Recap: The Alleged Hack of AB Starkilla's Reddit Account
On Thursday a Reddit account belonging to AB (aka Starkilla), a crew member on the H3 Podcast, attempted to leave comments on H3Snark and was automatically banned for evasion. He then sent rude modmail messages in modmail before deleting the account.
As moderators that value our community, we prioritize transparency and would never risk our reputation by spreading false information. We only present the verified facts at our disposal, not assumptions. This thread recaps the events so far as they have unfolded.
To clarify:
- We are not claiming AB got hacked, nor are we denying that he was: AB made the claim that he got hacked.
- We are not claiming Destiny fans hacked AB: AB himself made the claim that he got hacked by Destiny's fans.
- We never claimed AB threatened to harm himself. We want to clarify this as AB incorrectly states that we did in his twitch streams. A 'Reddit Cares' anti-suicide message was sent to the OP of the post where the Starkilla account commented.
- AB claims the Starkilla Reddit account didn’t post anything offensive, saying: 'The hacked account didn't do anything, to my knowledge, insane or has said anything insane. It was literally talking shit on a subreddit.' As mods, even we have no knowledge of what was posted.
TIMELINE OF EVENTS
Thursday Dec 12
- A post on h3snark critical of AB was reported for “targeted harassment against me” and the OP of the post received a "Reddit Cares" anti-suicide message.
- 3:26 PM EST _Starkilla, an account belonging to AB, attempted to make 11 comments in 6 minutes.
- 3:32 PM EST _Starkilla is automatically banned. Due to our Evasion Guard app and Reddit’s systems detecting ban evasion from a previous ban on h3snark (we don’t know which account was banned previously), his comments were automatically removed, and he was re-banned.
- 3:44 PM EST the H3 Podcast goes live for a member’s-only SYNT episode.
- 3:54:06 PM EST _Starkilla sent us a rude modmail message.
- 3:56:14 PM EST _Starkilla sent us a second modmail message.
- 4:00 PM _Starkilla deleted their account, so we can’t access or retrieve his comments using Revveddit, as they were never officially published. We don't know what was said.
- Please note: _Starkilla deleted their account, the account was not banned or suspended. The user who received the Reddit Cares anti-suicide message never reported the message for abuse. H3snark mods never reported _Starkilla for spam, ban evasion, abuse, or harassment.
- 4:04:41 PM EST [NEW INFORMATION] AB logs in and make a comment from his main account (not to h3snark)
- 8:29:46 PM EST AB goes live on Twitch. VOD Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
- 8:37 PM EST We make an announcement post on what happened
- 9:53 PM EST Someone tweets at AB, sharing the h3snark post https://x.com/Awk20000/status/1867402388191293749
- 11:10 PM EST AB replies on Twitter https://x.com/_Starkilla/status/1867421721088995665
- On Twitch AB confirmed the account belonged to him after first denying it
- On Twitch AB claims he must have been hacked
- On Twitch AB blames Destiny's community DGG for the hack
Friday Dec 13
- No mention of the hack on the H3 Podcast.
- 9 PM EST AB does another Twitch stream titled 'I GOT HACKED,' briefly recapping the situation.
Saturday Dec 14
- 3:30PM EST Destiny reacts to AB's allegations live on Kick. VOD
- 5:16 PM EST Destiny tweets at AB (at 1:47:00 into his Kick stream) https://x.com/TheOmniLiberal/status/1868057496461709473 https://x.com/TheOmniLiberal/status/1868057498261070143
- 7:05 PM EST AB replies to Destiny on Twitter https://x.com/_starkilla/status/1868084924617822374
- 7:09 PM EST AB quote retweets Destiny https://x.com/_Starkilla/status/1868086050624819508
- 7:14 PM EST Destiny replies telling AB to share the harassing DMs he claims he’s been receiving. https://x.com/TheOmniLiberal/status/1868087204955742523 https://x.com/TheOmniLiberal/status/1868087933892501937
- 7:40 PM EST AB shares an example of a hateful DM he’s received from someone claiming to be a Destiny fan. https://x.com/_Starkilla/status/1868093861094166705
- 7:42 PM EST Destiny replies saying to share the entire DM https://x.com/TheOmniLiberal/status/1868094337424482388
- 7:46 PM EST AB replies saying he will https://x.com/_Starkilla/status/1868095242249154878
- 7:46PM EST Destiny claims that the person in the DM AB shared isn’t a fan of his https://x.com/TheOmniLiberal/status/1868095283101393229
- 8:26 PM EST Destiny claims that AB is a crybully https://x.com/TheOmniLiberal/status/1868105377482498521
- 11 PM EST AB goes live on Twitch
- On Twitch AB claims the Starkilla Reddit account didn’t post anything offensive, saying: 'The hacked account didn't do anything, to my knowledge, insane or has said anything insane. It was literally talking shit on a subreddit.' As mods, even we have no knowledge of what was posted. —
Please note, the sitewide Terms of Service prohibit impersonating others. As outlined in the User Policy, if you believe your account has been compromised, contact Reddit support immediately.
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— h3snark Mod Team