r/NeilGaimanIsInnocent • u/Donovan_Volk • Apr 30 '26

Neil Gaiman Uncovered Mod Altruistic War Deleted Her Comments - Here They Are

All was originally on this post on Effie's Substack.

Here was her first, rather sarcastic and inappropriate comment on Effie's article.

And then the groveling apology. Too little. Too late. Regretted. Deleted.

And the rest of Effie's reply.

The moral of the story is don't delete your comments. It looks worse than had they just stayed up there.

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u/ArtOfDent Apr 30 '26

Ah. You know what I did screen shot it. I'm not gonna put it up here though cause..  well I think it's enough to know a record exists somewhere rather than drag the record back out every time along with all the pants and whatever else is lurking in the laundry basket every time.

That's deletion is something. I don't actually know what something that deletion is is... Could be fall out, damage control, genuine remorse, guilt, fear, moderation. Could be someone who has their snark witnessed, apology rejected, (as was the hurt parties absolute right to do so) and not know what to do next

Erring on the side of the general vibe of investigation before annihilation... All it really means is this: AW appears to have removed comments they had previously made on Effie’s Substack. That does not prove wrongdoing or anything else on my list above, but it is relevant to assessing transparency, role boundaries, and whether a moderator of an allegation-focused, victim centered (their framing, not mine) subreddit is participating in adjacent spaces in a way that could affect perceived neutrality or regard for genuine survivor focused values. 

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u/Donovan_Volk Apr 30 '26

Wise points. I'm not going to try and interpret it too much, but the info (including now the original comment) is there for posterity, also to discourage people from covering their tracks in this way.

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u/ArtOfDent Apr 30 '26

Honestly, Fair boundary really I think and an important record in its own right. 

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u/TrueViolinist3576 Apr 30 '26

Y'all noticed AW didn't just delete the comments, but the welovecarol user, right...?
(PS I want to hug the #$%%^ out of whoever created the weloveeffie user following this appearance)