The former moderator of the r/LivestreamFail subreddit, Bryan “Stale2000,” also known as “Tarrot_Card,” has revealed that his accounts have been permanently banned from Reddit and that he was escorted out of a moderator event organized at Reddit’s headquarters. On August 14, 2026, Stale2000 posted a two-minute-56-second video with the caption “Reddit Banned me For Attending an Event!”

In it, Stale2000 detailed an event organized by Reddit for the platform’s moderators. He stated that he attended the event as a plus one and “showed up as himself with a hat” because he did not want other Reddit mods to “swarm or bother” him:

“Hey, it’s a mod event, I’m a moderator of other subreddits, why not just, like, shoot my shot? See if I can stop by. So, I was on the waitlist for the event, and the event even allowed plus ones. So, I got on the event waitlist, and I found somebody else was going to the event over the internet, and then I just showed up as myself with a hat, mostly so, like, the bunch of other mods don’t swarm me or bother me. So, I went inside, said I was a plus one of this other guy, and gave the username. And the person at the sign in looked at me a little funny and told me to sit down in the chair in the lobby and wait for somebody to bring me up.”

Stale2000 then stated that a security guard told him to leave the premises because he “was not authorized” to attend the event:

“5 minutes later, a security guard walked up to me and asked me very nicely to step outside, which I politely did. And then he said to me that I am not authorized to be at the event, and asked me to leave, else they would have to call the police. I just said okay and then briskly walked away and went to a different tech event that I was actually planning on going to later.”

Furthermore, Bryan disclosed that all of his Reddit accounts had been permanently banned:

“And then I wake up this morning and see that all of my accounts have been permanently banned for a moderator code of conduct violation. A bit annoying, but whatever.”

Stale2000 claims Reddit banned his accounts for a “rule he did not break”

In the same video posted on the Elon Musk-owned social media platform, Stale2000 stated that Reddit “went too far” by banning his accounts for a “rule he did not break.”

The former Twitch employee elaborated:

“You know, banning my Reddit account for a rule I did not break, that is going too far, and I will be submitting a strongly-worded complaint as to this travesty in my fan appeal. You just wait!”

Stale2000 made headlines in January 2026 when he claimed that he could “destroy” YouTube and Twitch star Charles “MoistCr1TiKaL.”