@alexis @tante the bit where the moderators say "The Mod Team responded to this notice by filing an ethics complaint with the University of Zurich IRB" makes me think it's unlikely they were themselves mislead by a fake - which leaves the only option that the mod team themselves would have to be faking the entire scenario

I personally find it unlikely that the mod team for that 10+ yeqr old subreddit with a high reputation for being well managed would randomly decide to spin up a fake like that

@simon @tante I haven't intentionally suggested any theory of who or why. I have none to suggest. I'm only trying to talk about what and how, but I do feel pretty confident there is at least something on those scores worth an effort to rule out.