This case is over 2 months late, but due in part to nobody else making a case in that timeframe and my unawareness of this subreddit, the post is being made now.

The plaintiff would like to submit that the subs of r/freefolk (Game of Thrones subreddit) had an outstanding conspiracy to both censor and attempt to destroy a subreddit in the weeks leading up to the 2019 Emmys. A single person managed to infiltrate the r/freefolk mod team, and convinced them to institute a "positivity week", in which every post that contained negative thought or made fun of the showrunners of the show or was generally not "positive" was instantly removed from the subreddit. This created a huge stir in the community instantly, and was followed by nearly the entire r/freefolk community rising and leaving for a new subreddit where there was no such censorship, following the ideals of the freefolk. We believe in never bending the knee, and will never submit meekly when a moderator goes on a power trip and attempts to fully censor an entire subreddit, especially our home subreddit.

Following this fiasco and the huge backlash that it caused, the subreddit alternated between periods of being public and private. This action only incensed the members of the subreddit, so many flocked to alternate subreddits, r/OldFreefolk being one of the prime examples. Following this, the moderator team attempted to ban the moderator that they planned on being the fall guy, u/Im-not-steve. This fall guy was promptly kicked and banned from the subreddit and its mod team. They then played off the entire fiasco as a "joke" and tried to pin all of the blame on the previously mentioned user. However, some of the mod team were more sympathetic to the community and leaked some screenshots of conversations of the mod chat. As I am unwilling to transcribe 53 images, I will link the album library here: https://imgur.com/a/OyeY0Uy. The leak of these screenshots show that the moderator team is comprised of a small core of moderators who spread out their presence using many alternate accounts("alts"). Following this revelation, it was simple to determine that u/Im-not-steve was actually an alt of a moderator, u/dunkcity. It was easily revealed that the actual moderator behind the entire idea was still on the mod team and would still be allowed to commit further crimes.

A while later, the owner of the subreddit set the sub to private, alternating between public and private for a while. During this time, more screenshots came to light that showed that the owner of the subreddit was in on the entire idea of "positivity week" and actively participated in enforcing it for a while. This flipflopping of status continued before reddit admins finally stepped in and stripped the owner of the subreddit of all mod powers and setting the sub as public again.

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This is a very general recap of the events that transpired, if more detail is requested feel free to check this post for more information as needed. https://www.reddit.com/r/oldfreefolk/comments/d3b74i/what_the_fuck_happened_last_night_sub_update_day_1/

https://www.reddit.com/r/oldfreefolk/comments/d75fpp/what_the_fuck_happened_over_at_the_freefolk_sub/

Thank you, and happy lawyering.

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As this is my first time posting on this subreddit as a comment on one of my recent posts alerted me to the existence of this sub, I apologize in advance for any errors, inappropriate flairs, or unintentional rule breaks. LLAP.

P.S. shoutout to our allies during this time r/lotrmemes and r/prequelmemes

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Prosecutors: u/ricardoalonzo -> since he is afk plantiff will fill the role instead

Defenders: u/maggogerts, u/KaySen762

Judge: u/Doses_of_Happiness

Jurors: u/sliceman21, u/SparkFlash98, u/Scrollipede, u/Heeeeelllo, u/wagsman

Defense witness: u/Freeefolkk

Hodor: u/andrelam

Drunk uncle being racist in the rear generally not contributing to the case but is there because he is an ultimate lurker: u/ScuzzleButte

Drunk uncle's nephew who was forced to come by his parents: u/ThePizzaMuncher

Case bee movie guy: u/PurpleHaze1704

Case hotdog guy: u/_HEDONISM_BOT

Case bartender: u/Reedswag88

Case nut milk guy: u/Krystalkatt

Obnoxious vegan: u/ashlpaca

Guy with a secret that nobody knows but is also just there because reasons: u/swimmaroo

Guy who has to constantly remind people that D&D does not refer to Dungeons and Dragons for this case: u/KingKnotts

Guy that's just happy to be here: u/charlietreger

Guy who is excessively late but is also happy to be here: u/EricTheBlonde

Guy looking around to see if there are any Starbucks cups for "historical" accuracy: u/Murasama23

Guy "shaking (his) head in disgust at the fact that the mods of a sub dedicated to a popular TV show participated in a conspiracy to repress their user base." and further stating that " Of all the opportunities in the world, this is what they chose to exercise their villainy on? Pathetic.": u/nopethanx

Guy calling the mods "fooken kneelers: u/Schinkelnator

Guy this thread is about: u/Freeefolkk

Fact-checker: u/Ks427236

"(G)uy playing the victim 800 upvotes. Edit: I have a lot of ppl accused me of this post. yeah it’s almost as if you think the defendant omitted the word "wrong" which may make a group chat if we both got banned.": u/karmacourt_ss_s

Guy just interested because he remembers when this entire thing happened: u/lifeandtimes89

Guy who gives no shits about the haters and loves knocking them down: u/MyFingerPointeth

People who didn't read the sub rules: the 2% of people who downvoted this post

Resident haters: u/GrowYourOwnMonsters, u/TheNumberMuncher, u/TrivialAntics

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Subreddit sponsors:

r/lotrmemes representative providing their sword for this "fellowship": u/RatFace_

r/HydroHomies representative providing water for the trial: u/blackk100

r/Neverbrokeabone representative providing milk for the trial: u/awittyorfunnyname

r/piratesofthrones representative stepping up to be royal headsman: u/branj70

r/ACK representative just saying ack over and over and over: u/ZippytheMuppetKiller