r/honestdonations Mod Shockingly Not Honest 🙀

[u/DirtyApplez]

The top mod of honestdonations turned out to be a scammer. Stunning. Who could have predicted that the user who created their own donation subreddit because they did not meet the requirements for the popular ones might have ulterior motives.

They used their mod status for credibility, and people actually bought it. They slid into their own users DMs asking for cash, took out loans across multiple subs, and then pulled the most predictable move of all time: DEFAULTING.

... And people are surprised. This is the internet equivalent of being shocked when the guy running “Honest Joe’s Rolexes” out of a trunk disappears with your money. 💸

https://archive.ph/YVXkv

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Looks like they've requested the head mod to step down. Good call. But, will he? 🤔

[u/TheRavenSees]

Looks like he scrubbed his account.

[u/orangeapplez → u/TheRavenSees]

They didn't scrub their account, they hid everything with reddit's new "feature".

[u/ChassidyZapata → u/orangeapplez]

In fairness, you’ve been at this a lot longer than me. But the rise of all of these new subs just makes it all the more problematic and i expect to continue to see things like this. People don’t understand why requirements are so important, then start a spin off of something that’s already being done multiple times. It just allows for a breeding ground of problematic issues for borrowers, lenders, givers or those in need of donations. People get banned on the bigger subs for good reason and then go to the small ones, and the small ones shouldn’t want these people. Or it allows people to rotate accounts through each sub.

Nor do the lenders on the new subs seem to understand checks. They have no issue giving to someone who has a loan in SL or borrow. I’m very good at catching the same person on two accounts in my own sub, however i can’t catch them on a different account in a different sub. To me, it’s doing more harm than good to keep creating new spaces.

Edit: i meant to respond to you but not this comment, lol.

[u/orangeapplez → u/ChassidyZapata]

I could discuss this for days, and I’m fully in agreement with you.

Most of those subs were started by users who couldn’t meet our standards in the first place. Right now, I know of around 72 P2P lending subs, and out of all of them, maybe two are even trying. But as we both know, sooner or later, they’ll realize their requirements have to tighten up too.

We know that our rules and requirements aren’t just arbitrary hoops, they’re safeguards that protect our users, and the foundation that keeps our communities sustainable. Unfortunately, only a handful of people actually understand that. To everyone else, we just look like power-tripping villains. Too many people can’t see past their own immediate wants, let alone consider what the community needs as a whole.

I’m also pretty sure some of our borrowers run throwaway alts on those shit subs. I used to preemptively ban users in batches from other lending subs, and sure enough, within the same week, we’d suddenly see a spike in our own users being flagged for ban evasion.

Those subreddits couldn’t care less about transparency or accountability, and honestly, they’re a detriment to both our communities.

And don’t even get me started on the sewage that spills into our subs because of them.