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Posting "fuck /u/spez" has become something of a meme, and every time you write out someone's username like that, they get a PM. This, combined with the accusations of paedophilia that the lunatics at /r/pizzagate were making, understandably seem to have caused him to snap.

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According to a leaked Reddit moderators Slack chat right after his editing spree, he turned off PMs for mentions a long time ago.

This is the leaked Slack for anyone interested: http://archive.is/ZmULb

Thanks.

And I thought that I work in an unprofessional company on a useless project. I feel a lot better now.

This reads like a chatlog from minecraft server for teenagers.

To be fair, this Slack chat isn't reddit's internal company chat. This is a group with default sub-reddit moderators (random volunteers not associated with reddit the company) and a few reddit admins.

But yes, it's pretty awful and highly unprofessional. spez's comments in the chat are unprofessional and concerning as well.

if only there was a way to turn of notifications when a person says your name....

Ohh wait... there is.

http://imgur.com/a/wXsWU

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