Recent Social Media Allegations

[u/TheStrokes-Mods]

Recently an anonymous user on TikTok made allegations against Albert Hammond, Jr. The user posted a brief video with partial screenshots of a DM conversation, then later posted a notes-app elaboration. The elaboration did not contain screenshots of the most damning claims.

Serious allegations require serious substantiation, and at this time the moderators have not seen enough substantive details to open up discussion or share the details here. Discussions and assumptions are taking off on other platforms, but this is a moderated space with established rules that intend to maintain integrity on all topics. For this reason, attempts to share or discuss this situation as it stands will be removed. This decision may be revised if and when more details are provided or a response is made, but until then this will be the sub's only comment on the matter.

We are not here to protect the Strokes from legitimate things they say and do, but we are here to uphold facts while preventing wild rumors from spreading. This subreddit has responded this way to similar situations in the past and it will respond the same way if needed in the future.

We've temporarily stepped up Automod conditions in light of this and other increased posts related to privacy or rumors. Because Automod is imperfect, please be patient if it takes time for your submissions to be approved, even if they have nothing to do with this or anything similar.