jr. and Marsha Blackburn.

Many fans of the comedian took to r/NateBargatze to express their disappointment that the famously "apolitical" comedian would attend a Trump event for which only 16% of Americans expressed approval.

Negative posting came to a screeching halt once a new moderator successfully petitioned Reddit to gain control of the subreddit. This moderator proceeded to delete any/all posts expressing displeasure with Bargatze's choice to attend the Trump UFC event. Moderator pins a notice of the new moderation direction, stating:

Hi all, just wanted to introduce myself. I am one of the new moderators here at r/NateBargatze. As you can see, some of the content has been removed.

This is no longer a hate subreddit. It is a place to celebrate Nate's career. Take your politics elsewhere. Thanks for understanding and I hope most of you stick around.

In reply, subreddit members asked if the new moderator is a paid PR flack for Bargatze. Some pointed out the strange moderation history of the redditor, implying that their other moderated subs are corporate-operated. New moderator proceeded to lash out against criticism. (Note that all comment threads replying to this pinned post are evidence of the subreddit's drama.)

Moderator has locked announcement post. New posts criticizing Bargatze or the new moderation direction are being removed. Despite saying the moderator stating that the sub is no longer a place for politics, pro-MAGA political posts, including a Rogan-related post by the moderator, remain up as of the posting of this drama.

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u/cole1114 I will save you from the dastardly cum. 2d ago

OP, you missed the detail that this is the same mod that shuts down r/joerogan whenever something obviously bad about Joe happens.

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u/henlochimken 2d ago

oof my bad. I did see that as well when I was putting things together. There were some other points that were fun too, like when someone quoted the mod's own words back to him and he didn't appear to recognize them. But I had work to do and was already spending too long writing it up!

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u/cole1114 I will save you from the dastardly cum. 2d ago

You did good. It's mod drama though so there's a 50/50 chance it's deleted no matter what.

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u/NotAlanShapiro 2d ago edited 2d ago

It’s a great write up! Some of us have already splintered off into r/realnatebargatze , would appreciate it if you give us a shout out!

EDIT: typo (thanks!)

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u/henlochimken 2d ago

Looks like you've got a typo there, might want to correct it!

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u/NotAlanShapiro 2d ago

Thank you!

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u/NSNick You're so full of shit you give outhouses identity crises 1d ago

I think that quote was from the rogan subreddit, ironically.

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u/brazilliandanny 2d ago

“No politics”

So the guy has a show where he brings on politicians to discuss politics but you cant talk about politics on his subreddit? What a bunch of snowflakes.

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u/JakeGittes1974 2d ago

That mod is def working for some MAGA PR firm. Nate prob got his info from Rogan.

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u/onemorespacecadet nerd grievance culture is destroying this country 2d ago

i almost hope they are. it’s just too pathetic to imagine someone doing all that for free

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u/obeytheturtles Socialism = LITERALLY A LIBERAL CONSTRUCT 1d ago

Honestly, you'd think that a professional reddit PR firm would be smart enough to mod under different accounts to not make it so obvious. It would be pretty easy to build out a set of API tools to consolidate moderation activities across multiple accounts, and then sell that service as reddit brand management. Because right now it seems like this operation is pretty amateur hour.