• PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca
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    11 months ago

    The ebike subreddit is modded by the owners of Lunacycle. They actively remove posts about bad customer service/other issues from Lunacycle. I witnessed them name and shame some random redditor and accuse them of fraud because they posted screenshots of email correspondence that pointed out shady dealings on Luna’s part.

    They use the general subreddit for electric bikes to funnel everyone into ordering from them.

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      11 months ago

      during the massive purge of rebellious mods, there was a huge opening for corporate shills to move into places where previous mods had kept them out. this phenomenon was widespread in many fan and specialty subs. Reddit admins were more than happy to let this happen, as corporate shills were also more than happy to be cooperative with Reddit admins.

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      11 months ago

      In a similar more minor vein, the Snowpeircer (tv show) sub was administered by the showrunners.
      They were mostly subtle about it, but quietly removed lots of posts after a week or so that didn’t fit show promo.
      I’m pretty sure they’ve abandoned it now that the show is in limbo.