I am reminded of Ewk before r/Zen got really toxic and the group split. I am going to venture into dangerous territory and choose to publicly speak about this individual. If you feel this is a personal attack and is not fair and moderate, please inform me and I will simply remove it.

Ewk, while a notorious figure, did not ever become so confrontational nor rely so heavily on alt accounts. To date, I've identified 8 alts the person in question has used in the last year, about half of which are quietly still active. From what I have gleaned, his old main account (using a different naming convention) was auto-permabanned due to the number of his comments that were removed as term violations.

I have held my tongue on his behavior because he sometimes behaves skillfully and many of his critiques of western/modernist Buddhism are at least worth mention/care, but I have grown increasingly concerned about his outsized influence and presence. His creation of r/OpenBuddhism as a place to speak ill of other Buddhists and r/BScopypasta as his own personal echo chamber (both used to have a bunch of posts form his number 4 account) is really troubling to me.