Today I stepped down as a mod on r/bitcoin.
I haven't been active on Reddit for years, and will be even less active with the recent API changes.
I may have been the only person to mod both r/bitcoin and r/btc (not at the same time). 😂
I enjoyed the Reddit days, and I think I was very impartial, but I'm still human!
Ultimately I think an unmoderated/self-moderated environment is much better, like Nostr. 🤙🦡
I le-tip my hat to thee, as a fellow redditor I too have felt the euphoric rush of resigning from my high-responsibility yet equally adversarial moderation role.
Thank you for your service.
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🫡 thank you for your service
That’s pretty legendary you were a mod for both subs🫂😂
I was good friends with Roger, working at Blockchain(dot)com, and this was during the blocksize war days. I tried to be impartial, even though I didn't lean towards big blocks (and eventually spoke out against my employer and many friends).
Respect for having the courage to ultimately speak out against your employer. Finished The Blocksize War recently and I’m very grateful the small blockers were able to prevail. Was also pretty wild learning about how much of a role Reddit played during the scaling wars
Thank you.
Yes free speech is all we have left there coming for the guns.
Thanks @Mandrik! Reddit was where I first dug into Bitcoin, before moving to Twitter and now Nostr. I owe a debt of gratitude to the many Redditors and mods who helped me learn.
#Bitcoin #plebchain
I’m sure a new community on https://nostr.kiwi will arise soon enough. Reddit ain’t long for this world
Thanks for your work.
Quiet flex :)
I didn't know this happened until just now. I've been excitedly following your pilot journey because it felt familiar to me.
But after reading this, I see it was very different. As someone who loves flying and being a pilot, this seems like the right decision. I suspect if you'd continued and passed your checkride, you wouldn't fly enough to be safe to exercise it. And that just makes you less likely to become a story on aviation-safety.net.
I have wanted to be able to fly an airplane since the first time I saw one as a very young child. And doing so means that there's always a risk of my story making that site. To me, it's worth the risk. I'm glad you were able to make that assessment for yourself. I usually congratulate people who have passed their checkride. But I think you deserve some as well: congratulations!
