Evidence record · R-007

Website links, community debate, and two moderator-removed comments

Fifteen captures preserve the r/Ubiquiti discussion beneath Jon's UI-Tom removal announcement. LifeChange0900 and prisonerofmemewar each posted this investigation in a different reply branch; later captures show both link-bearing comments replaced by Reddit's notice, “Comment removed by moderator.”

Top of Jon's Reddit UI-Tom announcement thread showing LifeChange0900 linking to suddenlyui-tom.com — `R-007`Documented
Fifteen captures preserve the r/Ubiquiti discussion beneath Jon's UI-Tom removal announcement. LifeChange0900 and prisonerofmemewar each posted this investigation in a different reply branch; later captures show both link-bearing comments replaced by Reddit's notice, “Comment removed by moderator.”

Paired source material

Reddit replies criticizing and defending the linked investigation — `R-007-2`Documented
The first link branch continues with criticism of the site, a defense of the findings, and a claim that the link violated Reddit rules.

Reddit thread showing Tom's acknowledgment and replies supporting him — `R-007-3`Documented
Tom's acknowledgment and replies that minimize the controversy or support his continued participation.

Reddit replies debating whether Tom's acknowledgment was sufficient — `R-007-4`Documented
A critical reply calls for fuller ownership; other users reject or minimize that criticism.

Reddit replies asking whether evidence links may be posted and raising 16 CFR 255.5 — `R-007-5`Documented
Participants ask whether the evidence may be linked, allege a prior link was removed, and raise an FTC material-connection concern.

Reddit discussion of 16 CFR 255.5 with a skeptical reply — `R-007-6`Documented
The § 255.5 claim is challenged by another commenter.

Reddit commenter quotes section 255.5 and Example 8 with a counterargument below — `R-007-7`Documented
A commenter quotes the federal text and Example 8; another argues that the example is not directly applicable.

Reddit users debate deception, product recommendations, and removal of a website link — `R-007-8`Documented
The thread continues with questions about alleged denials, recommendations, and a statement that a prior website-link post was removed.

Reddit comments about alleged undisclosed employment and moderator knowledge — `R-007-9`Documented
A participant says Tom denied being an employee; other comments range from criticism to dismissal.

Reddit discussion about unofficial status, censorship, and convention leaks — `R-007-10`Documented
Participants debate company influence and past removal of leaked convention material.

Reddit replies minimizing the controversy — `R-007-11`Documented
Additional replies dismiss or minimize the issue.

Before capture showing prisonerofmemewar adding suddenlyui-tom.com to a Reddit comment — `R-007-12`Documented
Before: prisonerofmemewar edits the comment to add the investigation link; the nested reply branch remains visible beneath it.

Closer before capture of prisonerofmemewar comment and its reply branch — `R-007-13`Documented
Before, continued: the link-bearing parent and reply sequence are shown together.

After capture of the same Reddit reply branch beneath a deleted parent marked Comment removed by moderator — `R-007-14`Documented
After: the same reply sequence remains, but the prisonerofmemewar parent is replaced by [deleted] and Comment removed by moderator.

Later Reddit capture showing LifeChange0900 marked Comment removed by moderator above the same replies that followed the investigation link — `R-007-15`Documented
After: LifeChange0900 remains named at the same position in the reply tree, but the link-bearing text is replaced by Comment removed by moderator.

What this shows

The removal announcement was posted by u/iKjQ2a4v. Suddenly_Engineer begins his reply, Thanks Jon; the publisher also identifies u/iKjQ2a4v as Jon's Reddit account.
LifeChange0900 posted a visible link to suddenlyui-tom.com with an argument about undisclosed employment, moderation, corporate influence, and product recommendations. A later capture shows the same comment location and reply branch marked Comment removed by moderator.
Prisonerofmemewar later edited a separate comment to add a link to suddenlyui-tom.com.
A separate later capture preserves the same nested reply sequence beneath a deleted parent and Reddit's explicit notice, Comment removed by moderator. The matching reply branch connects that removal state to the earlier prisonerofmemewar comment.
Two distinct comments linking the same investigation were therefore removed by r/Ubiquiti moderators in the same announcement thread.
The discussion contains both criticism and defense of Tom, the moderators, this publication, and the asserted relevance of 16 CFR § 255.5.
The currently published r/Ubiquiti rules list Ubiquiti relevance and a prohibition on AI/LLM-generated content. No supplied removal notice identifies either rule as the basis for this action.

What this does not show

The public interface does not identify which moderator removed the comment.
The screenshots do not include an internal moderation log, report history, or private explanation for the removal.
The moderator-removal notice does not cite a subreddit rule. The absence of a cited rule is not proof that moderators had no unstated or discretionary rationale.
The captures do not establish whether both removals were performed by the same moderator.
Participant statements about motives, legal liability, downvotes, friendships, or coordinated damage control remain participant allegations unless independently corroborated.

Exact quoted excerpt

I haven't seen anyone talking about the issue. What am I missing? Edit: Ah found it... https://suddenlyui-tom.com/

Verified speaker: prisonerofmemewar · Attribution verified

Surrounding context

“https://suddenlyui-tom.com … He took many actions and made many comments relying on the cover of not being caught.”
LifeChange0900 · 6 hours after the announcement

“Comment removed by moderator”
Reddit interface · LifeChange0900 branch · later capture · after removal

“It's much more. One issue is the mods may not allow the links to the evidence. Mods? Can we post it?”
financiallyanal · 16 hours after the announcement

“Someone posted it and the mods (Jon, probably) removed it.”
Eckx · 15 hours after the announcement

“Someone on the Ubiquiti Discord posted about this being a major FTC violation … This falls under 16 CFR § 255.5.”
TangerineAlpaca · 16 hours after the announcement

“If you actually read and understood CFR § 255.5, you would know this is not the case.”
ckdxxx · 16 hours after the announcement

“I saw it posted here earlier but then the mods removed that post entirely even though it didn't violate any of their community guidelines.”
TangerineAlpaca · 4 hours after the announcement

“I haven't seen anyone talking about the issue. What am I missing? Edit: Ah found it... https://suddenlyui-tom.com/”
prisonerofmemewar · 18 hours after the announcement · before removal

“[deleted] · Comment removed by moderator”
Reddit interface · later capture · after removal

Editorial note

The first before-and-after attribution rests on the distinctive matching reply branch: nutscrape_navigator, prisonerofmemewar, scytob, nutscrape_navigator, BBSig, and shinkamui appear in the same order beneath both the prisonerofmemewar link and the later moderator-removal notice. The second pair is more direct: LifeChange0900 remains visibly named in the same position under scytob, with the same Capable-Magician2094, NeoTravel, scytob, and drumstikka replies beneath it, while the former link-bearing text is replaced by Comment removed by moderator. The live public page independently preserves the announcement, u/iKjQ2a4v as its author, Suddenly_Engineer's Thanks Jon reply, the § 255.5 debate, and one moderator-removed branch. Role attribution beyond what Reddit visibly labels is publisher supplied.