Reddit admins admit that users at 2XC used sock-puppet accounts to make things look worse than they seemed and lied about harassment via PM.

nigglereddit · 2014-08-20T17:25:02+00:00

This is very common among feminists; Meg Lanker-Simons did the same thing.

They do it because they see their cause as so important that anything they do is justified if it leads to the outcome they want. This is so common that they even do it when doing so is self-contradictory, like using vastly inflated rape statistics to justify demanding more funding and attention for rape prevention.

TechnoSam_Belpois · 2014-08-20T17:41:48+00:00

Why is TwoX a default sub anyway? Why does it get to be the only gendered default sub? Ordinarily I'd say that there needs to be a male counterpart here, but I don't even want that. That would create huge battle between the two, knowing the communities here. Why can't we just leave gender out of default entirely?

Eryemil · 2014-08-20T19:57:48+00:00

Women making false allegations, I can hardly believe it.

KalChoedan · 2014-08-20T18:21:40+00:00

Discussed in some detail here (back in May, when this actually happened:)

http://www.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/26dx5d/the_harassing_pms_and_threats_that_2xc_users_have/

DavidByron2 · 2014-08-20T17:36:10+00:00

Feminists are hilarious. If they weren't in power they'd be as funny as those KKK guys with the pointy hats.

JonLR · 2014-08-20T18:31:20+00:00

I saved that thread at the time, it was hilarious.

Good job to the admins for confirming what anyone with half a brain already knew.

goodfoobar · 2014-08-20T17:59:58+00:00

From the little that I've seen on 2XC there are some reasonable and rational women posting there. If true then it makes sense that underhanded tactics are being used to try and discredit it. Just like underhanded tactics have been used to try and discredit this subreddit.

fl35h · 2014-08-20T19:15:56+00:00

This is old news, but still good to know.

tessarect · 2014-08-20T17:00:13+00:00

The word 'admit' in your title is somewhat misleading: it implies that Reddit admins have been denying the issue in the first place. I might be mistaken, but this doesn't seem to be the case.

bitchbepsycho · 2014-08-20T17:17:39+00:00

This is class.

AmuseDeath · 2014-08-20T21:15:28+00:00

This is pretty sad and disgusting. There needs to be punishments for those that "claim" that they've been PM harassed and stuff and lie about it trying to get sympathy and support.

stop_stalking_me · 2014-08-21T02:28:59+00:00

Ah yes, the old "men don't need a special place because the rest of the world is theirs" line. Ugh

mrrandomman420 · 2014-08-20T21:36:06+00:00

I thought you meant again, haha. Yeah this was pretty crazy. They can behave like that and still be a default. Now that's what I call "equality".

mearei · 2014-08-20T22:09:24+00:00

anyone that frequents /r/gaming will get a huge kick out of this being posted today.

SweetiePieJonas · 2014-08-21T01:19:17+00:00

Their desperation is really getting palpable now. It feels like the MRA perspective is gaining traction lately in the culture, and that is causing a thermonuclear meltdown among feminists who are terrified of losing their iron grip on the discourse.

All of this makes me hopeful that the misandry bubble is on track to pop by 2020, as predicted four years ago, if not sooner.

Eenjoy · 2014-08-21T07:25:26+00:00

Wow... only 2 to 4 reports/instances have been legitimate... according the that last comment.

That is a pretty low damn number.

Sinistar_Lives · 2014-08-20T22:44:09+00:00

especially humorous in the wake of the quinnspiracy

2014-08-20T23:59:09+00:00

They'll do just about anything to paint themselves as victims

Kittenclysm · 2014-08-21T00:51:17+00:00

I thought this was /r/SubredditDrama for a moment.

DumpyLips · 2014-08-21T01:26:58+00:00

Why would a girl ever lie about being raped?

MockingDead · 2014-08-21T04:20:57+00:00

This is why MR forums need to be elsewhere. the Reddit mods are very biased against MR.

MR mods, could you allow my comment to be seen?

yummyluckycharms · 2014-08-20T22:32:10+00:00

Does this really surprise anyone? I mean cmon, its 2xc - You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy - Obi wan.

Funcuz · 2014-08-21T00:26:11+00:00

Why are we even humoring these idiots by talking about them ? If they want to have their own little pity party about how so hard done by they are, let 'em. Not our problem.

OrangeBananna · 2014-08-21T02:22:37+00:00

Out of curiosity, and I'm serious, do any M.R users ever go to the feminist side of reddit and troll them or is that an exclusively feminist thing? I don't frequent the other side(fem sub's) too often, the hate over there is strong.

theskepticalidealist · 2014-08-21T14:00:19+00:00

Ahaha. Saved.

Always funny when someone says false accusations don't happen happily goes to a lot of trouble to falsely accuse people.

Velimarcis · 2014-08-21T14:40:17+00:00

That's fuckin' funnnnnyy.

Now I wonder how many of the "I got harassed 1949501 times during my walk to the mailbox and back" posts over there are fake too.

Jacobtk · 2014-08-21T19:46:57+00:00

You mean some feminists claimed that they were being maliciously harassed constantly and when someone checked the claim turned out to be a lie? No...

a0i · 2014-08-20T22:55:04+00:00

Imagine that.

Brilliant reply post. Burned.

EDIT -- just noticed the OP of the thread is named "throwmeaway60549867" -- you gotta be kidding, right?

KRosen333 · 2014-08-21T02:44:59+00:00

...

why the hell is this here? This was AGES ago. This isn't even news. Fuck, I was a regular in SRD that long ago (haven't had much time posting)

GDI Mensrights, why are you bringing shit like this to my front page? I want to know about Mens Rights, not Reddit Default Drama Rights.

:(

jokoon · 2014-08-21T12:20:57+00:00

being a reddit admin might not be that easy after all

kmaster2520 · 2014-08-21T16:12:19+00:00

Why am I not surprised?

Obsi3 · 2014-08-20T20:28:54+00:00

This happened a while ago. Why post it now?

kadivs · 2014-08-21T08:23:56+00:00

I guess I should have posted it here then, rather than here. Look at all that sweet karma I didn't get

Don't worry OP, I don't blame you or anything, you probably also got it from the quinn post in /r/videos, all the karma rightly belongs to that guy anyway, I'm just sad because that would have nearly doubled my link karma which would have been a warm fuzzy feeling

2014-08-20T20:56:21+00:00

Reddit admins admit that users at 2XC used sock-puppet accounts to make things look worse than they seemed and lied about harassment via PM.

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Title	Reddit admins admit that users at 2XC used sock-puppet accounts to make things look worse than they seemed and lied about harassment via PM.
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Date	August 20, 2014 4:26 PM UTC (11 years ago)
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