{"id":2238543,"date":"2026-01-17T07:04:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T07:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2238543"},"modified":"2026-01-17T07:04:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T07:04:27","slug":"reddit-mod-demands-to-be-treated-as-celebrity-after-getting-removed-from-lsf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/reddit-mod-demands-to-be-treated-as-celebrity-after-getting-removed-from-lsf\/","title":{"rendered":"Reddit mod demands to be treated as \u2018celebrity\u2019 after getting removed from LSF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-1\">\n<p class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">A moderator for popular subreddit \u2018LiveStreamFails\u2019 has been removed from his position after promoting a dubious reality show called \u2018Million Dollar Fan.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">In January 2026, a show called \u2018Million Dollar Fan\u2019 started getting promoted at the top of the LiveStreamFails (LSF) subreddit. This coincided with a number of other endorsements for the show from popular streamers signed to creator agency Mythic Talent, such as <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"hover:text-vertical-primary underline decoration-2 underline-offset-4 decoration-vertical-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dexerto.com\/twitch\/\">Twitch<\/a> star <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"hover:text-vertical-primary underline decoration-2 underline-offset-4 decoration-vertical-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dexerto.com\/tag\/extraemily\/\">ExtraEmily<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">The series was supposedly set to air on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"hover:text-vertical-primary underline decoration-2 underline-offset-4 decoration-vertical-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dexerto.com\/tag\/amazon-prime\/\">Amazon Prime<\/a>, with filming to begin in November 2026 in Vancouver, Canada. Competitors would stay at a \u201c9,000 square-foot luxury mansion\u201d for a week, where creators and their fans would face off in a series of events for a record-breaking $20M \u2014 more than even <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"hover:text-vertical-primary underline decoration-2 underline-offset-4 decoration-vertical-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dexerto.com\/tag\/mrbeast\/\">MrBeast\u2019s<\/a> game show, which set <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"hover:text-vertical-primary underline decoration-2 underline-offset-4 decoration-vertical-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dexerto.com\/youtube\/mrbeast-sets-44-guinness-world-records-during-beast-games-3133588\/\">over 40 Guinness World Records<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"w-full\">\n<p>Article continues after ad<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">The prize money was an instant red flag for many in the streaming community, who <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"hover:text-vertical-primary underline decoration-2 underline-offset-4 decoration-vertical-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/LivestreamFail\/comments\/1q9k2dz\/removed_by_moderator\/\">quickly began investigating<\/a>. Curious users found even more issues with the show\u2019s official website, which had a domain name based out of Iceland and boasted an <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"hover:text-vertical-primary underline decoration-2 underline-offset-4 decoration-vertical-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.123rf.com\/photo_207783576_3d-rendering-of-modern-luxurious-mansion-with-pool-and-garden-at-night.html\">AI-generated stock image<\/a> of the aforementioned \u201cluxury mansion\u201d on its front page.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"w-full hidden\">\n<p>Article continues after ad<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"Division_custom-division__xywNH caption external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">\n<figure class=\"mb-[10px] relative\"><span class=\"article-img-container relative block w-fit isolate z-0 mx-0 mb-2.5 overflow-hidden rounded-[5px] text-[0px]\" id=\"ImageEnlarge-https:\/\/www.dexerto.com\/cdn-image\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/17\/ExtraEmily-knut-esfand-Million-Dollar-Fan.jpeg\"><\/span><span class=\"px-1 py-2 md:px-2 md:py-3 w-fit text-neutral-grey-4 bg-neutral-grey text-label-5 md:text-body-3 font-bold font-body uppercase external:text-custom-content-text external:bg-custom-content-tag absolute bottom-0 left-0 rounded-bl-[5px]\">Million Dollar Show<\/span><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"block m-1 ml-0\">The Million Dollar Show had several popular streamers involved before they all backed out amid claims the project was an alleged \u2018scam.\u2019<\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">It wasn\u2019t long before Redditors began labeling the show as a supposed \u2018scam.\u2019 On January 13, the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"hover:text-vertical-primary underline decoration-2 underline-offset-4 decoration-vertical-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/milliondollarfan.show\/\">webpage went dark<\/a>, and now boasts a message that says \u201cthis site can\u2019t be reached.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"w-full\">\n<p>Article continues after ad<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<h2 id=\"h-\u2018million-dollar-fan\u2019-reality-show-sparks-controversy-on-lsf\" class=\"dark:text-neutral-white font-display font-bold mb-5 external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text text-title-12 lg:text-title-2 wp-block-heading\">\u2018Million Dollar Fan\u2019 reality show sparks controversy on LSF<\/h2>\n<p class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">The scrutiny didn\u2019t stop with the end of the website, though; Redditors also turned their attention toward the moderator who\u2019d pinned the Million Dollar Show promotion to the LSF subreddit. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">Skeptical commenters asked the moderator, named \u2018stale2000,\u2019 if he or other LSF moderators had been given some kind of financial incentive to promote the show on the sub, worrying that it could be a sham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">Stale2000 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"hover:text-vertical-primary underline decoration-2 underline-offset-4 decoration-vertical-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/a\/lsfscam-association-4eMmW1Y\">debated these users in the replies<\/a> beneath his pinned post, explaining that he\u2019d reached out to the show\u2019s production team to somehow get LSF \u201cinvolved\u201d in the project.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"w-full\">\n<p>Article continues after ad<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">\u201cI reached out to them on my own because I thought the show was cool, and that\u2019s it,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"w-full hidden\">\n<p>Article continues after ad<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"Division_custom-division__xywNH caption external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">\n<figure class=\"mb-[10px] relative\"><span class=\"article-img-container relative block w-fit isolate z-0 mx-0 mb-2.5 overflow-hidden rounded-[5px] text-[0px]\" id=\"ImageEnlarge-https:\/\/www.dexerto.com\/cdn-image\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/17\/LSF-mod-million-dollar-show-comments.jpeg\"><img alt=\"Comments between stale2000 and concerned users on the LSF subreddit.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"884\" height=\"739\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"cursor-zoom-in\" style=\"color:transparent\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 884px) 100vw, 884px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dexerto.com\/cdn-image\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/17\/LSF-mod-million-dollar-show-comments.jpeg?width=385&amp;quality=75&amp;format=auto 385w, https:\/\/www.dexerto.com\/cdn-image\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/17\/LSF-mod-million-dollar-show-comments.jpeg?width=768&amp;quality=75&amp;format=auto 768w, https:\/\/www.dexerto.com\/cdn-image\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/17\/LSF-mod-million-dollar-show-comments.jpeg?width=1200&amp;quality=75&amp;format=auto 1200w\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dexerto.com\/cdn-image\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/17\/LSF-mod-million-dollar-show-comments.jpeg?width=1200&amp;quality=75&amp;format=auto\"\/><\/span><span class=\"px-1 py-2 md:px-2 md:py-3 w-fit text-neutral-grey-4 bg-neutral-grey text-label-5 md:text-body-3 font-bold font-body uppercase external:text-custom-content-text external:bg-custom-content-tag absolute bottom-0 left-0 rounded-bl-[5px]\">r\/livestreamfail<\/span><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"block m-1 ml-0\">Comments between stale2000 and concerned users on the LSF subreddit.<\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">He also removed several comments calling out the post, which was later removed by other moderators.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">After an investigation by Reddit\u2019s Code of Conduct team, he was allegedly removed from his position as an LSF moderator. He gave his version of events in a video he emailed to the platform\u2019s CEO, Spez, that\u2019s going viral across social media.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"w-full\">\n<p>Article continues after ad<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<h2 id=\"h-lsf-mod-removed-over-show-controversy-demands-change\" class=\"dark:text-neutral-white font-display font-bold mb-5 external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text text-title-12 lg:text-title-2 wp-block-heading\">LSF mod removed over show controversy demands change<\/h2>\n<p class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">Stale2000, real name Brian, posted the video to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"hover:text-vertical-primary underline decoration-2 underline-offset-4 decoration-vertical-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dexerto.com\/youtube\/\">YouTube<\/a> on January 15, where he pleaded with Spez to give moderators more support and argued that Reddit mods should be treated like celebrities due to the amount of influence they have on such a major social platform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">\u201cReddit moderators have power. They have influence,\u201d he said. \u201c\u2026Reddit moderators have control over millions of impressions per day, and nobody seems to notice or care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">\u201cReddit moderators should be treated like celebrities or influencers. Not because they deserve respect, but because they actually have real power and influence \u2013 if not for the world, then at least for your $50bn company. Maybe if you gave them actual support, it could go from $50bn to $100bn.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"w-full hidden\">\n<p>Article continues after ad<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"w-full\">\n<p>Article continues after ad<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"mb-[10px] relative\"\/>\n<p class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">The moderator went on to argue against claims of the show being a \u2018scam,\u2019 saying there\u2019s been no \u201cdefinitive\u201d evidence released thus far to warrant this label.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">He also called out popular streamer and YouTuber <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"hover:text-vertical-primary underline decoration-2 underline-offset-4 decoration-vertical-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dexerto.com\/tag\/moistcr1tikal\/\">MoistCritikal<\/a>, who\u2019d made a video poking fun at The Million Dollar Show that was uploaded shortly before its page went dark and things went sideways.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-moistcritikal-responds-to-reddit-moderator-who-promoted-million-dollar-show\" class=\"dark:text-neutral-white font-display font-bold mb-5 external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text text-title-12 lg:text-title-2 wp-block-heading\">MoistCritikal responds to Reddit moderator who promoted Million Dollar Show<\/h2>\n<p class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">MoistCritikal uploaded a response video the next day. His his video, he admitted that he was at a \u201closs for words\u201d over the situation, calling the moderator \u201cpower hungry\u201d and arguing that his actions warranted his termination from being a mod.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"w-full\">\n<p>Article continues after ad<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">\u201cI do actually feel bad for him, because this is clearly a position that meant a lot for him. I wish him the best going forward\u2026 but I do not think a talent agency for mods is the right path,\u201d he said. \u201cThis was a mind-boggling adventure.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"w-full hidden\">\n<p>Article continues after ad<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"mb-[10px] relative\"\/>\n<p class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">Stale2000\u2019s video has gone viral on social media as of January 16, with many users poking fun at his \u201cembarrassing\u201d video and his apparent embodiment of the stereotypical Reddit moderator.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"w-full\">\n<p>Article continues after ad<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">\u201cLooks exactly what a Reddit moderator is supposed to look like,\u201d a commenter on YouTube said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">\u201cOh my god, this is the most embarrassing sh*t I have ever seen,\u201d another wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">\u201cThe CIA couldn\u2019t have gotten this out of me with a car battery,\u201d yet another joked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">Thus far, no other news has released regarding the Million Dollar Show, leaving fans and even supporters like stale2000 eager for answers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.dexerto.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A moderator for popular subreddit \u2018LiveStreamFails\u2019 has been removed from his position after promoting a dubious reality show called \u2018Million Dollar Fan.\u2019 In January 2026, a show called \u2018Million Dollar Fan\u2019 started getting promoted at the top of the LiveStreamFails (LSF) subreddit. 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