https://grahamlinehan.substack.com/p/theres-another-abusive-male-at-reddit
As a bonus, this video is someone who blew the whistle on some of this depravity last year. This poor person seems like they got manipulated pretty deeply, but doesn't see the likely depth of that manipulation. Bardfinn is loosely included in this video and likely one of the main people involved in the mentioned depravity.
Reddit is a sick platform run by sick people who enable sick, power-hungry degenerates a place to spread their trash and abuse others. Amazing that both Reddit and Twitter have lawsuits against them for apparently allowing some child abuse content on them. This seems all too common for major people in these big Silicon Valley tech companies. Yet, these companies and their oligarch executives want to run your life.
Also, kudos to Substack for allowing indie articles like this.
This man is sick. Per the article, he also abused his ex-wife and children some time before transitioning, and he believes incest is acceptable in some circumstances. This is a Reddit powermod that has been repeatedly exposed as abusive, depraved, and yet constantly allowed to stay on the platform. Now, it comes out that he has a documented criminal record.Quote:
It has emerged that another moderator at Reddit who identifies as transgender, and uses his power to shut down discussion on the platform about transgender issues, has a history of abuse against women and children, and links with paedophilia.
The tale of 'Bardfinn', a 46-year-old trans-identified male with a collection of aliases that would put Rachel McKinnon to shame, has emerged from the background of the Aimee Challenor / Reddit story.
Bardfinn is infamous on Reddit, Twitter and Kiwifarms for being confrontational and shutting down freedom of speech as a 'powermoderator' on Reddit. He would flood subreddits which offended himsuch as those discussing women's rights and experienceswith images of child abuse and thereby have them shut down. While his assessment of his achievements is probably exaggerated, he undoubtedly wields considerable power on Reddit.
Bardfinn, AKA Steven Joel Akins, a communist 'lesbian', probably currently known as Penny Oaken in 'real' life, uses an AI avatar on Twitter that looks nothing like the creepy, middle-aged man he is in reality.
The answer to his questions are "yes, apparently". There are numerous people like this, and Reddit is very aware of them. They only do anything when the heat gets turned up too much.Quote:
Pre-transition, he was also charged with assault causing 'family injury' in 2010. A record of the charges reveals he was arrested for assaulting his wife when, during an argument, she reminded him that he had hit her five-year-old child two months earlier, causing bruising. During the assault on his (now ex) wife he also held their distressed 14-month-old child out of her reach.
Further back, the list of charges includes aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, drug possession and unlawful possession of a weapon. There is also a charge for 'Failed ID Fugitive', which seems to mean he hid his identity from a law enforcement officer. As one Kiwifarms poster pointed out, transitioning gender means he can now do this legally.
Once again the man behind an account with unwarranted power over discourse on Reddit is revealed to be an abusive, paedophile-adjacent trans rights activist with a past he is desperate to evade. How and why are powermods such as Aimee Challenor (who briefly became a paid Reddit administrator), Nekosune (Aimee Challenor's partner Peter 'Katrina' Swales), Feefers (Swales's partner Charles 'Fiona' Brown) able to acquire this power and protection from social media giants? Are these really the people Reddit, which is currently being sued over its failure to control the posting of child abuse images on the site, wants to represent their website?
As a bonus, this video is someone who blew the whistle on some of this depravity last year. This poor person seems like they got manipulated pretty deeply, but doesn't see the likely depth of that manipulation. Bardfinn is loosely included in this video and likely one of the main people involved in the mentioned depravity.
Reddit is a sick platform run by sick people who enable sick, power-hungry degenerates a place to spread their trash and abuse others. Amazing that both Reddit and Twitter have lawsuits against them for apparently allowing some child abuse content on them. This seems all too common for major people in these big Silicon Valley tech companies. Yet, these companies and their oligarch executives want to run your life.
Also, kudos to Substack for allowing indie articles like this.
