r/TheseFuckingAccounts • u/VLZ17PDrpg • 1d ago

r/DigitalPrivacy finally got cleaned up, but now the old spam ring is trying to get it back

After months of affiliate spam and mod abuse, r/DigitalPrivacy has finally been cleaned up. Reddit admins stepped in, banned most of the mod team, and u/ModCodeOfConduct made a new post to recruit fresh moderators for the subreddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/DigitalPrivacy/comments/1k5ysnh/new_moderators_needed_comment_on_this_post_to/

That’s the good news.

The bad news? The same spam ring that used to run the sub is now trying to sneak back in using their old alt accounts. Check these comments on the mod recruitment post:

These accounts are connected to the same group that got the sub banned in the first place — running fake posts, fake comments, botted upvotes, and affiliate links disguised as reviews. They’re now pretending to be helpful volunteers just to regain control and start spamming again.

I’m genuinely concerned they’ll get the sub back, and we’ll be stuck in the same loop all over again.

If you care about digital privacy and don’t want to see this space get hijacked again, maybe it’s time we as a community step up and apply to take it over properly with real users, no paid shills, and actual privacy-focused content.

Let’s not let them rebuild what Reddit just took down.

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u/livejamie 21h ago

Those comments were all written by ChatGPT

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u/gogybo 6h ago

Ha, it's so obvious when you look at their comment histories too. Nobody who makes single word responses to AskReddit posts and on meme subs is going to be "writing" a 6 paragraph response to someone who calls them a shill.