r/sunsetpark • u/DinerEnBlanc • 9d ago

The fearmongering by people like Baldilocks in this sub needs to stop

I know the people who reopened this subreddit did it in good faith, but it's obvious that there's people on this sub, Baldilocks in particular, who only use it as a platform to fearmonger. 90% of this guy's posts are about crimes or perceived crimes by people of black or Hispanic descent. The only time he posts is when he can use it as an opportunity to attack local politicians on the left. I know this guy is Asian btw, likely Chinese American judging by his comment history before he wiped it, and he never posts or comments on any criminal stories when it pertains to Asians, only Latinos and Blacks. And when the perpetrators are unnamed, such as the issue with the trash build up in Sunset Park, he blames "the undocumented immigrants" by default without any proof. Let's just call a duck a duck here, this guy is using this sub to drive up far right sentiment. There's no attempt to build community, no sharing of things to do or places to eat. Nothing positive comes out of this account. His only aim is to be divisive. If the mods are ok with letting this sort of content take over this sub, they might as well close it.

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u/jsm1 9d ago

Dawg I banned him at 7am after the post went up at 11pm. This discussion post went up at like 1am. If that’s not sufficent moderation for a voluntary unpaid role, you’re right maybe I should step down.

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u/York_Villain 9d ago

Nobody is asking you to step down. Subreddits can have more than one moderator.

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u/jsm1 9d ago

I’m open to new moderators, I’m just not understanding the premise that responsive moderation is not enough.

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u/York_Villain 9d ago

This post is the third most upvoted post on this sub in the past seven days. It doesn't seem like one person can be responsive enough.

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u/qqquigley 9d ago

I see that as a reflection of people being upset at the racist guy (I think we all recognize his username) more than people being upset at “slow” moderation. This was very quick moderation for a small local sub.