So, Mark, the owner of /v/, just went full fucking [REDACTED] on a thread on /v/, handing out deletions, bans, and eventually just nuking the entire thread.
His initial post was attempting to contribute to the thread, but eventually devolved into people calling him out for posting with a cap code when it was wholly unnecessary. Soon he began posting user post histories in some odd attempt to . Then he proceeded to attempt to delete the evidence, followed up by a number of completely unnecessary bans, my own included, designed to help him cover his own ass. He then proceeded to delete the entire thread.
In the continuation thread, he deleted/permabanned anyone referencing the original thread, and then wordfiltered links to the /operate/ board discussing the issue:
http://8ch.net/operate/res/20297.html
Hotwheels, if you're reading this: I know 8chan is meant to be a place for board owners to run their own communities, but when you have this type of behavior so prevalent on your most populated board, you're doing yourself, and 8chan as a whole, a disservice. I don't know what you can do, but I request that something, however small, be done. 8chan has been like a new home to me this past year, and seeing the largest part of it fall to the same kind of overzealous moderation and petty drama bullshit that killed other sites is painful.
The thread can be found archived here: https://archive.is/j3AlU
You can find a later version of it here, after Mark deleted numerous posts in an effort to hide the evidence of his fuck ups. https://archive.is/Lodi0
And here’s a final, later version, with even more post deletion/bans. https://archive.is/Sitmm