Got the infamous nsfw form letter today. Did my usual long winded rant in response, and signed off with a hearty “fuck spez” lol.
I dunno, I’ve been trying to make it a slow retreat, setting things up to be as annoying as possible. But gods damn, the shitty little form letter just got under my skin.
Told the u/modcodeofconduct account that if they were going to take the sub over, to do it and stfu because my ass doesn’t get paid for this, so their orders and threats have no meaning
Still had to offer the person behind the account the usual willing ear if they needed to vent or whatever.
I mean, can you imagine having that job? Having to spam those form letters, catch blasts of shit in return, and all for a boss as deplorable as huffpig? I mean, yeah, you can quit, but the employees didn’t get much more warning about this crap than the 3rd party devs did. Takes time to find new employment. And it isn’t like reddit is HQd somewhere cheap to live, so unless they work remotely from a much lower cost of living place, it’s extra difficult to make that decision.
Anyway, I just needed a vent tbh. It isn’t like this kind of thing is new lol.
I get the need to vent. Like, a subreddit might be a collective project, but the ones doing most work there are still the moderators; we grow attached to our communities, it’s only natural.
No surprise - if they were even remotely honest, the letter would be “we’re going to pretend that you guys don’t want to mod, when actually you just outlived your usefulness. Also let us threat you while pretending that this is totally not a threat!”. But odds are that the grunt behind u/ModCodeOfConduct is just doing the dirty work as ordered.
I hope that grunt wakes up and realizes that “just following orders” isn’t an excuse
“Just following orders” is not an excuse, but “just following orders because I need money to eat”, sadly, is.
The odds are that the “grunt” behind u/ModCodeOfConduct is u/spez. It’s the shitty tone and shitty attitude of everything he sends to everyone that gives it away.
The tone is similar, but the wording is different. And even then, the grunt might be simply copypasting what Pigboy told him to.