My one, official message to everyone voting in the moderator elections tomorrow by whitegoose

My one, official message to everyone voting in the moderator elections tomorrow by whitegoose at Sat, 01 Apr 2017 02:23:27
https://www.reddit.com/r/SamandTolki/comments/62pzy9/my_one_official_message_to_everyone_voting_in_the/
People of r/samandtolki.  I stand before you on my true day of judgment.  Tomorrow; the right, honourable HaberdasherA has granted a wish, petitioned by the likes of Zack of the Duck and Virulisk and others, that we, the people, vote on who will be, or will not be, moderator of this, the greatest subreddit on the entirety of not just Reddit, not just streaming, nor twitch, nor speedrunning, but perhaps the entire internet, or history of documented text itself.

Before this historic day, I feel that, as pressure mounts on my position, I should clear some things up before you, the people decide our collective fate.

**Why did HaberdasherA make me a moderator?**

This is an interesting question, because until about a month ago, Haber moderated this subreddit by himself.  I use the term "moderated" loosely, as this subreddit has always been a true bastion of free speech, in a world of overmoderation, censorship, and attacks on free speech.  Perhaps after the return of Sam to Twitch, and an influx of newcomers to this subreddit; or perhaps because of changing priorities in Haber's life, he felt he needed to add a couple moderators to help him in the case of any site-wide rule breakers here.  So Haber picked myself, and HazelFlame54.

But why me?

I believe that Haber picked me for a couple reasons.  I am a staunch conservative, vocal about what I believe to be right and wrong not just here, but on my Twitch channel, where this comes at a cost of marketability and popularity.  One of these conservative values I adhere to, is the right to free speech.  My values and Haber's values are very similar in this regard.  On top of this, no other partnered Twitch streamer was ever an active poster here.  Perhaps they were too scared of not only criticism or falling victim to shitposting like has happened to me of late, but also perhaps of being considered to "associate with the wrong kinds of people."  Yes, you, reader of r/samandtolki.  Many streamers, the very people you love, you spend hours watching, and donating your hard earned money to, look down upon you.  Many of them consider you a blight on the community, a toxic wasteland of people who only want to cause drama and upset the fabric of peoples' lives.  **But not I.**  I've always been more than willing to fit in here, posting under my old account /u/TrueReligion_ since at least 2015, if not earlier, while this account was shadowbanned from r/speedrun, and then switched back to this account once r/speedrun had a mutiny in early 2016.  (I only bring this up so you can check post history or whatever which a bunch of redditors seem to love to do, so whatever, have at it.)

I believe that the combination of my values, as well as the social proof of me being a known, partnered streamer & speedrunner, lead Haber to believe that I was a perfect fit for the position - something that he stood by, until he was pestered by about 4500 new topics every day asking for me to be removed.  Why did some of you question Haber's authority like that?

For years, I was a beloved member of this community.  The people rejoiced behind their computer screens at my posts; insight that only someone of my status, who knows the kinds of people who stream on Twitch, who knows the kinds of things that go on at GDQ, only someone like me could offer.  But then it all turned.

**So what happened?**

There were two major events that seem to have lead up to some members of this subreddit turning on me and changing their opinions, or perhaps just the minority of people who disliked me, finally feeling confident enough to voice their opinions on me.  We'll start with this one.

**The Discord fiasco**

A few months ago, Hazel found it wise to make a Discord for this subreddit, a decision that was criticized immediately by some.  Many believed there was not enough content here to sustain having both a subreddit and a Discord, without some dilution of content - something that would be proven true.  Almost immediately, the quality of posts here deteriorated.  Perhaps this had something to do with Sam returning to streaming as well, as there was less ability to hypothesize on what he was doing during his absence, but it was mostly the Discord.

Here's a post from /u/sksksi discussing the deterioration of this subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/SamandTolki/comments/62g5j2/haberdashera_its_the_30th_the_1st_is_in_2_days/dfmnhad/

>I completely disagree about the Discord being the best thing to happen to this sub. IMO it is the worst thing to happen to this sub. This subreddit has always been a great place to come and talk with others about SVG, with a litte dash of other speedrunning drama thrown in. Now this sub is pointless drama discussion, with a little SVG talk here and there. Whatever is going on in the Discord, the drama is leaking into this sub and making it a place Im thinking about unsubbing from. SVG used to be great but now its a bunch of alts spewing the_Donald type of talk about a man picking his nose and calling someone a cuck.

And this is exactly what happened.  A bunch of dudes got all cliquey (Ben, Zack, Vir, Trotsky) and started posting a bunch of bullshit about me, simply out of boredom, and a lack of content on this sub.  Ben admitted himself that he just did it as a meme, and only found this subreddit by clicking "find a random sub," not watching or following Twitch at all.  Perhaps the others have deep seeded hatred towards me for some reason, but that's fine, you can't win over everyone.

The literal nonsense started leaking out of Discord and onto this sub, for the worse.  Not only this, but those dudes would literally @mention me in Discord over 100 times daily about annoying shit, asking me to debate, asking me all sorts of dumb things.  No where was I safe from their bullshit @mentions.  I would be eating dinner with my family and get @mentioned.  Watching The Bachelor with my family, @mentioned.  Walking my dog Trixie, @mentioned.  Imagine living your life, and no matter where you were, some 17 year old cuck kid was doing this to you, all day, every day, for months on end.  Yes, you may have seen messages where I ALL IN CAPSLOCK YELL CUCK CUCK CUCK in Discord, but if you were in my shoes, might you not have done the same?

I got so annoyed that I debated Ben, which *he promised* would be the end of things.  It wasn't.  I then debated Vir, where *he promised* it would be the end of things.  It wasn't  These men (boys?) are **liars.**  They have no loyalties, or honesty.  They will do whatever the fuck they feel like for the meme of it.  They have no regard for human life and will troll the shit out of anyone just because they are bored and useless.  It's very, truly sad.  Meanwhile, I adhere to values... the same values that HaberdasherA saw in me, and the same values that made this subreddit great to begin with.

**What happened with Nancy?**

Another reason people point to, where their opinions of me changed, were my dealings with Nancy.  Nancy is a truly evil person, who drove 3 hours across Ohio in an anime costume to fuck Puncayshun, stayed with him a week, and when things didn't work out with him because of Puncay's parents, she **immediately, and publicly** started tweeting at and flirting with Fnuire, one of the world's best Majora's Mask speedrunners.  Some argue that she did Puncay a favour by deflowering his soul, and that may be partly true, but what favour is there in then publicly, and immediately leaving him for another man at the first sign of things not working out?  This is the true embodiment of evil in my mind.  And not only this, but she did the exact same thing to Fnuire when things didn't work out there.  Nancy is a bad person, and I will never fail to see it this way.

So I decided to stick up for my buddies and fellow speedrun compatriots by getting her interested in me and then rejecting her.  It was very easy, as this is a girl who takes interest in many men.  I was truly shocked at how quickly overbearing her interest became, as after only two days of talking to her, she both 1) overran my Discord by asking all my viewers to go Skype with her and give her attention and 2) would message me incessantly, during family dinners, The Bachelor viewings, grocery shopping outings and dog walkings, which was super annoying.  I had no choice but to block her, swiftly and powerfully.  The result was even more shocking - she began webcamming the next night.  I felt that surely my actions had something to do with it, so in a thread about her webcamming on this very subreddit, I posted what I'd done.

Little did I know that conniving, heartcrushing, soul-destroying Nancy would get the best of me.  I guess after this happened, she spent the next few weeks in the r/samandtolki Discord pleading her case and sharing her heart to those who would listen - and they believed her.  Of course they did.  Dudes on the internet always believe the girl.  "She's a good girl - you really hurt her goose!" were cries I heard from down the mountains.  No she's not.  But alas, Zack and Vir and Trotsky and others believed Nancy over me, and perhaps this ignited their rage towards me.

I thought I could get the best of Nancy.  I thought I could teach a girl who runs around and breaks hearts regularly, a valuable lesson.  I thought I could do my fellow man a favour, by changing the attitude of a heart-crushing woman.  But I was wrong.  Men never win in these situations, and ultimately Nancy had the last laugh, by deceiving  the Discord into painting her as the heroine, and me as the villain.  I admit it Nancy, you won.  You beat me at my own game.

**So what does this have to do with being moderator of this subreddit?**

Perhaps some users of this subreddit and Discord are just bored, or memey, and used all this as an example to paint me as someone who is unhinged and unfit to moderate.  This couldn't be further from the truth, as the best few weeks have been a true test of my stability and ability as a moderator.  **I have not deleted one negative or deceitful post about me** over the past few weeks.  Does that not show, more than anything, I am fit to continue as a moderator here?

Yes, I made some mistakes.  I am a human being.  But I have offered this subreddit something no other streamer in my position has been able to offer.  I've given insight that others in my shoes are too afraid to give.  Too afraid they will upset someone important who might benefit them later on.  In a world where other streamers and posters serve only themselves, I serve **you**, the people.  Some people might say that, "oh goose, you were mean to Nancy, you """exploded""" in Discord, you shitposted with alt accounts" as reasons to vote me out tomorrow.  **But, people of r/samandtolki, if I am condemned and voted out as a moderator of this subreddit, one of the most epic, trolly, places on the internet, because I trolled and shitposted too hard, then so be it.**  Ultimately, that's all it was.  It was all shitposting, all trolling.  Some people gave it to me, and I gave it back.  I am the king shitposter, the divine troll, one of the greatest in the world.  What's happened here over the past few weeks proves it.  And if I am simply "too strong" of a shitposter for this very place, then I will live with that.

People of this subreddit - tomorrow you have an important decision.  Tomorrow you decide my fate as a moderator here.  I just want it known that I have always shown the values that HaberdasherA wanted shown on this subreddit, and whatever the decision he makes, I will always both fully respect him, as well as be thankful and honoured to be the first moderator of this subreddit after him.  So take to the polls, do your thing, wherever destiny takes us, that is where I will go.

God bless you, God bless r/samandtolki, and may God keep this subreddit glorious and free!