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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, Spez was a mod of /r/jailbait before advertisers made them take it down....

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wait, really? Not that I'm actually surprised but it's almost to perfect...

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So it turns out the only sources of the claim I've found are memes, so it might not actually be true (though sources are a lot harder to find with 95% of Reddit down).

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Even if the claim is fake, I'd prefere to live in blissful ignorance :D

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Other claims say that this was from a time when you could just add mods to your sub without requiring their consent, though.