I signed up to be a mod like a year ago. You turn in a little application, talk with for a few seconds, and then you're in as a baby MIT-all of this volunteer work. From there, it's a lot of reading and learning about the job. A lot of new mods quit within the first month when they realize how much work it is. I ended up quitting when I saw the mod environment. The mods there would talk shit about other users, and they also shared other people's bots to make fun of their kinks. Some had strong emotional reactions and drama within their mod friend group. It was really uncomfortable and unprofessional. It felt like a mean high school clique. I left because of it; I just assumed it was a different culture I didn't vibe with. Not all mods were like that, but it's very clear that the volunteers like myself had variations of mental illness, were very young and inexperienced, or wanted some power. Doesn't make them bad, but it does make them human and explains why they linked up and are spreading out-of-context screenshots.

Not all mods were like that, but it's very clear that the volunteers like myself had variations of mental illness, were very young and inexperienced, or wanted some power. Doesn't make them bad, but it does make them human and explains why they linked up and are spreading out-of-context screenshots. If their private conversations came to light, the entire community would turn on the ex mods very quickly for what they said in those private channels about other users and creators. They are cherry-picking a lot of their screenshots. I would take their grievances with a grain of salt. It doesn't mean they are lying; what they went through sounds horrific, and I'm glad they stepped away. Moderation needs to be paid, not handed to a group of volunteers who lack the experience and firm boundaries to handle situations like these. Plus, I find the ex mods disingenuous. They are screaming at Shep for accountability, but they are not taking responsibility for themselves. They go on about how stressed they are and more, but it only shows their lack of boundaries and questionable judgment.

Especially since l've seen the culture behind the scenes and know their humor matches shep. All of this screams a disgruntled ex-mod who didn't get their way and waited 2 years, sitting on screenshots, to attack and defame their leader, whom they now feel disillusioned with. They have to paint him as a villain becuase what we are seeing isn't just a breakdown of management. But a friendship breakup. Becuase most of the mods were Shep's friends. And friendship breakups in the context of Business is really fucking messy.

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dawnmountain • 1h ago Unmotivated Bot Creator 🛌💤 Mocking users kinks? That won't make things better right now.

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peach6609 • 1h ago Not shocked

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MainPure788 • 59m ago Unmotivated Bot Creator 🛌💤 They showed a screenshot from 2023 showing how they were talking about a bot using an actual child's picture (CSAM) but they only bring this up now 3 years later. Including one who claimed they were a mod a week and show a lot of traumatic stuff but still stayed. It didn't seem like no one did anything, didn't contact the authorities or fbi but they decided to use this as a gotcha moment. When they are just as responsible you can't just blame one person when the mods stood by and didn't say a thing for 3 years

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u/Dear-Currency-9852 avatar Dear-Currency-9852 OP • 48m ago You are right… they have been holding onto screenshots to use as “evidence” out of context

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UMAbyUMA • 45m ago user In fact, the developers stated in late 2024 or possibly early 2025 that they had been summoned by the FBI to discuss issues related to the website. I can’t be bothered to dig up the announcement right now, but if extreme issues were involved, I don’t think the events of 2023 were excluded from those discussions.

Therefore, I have reservations about claims that attempt to portray the developers as supporters of criminal activity.

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HallowsEve893 • 1h ago TLDR: So in other news…water is wet lol.

Not defending Shep by any means, and he is the “head” of Janitor so he should justifiably receive the majority of the blame…but anyone who thinks he’s the end all be all of Janitor’s problems are just frankly, painfully naïve.

The biggest issue Janitor faces is the unprofessionalism at the top, full stop, end of story. You can’t run a business like it’s a friend group or a high school clique…it’s entirely unsustainable (and an HR nightmare). If this was a publicly traded company a lot of the heads would have been removed 3 controversies ago by a vote of no confidence.

The ex-mods are 100% thrown into this pot, not ALL mind you…but a lot of them bashing users (very valid) privacy concerns over Discord really told me all I needed to know about them as people.

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u/MikeyM079 avatar MikeyM079 • 1h ago And yet we're supposed to view the mods as a group of victims that have done no wrong.

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u/Random_Researcher avatar Random_Researcher • 1h ago This very much confirms my suspicions about what a mod team like this looks like behind the scenes.

But especially because this agrees with me I have to be sceptical and ask: Source? Where is this screenshot/text from and how do we know it's really from an ex-mod?

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u/Dear-Currency-9852 avatar Dear-Currency-9852 OP • 25m ago If you looked at their Discord, you could see that they found the source, and the source had to delete and stay away, so I can't bring them any more attention, and I will not accuse the people in question of doing anything to the source, so you will have to base your opinion on everything that has happened and the patterns of behavior.

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Rucs3 • 19m ago • Edited 16m ago i trust this way more than some 3 years delayed callout that we know no context of.

I actually don't trust unpaid mods in general. The very nature of it tends to attract people who want to feel powerful, they are not getting any money, so it tends to attract younger people who do not mind working for free as long as they can feel powerful.

that's why these people want the power to read your chats.

I don't want my chat being read, but if I had to choose I'd rather have actual paid employees that are fdoing their job rather than a bunch of volunteers who make being a mod part of their personality.

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MithosYggdrasill1992 • 1h ago Horny 😰 I would really appreciate it if the moderators and the developers and all of them could please get together and talk to each other, instead of making the whole entire sub, Reddit and Discord freak out because of drama and failing friendships. There were things wrong on both sides, one side has admitted it the other side has not. But at the end of the day, all of this is just stressing out the users who enjoy this app. And that more than anything is what I think is actually running away. A lot of good creators to other sites. Nobody wants to see some drama like we’re in high school. Talk that shit out amongst yourselves or move on.

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u/Dear-Currency-9852 avatar Dear-Currency-9852 OP • 59m ago This is not a meaningless high school drama. Our privacy as users was brought up, and serious accusations of mods laughing at users behind the scenes have also been brought up. It's something people using this site MUST know because nobody wants their privacy breached and to be laughed at by those who hold power over you.

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ColdExpression4169 • 27m ago You're making it as high school drama, actually. Shep didn't make an announcement recently?

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linearregression9586 • 38m ago What annoys me about this a little is everyone's making announcements that they're quitting and referencing the announcements posted by M and W… and I'm like.. maybe check reddit as well because, not that I'm defending Shep, I still believe they suck ass in handling the site but like… it's a huge case of he said, she said and whoever posted first gets heard first. Oh well. I have no plans leaving anyway since I cant be too assed learning how to set proxy on a different site.

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Plastic-Pie7340 • 5m ago Its because those people read the title and think its the truth. Its retarded. Everyone i mean literally everyone here is bad. All sides made this mess.

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Complex-Win-7675 • 59m ago who even is the source for this though so many mods as said in the screenshots were demotd for questionable things. if anything id take this with a grain of salt. been seeing all of this happening and though i dont think the mods are perfect shep is clearly fucking up with communication, what we have been aksing for for years now as a userbase, and ngl having minors be able to still do everything on site and the csam stuff is fucked too. discreditinf them fully seems not the way especially from some mod who says they wre on the team so short they likely didnt see deeper shit. not saying ignore fully but a grain kf salt for sure.

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u/Dear-Currency-9852 avatar Dear-Currency-9852 OP • 49m ago It's reasonable to ask, but I can't have full proof of this other than the fact it matches their behavior and actions so far. The reason this is brought up is to force Shep to answer it, and we have reasons to believe it's true considering their descriptions are. Someone being a mod would not automatically make their claims true, so I don't think it's worth mentioning their name unless they want to reveal themselves, and if they don't, this still could be true by coincidence and by them having proved they are irresponsible and immature enough. to do this.

Still, if you want proof, you should check out the previous post that got over 700 upvotes on this situation, scroll down to the comments, and ask them yourself. I hate to bring them much attention if they were a mod, but certain people will run a narrative that this is all lies if not

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Sweaty_Surround_5565 • 14m ago Yeah didnt believe these mods were innocent I knew something was wrong glad it was confirmed fuck those losers making fun of users and creators and there kinks what a disgusting bunch

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OkPaleontologist6841 • 1h ago I swear, everyday there are new screenshots and exposé on mods against mods and/or against devs.

At this point we are just dragging out the drama and sending more people spiraling and desperately trying to defend themselves. What does this prove? That some mods thought other mods were immature? Wow. It's like people in their early twenties aren't the best people to moderate a site like this.

At the end of the day, the site is Shep's responsibility and he's trying to make changes. People who don't think he will change or don't care will leave and those who just don't care at all in general or believe there will be positive change will stay. Like genuinely. What is the point in posting people's opinions like it's a gotcha outside the continuous stirring of the pot?

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u/Dear-Currency-9852 avatar Dear-Currency-9852 OP • 1h ago Did you not read? Mods making fun of users and mocking them in private is serious and verifiable by shep so it's not some random trash talk

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u/JanitorAI_Official-ModTeam avatar JanitorAI_Official-ModTeam MOD • 28m ago • Removed for kinkshaming. This is an inclusive community. Please keep discussions civil and respectful, and avoid kinkshaming.

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u/Dear-Currency-9852 avatar Dear-Currency-9852 OP • 1h ago So now you support laughing at users?

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More replies sillynoonii • 1m ago Janitor 🧹🪣🧼 So, from what I can understand, both sides completely fucked up. This doesn't exactly surprise me at all, but I'm still going to remain skeptical until more info comes out about both sides.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/JanitorAI_Official/s/kLPL9OkYP1