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u/maxwellhill
Long-time top moderator of major default subreddits whose account went dark, fueling a (debunked) Ghislaine Maxwell theory
- Known for
- Long-time top moderator of major default subreddits whose account went dark, fueling a (debunked) Ghislaine Maxwell theory
- Scope
- top moderator of r/worldnews, r/politics, r/science and r/technology
Background
u/maxwellhill was one of Reddit's earliest and most influential power users, holding the top moderator slot on several of the largest subreddits and ranking among the highest link-karma accounts ever. The account was central to the 2014 r/technology controversy. After the account went quiet around the July 2020 arrest of Ghislaine Maxwell, conspiracy theorists claimed it belonged to her; independent analysis found the claim almost certainly false, noting moderator activity continued after the arrest.