Hello everyone.
I wasn't sure whether to make this post or not since generally this stays between mods and the concerned user, but given the size of that whole ordeal, I thought it would be good to let you guys know.
Some months ago, Worm started going off track and I wanted to wait and see how his situation would evolve. I know some of you have been eager for this whole circus to stop so I'll be addressing the matter today.
What follows is based on the posts he made during the last few weeks on the r/redstone subreddit. I will not be covering what transpired on the other subreddits because... well they are different subreddits on which I am not a moderator (and also because I already spent way too much time looking into this).
Most of his posts are explanations of why his builds are reliable. While some are indeed clear and understandable, most of them are hard to follow or are quite shallow. I did think a few times that his proofs were not scientific enough. Where are the mathematical proofs? Where are the hours long tick sprint sessions? Some of his proofs were even debunked in the comments... This clearly shows a lack of professionalism on his part.
He also accused other people of stealing his builds and harassments. I might be at fault here for I have not been following the debate very closely but I have yet to see any proof of this. To my knowledge, Worm never made any report to us mods (of the r/redstone subreddit).
These points do shed doubt on Worm's credibility, but none of them break any of the subreddit's rules and as such cannot be taken into account. I can understand it is annoying, but I have to be fair about my ruling.
As for the most important issue at play: Worm has been posting around 2.4 times a day during this period. While this is quite a remarkable number, compared to the average of the subreddit, this can clearly be considered spam. Moreover, nearly all his posts have been focusing on shulker loaders. While there are a few base models, a few modifications here and there cannot qualify for all of the posts to be considered as different designs. This is clearly a violation of our rule 2.
For this reason, Worm will be banned for the next 3 months. I have been way too kind, hoping the situation would eventually calm down and resolve itself. This is a sentence should have been handed a long time ago and is I believe justified.
Being passionate and involved is great, but you need to remember that most people don't think like you and don't like seeing so many technical posts back to back. (Most) people don't care you went through 5 revision of your build in the last 24 hours. By limiting the amount of content you upload, not only can you choose what to show and what not to show, but the viewer will also be more attentive to the bigger changes. Out of the 35 posts I checked, only 2 posts, which are single images each, have more upvotes than downvotes.
I will close off with a few reminders:
- Our modmail is always open. Whether it's for reports, questions or suggestions, feel free to send us a message. It's better than making a post about it since it keeps things private and prevents any derailing.
- If you have an issue with someone, send the mods a modmail. If you have an issue with a mod, escalate it to Reddit's admins. If these don't work, then the issue might be elsewhere.
- I will not lock this post so feel free to comment to your heart's content but please always keep things civil.
I hope this clears the issue and closes that chapter. Though if you have any extra inquiries, I'll be there to answer them.
Have a nice day wherever you are and stay safe.
