###u/Wondermonkeydans here, the guy who got accused of being the ['bot master'](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheseFuckingAccounts/comments/6afukb/long_post_group_of_submission_bots_being_used_by/) of MAT. This post will hopefully clear everything up, I'm not going to be hiding anything, and will be telling the full truth. *I've also removed myself from the mod team. There's too much shady shit going on, especially with ban evasion. Like really, if you're going to evade a Reddit ban, don't pick the same name but with an underscore after it...* **You were right, u/ggggnut, some good detective work.** So here's the full story; I don't remember exactly when, but a couple of months ago I became a mod of MAT and /r/redonkulous. At this point, MAT was at around 10k subs and u/SnusTheMus was the head mod. For about a week I posted 5 articles a day, which I was told was the requirement for a moderator. I eventually suggested to Snus that I create a bot that reposts from certain subreddits to redonkulous to keep the flow of posts up, which he thought was a good idea and so I implemented it. The whole point of redonkulous was that things could be reposts, and so I thought there would be no harm in doing this. Snus then requested I do one for MAT, and so with no questions asked I did. I can't tell you why, I think I just wanted to suck up to him for full perms of an ever growing subreddit, which I ended up getting. The bots I made broke no rules of Reddit, and just used a few simple IFTTT recipes. For a while, my main account was automatically posting to MAT and redonkulous, but as it cluttered up my profile page, I made u/cereal-reposta and spread the posts across these two accounts. As time went on, more accounts were made for posting, eventually reaching 5. /u/theiastjedi u/cereal-reposta /u/thisisnatyocheese and u/micro_west. A couple of days ago I deleted the IFTTT recipies, sent a message to the head mod saying I was resigning as I didn't agree with what was happening, and started to delete posts from the accounts. Clearly I lack willpower, as he managed to convince me to come back as a mod, and remake the bots. I agreed on a few conditions. One, that he would tell me in complete honesty if there was any vote manipulation going on, two, that he was fully honest with people about the accounts , and three, that I could clear it with the admins to double check that it wasn't against any rules. I re-activated two of the accounts, and messaged the admins. I still haven't got a response from them, and doubt that I will get one. That's the full story, I have now deleted the IFTTT recipes and left as a moderator of the subreddit. Leave any questions you have below and I will answer honestly. TLDR/FAQ *Does MAT use bots for posting content?* Yes. *Does MAT use bots for upvotes?* To the best of my knowledge, no. I explicitly asked the current head mod of the sub to tell the if there was any sort of vote manipulation going on, and he told me there wasn't, which I believe. *Did u/Wondermonkeydans setup the bots?* Yes. *Was u/Wondermonkeydans paid to setup the bots?* No.