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by makomk 3915 days ago
They also reposted images from other subreddits, causing hordes of FPH regulars to find the original post and spam the poster with PMs telling them how much FPH hated them and how awful they were. Some of the posts even pointed people at the right subreddit, with the knowledge and complicity of the FPH moderators. We know this because at least one person who was on the receiving end of this complained to the mods, and they responded by posting another post drawing more attention to the original one and posting her photo in the subreddit sidebar. She later posted on r/suicidewatch saying she was thinking of killing herself, and FPH regulars piled into that with some nasty comments too. It got to the point that some subreddits started discouraging people - especially women - from posting selfies solely because they kept getting posted on FPH.
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Yep, and I believe this is what caused /r/BadFattyNoDonut to get banned after it was allowed to exist for about a month after FPH was banned. They loved to play innocent and say "oh, we're not FPH, we don't harass people", and it only took a month for them to get caught in that lie.