The important stuff

As of posting the subreddit should be fixed with css reverted as well as many posts removed, but more importantly the subreddit should be unrestricted to be open to posts again.

Many mods have been removed ( /u/furrytesticlesack most importantly) and we will be hosting mod applications and will likely have new mods by next week so be sure to apply here

Link: https://forms.gle/gTGpS89WvAXgqAme9

From now on the mod team will be dedicated to keeping the sub fresh and not stagnant, and a situation like this will not happen again. We on the mod team legitimately apologize and hope you can continue to enjoy the subreddit from now on. We will change this subreddit from what it currently is. We will not do another thing like this again.

Backstory for the confused

So the mod team has done events like this in the past (racist mario, the grinch and operation chungus) and most of them initially were stemmed from a cynical view of the viewer base. To see the baseline idea and funny of the subreddit be degraded and eroded over time into something unrecognizable no matter how hard the mods tried made them resentful of the viewerbase.

Some specific mods became legitimately hatefully towards all redditors in general and just wanted to see them angry and despondent. The other mods at best saw it as a chance to take the piss out of our "normie audience".

In terms of the specific actions it was not a cohesive moderator team effort, with one or two people proposing it and some other mods egging them on but most of what happened were actions of a small amount of individuals who took it too far. I myself did take the opportunity to take some piss out of the audience, which I apologize for. I personally had to finally step in as head mod and put a stop to the action. Whether or not it retains to the "original vision" of the subreddit "normie" or not people still enjoy the subreddit and it was not ok to take that from them.

It is important to note the range of reactions to this specific event with many mods who weren't even involved receiving many death threats and threats of violence. Alot of time these reactions were used to fuel the cynical view of the audience. There were some people who were legitimately concerned for the health of the subreddit and sent messages asking about what was happening and I thank those people.

We're not asking for complete absolution or anything of the sort just an understanding of what happened.