Redditā€™s moderation teams are so compromised. Hopefully Lemmy offers a space to discuss Skyrim modding without censorship. If youā€™ve experienced similar issues with LoreRim or Biggie, please share your story below.

Sharing the full post in case it gets removed (edit: it got removed):

My recent Reddit post exposing unethical practices by LoreRimā€™s curator, Biggie, was removed from both r/skyrim and r/skyrimmods by moderator Crystlazar under false pretenses. The post detailed was as follows:

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(Update: My original post was removed byĀ r/skyrimmodsĀ mods for ā€œinviting dramaā€, but this is about accountability, not gossip. Screenshots and evidence below.)

Letā€™s cut through the gaslighting. Biggie, curator of the LoreRim modlist, is chargingĀ $250 via Ko-fiĀ for ā€œcommissionsā€ to add mods to his list, yet delivering broken products and silencing any critics from his Discord. Worse, heā€™s scrubbing criticism from YouTube and Reddit.

The Undeath mod (+Classical Lichdom) was added as aĀ $250 commission. According to theĀ mod page, the ā€œNecrotic Rejuvenationā€ healing feature is a core progression mechanic. But in LoreRim, it is bugged and does not work. There have been multiple complaints on his Discord server about this. When I questioned this, Biggie claimed it was intentionally ā€œdisabledā€ despite giving zero documentation.

Evidence:

  • Screenshots of the Discord exchangeĀ (during a timeout period before I was banned).

  • No mention of disabled Necrotic Rejuvenation being a ā€œfeatureā€ on Classical Lichdomā€™s Nexus page.

All his sycophants say ā€œBe grateful! Itā€™s a free modlist!ā€ But when you chargeĀ $250 per mod addition, youā€™re running a business, not a charity. Entire games cost a fraction of that price.

His Discord server and community have a playbook of:

  1. Gaslighting: After I reported the bug, LoreRimā€™s team first claimed it wasnā€™t a bug, then called it a ā€œknown bugā€, and then eventually ā€œintentionalā€ with no proof.

  2. Deflection: Biggie ranted in Discord about all the other Reddit posts, YouTube comments and reviews, all about his behaviour, calling them out as jealous and misconceptions, framing them all as haters and itā€™s to be expected when you get as famous as he seems to think he is.

  3. Censorship: I was banned within minutes of implying itā€™s more likely he doesnā€™t know how to fix the bug, and he instead ripped off the commissioner who spent $250 to get a working implementation of Undeath in his modlist. His cronies piled on, calling me ungrateful forā€¦ *checks notes*ā€¦ right, expecting functional paid content.

Now onto the cover-up. My first post here was deleted for ā€œdramaā€. He has some insider with the skyrimmods subreddit. His YouTube followers who previously had comments enabled have changed their commenting rules so that it has to be reviewed first before a comment becomes visible. Itā€™s aĀ pattern. Biggieā€™s team is scrubbing critical posts, YouTube comments, and Discord logs to hide his grift. If youā€™re on the LoreRim server, search my username while you still can (wouldnā€™t surprise me if theyā€™ve doctored any related conversations since my last post).

TL;DR

  • $250 commissions ā‰  donations. Biggie is promoting paid modding with zero accountability.

  • Criticism = ban. Biggieā€™s ego canā€™t handle basic questions.

  • Check your receipts. Donā€™t commission. If you do, demand transparency.

Lorerimā€™s creator is exploiting goodwill, then weaponising his mod teams to bury complaints. Share your stories before theyā€™re erased too.

(Update #2: This post was temporarily unavailable due to Biggieā€™s team mass reporting to get it taken down. They really donā€™t want this visible to the public, everyone. Please thank the moderators for restoring it.)

(Update #3: Would you believe he actually published a post on his Discord server singling out this very thread, rallying his entire community to brigade it in a blatant attempt to manipulate public perception?)

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The same moderator who removed the original r/skyrimmods post also intervened in that post, fabricating reasons to delete that post immediately after he was called out here (which he has clearly tried to cover up since the interaction).

After appealing the removal of my post exposing LoreRimā€™s $250 botched commissions (which Iā€™m pretty sure violates Wabbajackā€™s Terms of Service according to some commenters) and Biggieā€™s censorship tactics, the r/skyrim mod team doubled down on suppression. You can see their response to my request for reinstatement here. Both removals were orchestrated by Crystlazar, who dismissed evidence and defended Biggie with unverified claims. The r/skyrim mods falsely accused me of ā€œslanderā€ for simply questioning their impartiality.

Iā€™ll reiterate again here what the key issues are that Iā€™m trying to now bring to light for the entire community:

  • Accountability & Transparency: Charging $250 for broken mod integrations is exploitation, not a ā€œserviceā€. Biggieā€™s team scrubs criticism from YouTube, Discord, and Reddit.

  • Skyrim Moderators: Crystlazarā€™s biased enforcement suggests coordination with Biggie to silence critics.

Biggie actually replied to my last post calling me a ā€œcry babyā€ (as he has many others) and my post a ā€œpiece of sh*tā€ for daring to stand up to him in this medium. Do with that as you will.

    • macjabeth@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 month ago

      The original post wasnā€™t intended that way. Biggie and his team have censored it everywhere, so now itā€™s become drama.

      • MadLabRat@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        Have you considered the possibility that your posts keep getting removed because youā€™re wrong? Seems more reasonable than a grand conspiracy to silence you because you canā€™t heal in a video game.

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          1 month ago

          Certainly. I considered it and promptly dismissed it after reviewing both communitiesā€™ rules alongside Crystlazarā€™s response to reinstating my post. They arenā€™t following their own guidelines - theyā€™re censoring based on their personal feelings because they didnā€™t like being challenged about their so-called ā€œimpartialā€ moderation when there was clear bias and a conflict of interest.

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            1 month ago

            They were removed because there was no issue.

            You claimed that I was scammed. I told the mod that I was not scammed and that it met my expectations and he promptly removed your post because there were no issues.

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      1 month ago

      Adding the same reply I gave here to his comment in the skyrim cross-post:

      He didnā€™t rip me off like what youā€™re claiming. The mod is not broken. The feature was disabled.

      It is not a feature, and blind loyalty doesnā€™t negate the evidence indicating otherwise: https://www.reddit.com/r/skyrim/s/0Cmc6yX8mv

      And as a sidenote, since you seem to think this issue revolves solely around the commissioner - it does not. Acceptance of a faulty delivered product doesnā€™t outweigh the hundreds of other community members that participate and contribute to feedback once it has been published and made public.

      Biggie will be held accountable for the attempted lies and deception, the abuse of power, and the manipulation to try and suppress dissent.

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        1 month ago

        Itā€™s not faulty. I like it that way. I did not accept a bad product because it met my expectations.

        You keep calling it a core progression mechanic, but it isnā€™t. The core progression mechanic is feeding black soul gems to your phylactery. Is ChatGPT hallucinating again?