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u/agentlame
r/technology moderator/PR figure who confronted users over the subreddit's secret banned-words list (2014)
- Known for
- r/technology moderator/PR figure who confronted users over the subreddit's secret banned-words list (2014)
- Scope
- moderator of the default r/technology subreddit
Background
agentlame was the r/technology moderator who handled public relations during the 2014 keyword-censorship scandal and who banned a user that exposed the subreddit's secret filtering of the word 'Tesla.' The episode revealed an AutoModerator list quietly removing dozens of politically sensitive terms, and contributed to Reddit demoting r/technology from its default list. agentlame was among the moderators removed during the fallout.