Note: I have messaged the mods to ask if this post if permitted but have not received an answer in 45 minutes so here it goes.
Hello, I would like to speak my mind about the current state of these two subreddits. They are amazing. Every single person I've met on there have been a joy and a pleasure to do business with. Some people even offered for me to stay and and take fruit or flowers from their town! However, there are two moderators that have made this great trading platform a nightmare to use.
I will not say their names to hopefully not get this post removed or reported due to flaming or harassment because this is not my intent. I will do my best to explain my current situation without revealing who these two are. Two mods (one from each) have turned these two great subreddits into a toxic community that I don't want to be a part of.
The first thing that made me upset was when one of the mods was doing a giveway, I opted to join in. About two minutes after my post, my internet went out. The mod waited for me to show up, and I assume got mad waiting. After my internet came back online about 20 minutes later I explained the situation to the mod but they never replied. I'm assuming they saw my comment explaining what happened but didn't bother to reply.
They then hosted another giveaway a few days later. I was a little embarrassed to ask to join in again because of what happened last time, but I did. They said they would not wait on me this time, which is fair, so I made no waste of time and went the moment they replied. I noted that another Mayor was there and that they were already grabbing their gifts. I didn't want to waste the mods time because I already felt horrible from the last interaction we had to I immediately started to grab the gifts the mod designated for me. After I grabbed them I started to type a "thank you! Sorry about last time!" type of message but the mod ended the session before I even got to "thank y." I immediately knew that this would be a problem because not only did I not say hi, now I didn't say thanks. I, again, went to the thread that I started on the giveaway post and explain my situation but no avail. The mod them made a comment that stated that I am "One of the rudest traders ever."
Now, I agree that the second instance was my fault but I just didn't want to waste their time because the other mayor was already getting his stuff so I felt rushed. There isn't really anything I could have done about the first instance because I couldn't tell them my situation because the internet was out. I've tried to send mod mail as well as the comments but I have not got a single reply.
Now for the other mod. Again, I'll try to be as vague as possible about their identity so that I'm not flaming or harassing them.
This mod made a great first impression on me by helping me out with my RateMyMayor page. They were helpful and very kind! This is why I was caught off-guard on their recent behavior.
For some context, I got two new copies of ACNL so me and my girlfriend could play together. I've been trying to help her obtain her favorite furniture and villagers which is the main reason I started using these subs. Now on to the mod. This mod has been very rude to me and my girlfriend.
My girlfriend and I have since confronted this mod about their recent behavior. Very soon after, the mod deleted our comments (not theirs oddly enough) where the incident took place. I confronted them again asking why they deleted my comments and then banned me for 7 days. This seems very unprofessional and makes me quite upset that certain mods can do whatever they want without any repercussions because all the mods are friends.
Finally, what really pushed me overboard to write all this out was an incident that took place roughly an hour ago. I just mentioned how the mods can do anything without any consequences right? Well if you think that I'm exaggerating you'll love this. The first mod that I talked about had directly called another member of the community a twit. This is very, very unprofessional and rude behavior. Allow me to directly copy and paste one of the subreddits rule where they insulted another member.
"Be excellent to each other. Our community is generally made up of friendly and generous traders. Most people here are very kind and helpful, and users are encouraged to be polite and supportive at all times. If you have a problem with someone, message the moderators, or come talk to us in chat, and we will do our best to sort you out."
This is a very blatant example of how to mod can break their own rules. Since the time of me writing this post, I have no desire to participate or visit either one of the subreddits ever again. That Is a huge shame because I love the people there but the mods just made it really toxic for me.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and if you find out who I am talking about, please keep it to yourself because I do not want this to get removed. In the event that it does get removed, I'll find somewhere else to place it such as /r/kappa or something.
TL;DR: Mods are abusing their power in the AC trading subreddit and I want to bring attention to it.
Edit: grammar
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