At the end of July 2021, we [informed](https://web.archive.org/web/20210729184422/https://blog.privacytools.io/the-future-of-privacytools) the PrivacyTools community of our intention to choose a new name and continue the project on a new domain, to be [chosen](https://web.archive.org/web/20210729190935/https://aragon.cloud/apps/forms/cMPxG9KyopapBbcw) on 2nd August 2022. 最后，"Privacy Guides "被选中， `privacyguides.org` 域名已经被Jonah拥有，用于2020年的一个副业项目，但没有得到发展。
Simultaneously with the ongoing website issues at privacytools.io, the r/privacytoolsIO moderation team was facing challenges with managing the Subreddit. The Subreddit had always been operated mostly independently of the website's development, but BurungHantu was the primary moderator of the Subreddit as well, and he was the only moderator granted "Full Control" privileges. u/trai_dep was the only active moderator at the time, and [posted](https://reddit.com/comments/o9tllh) a request to Reddit's administrators on June 28, 2021, asking to be granted the primary moderator position and full control privileges, in order to make necessary changes to the Subreddit.
Reddit requires that Subreddits have active moderators. 如果主版主长时间不活动（如一年），主版主的位置可以重新任命给下一个版主。为了使这一请求得到批准，BurungHantu必须在很长一段时间内完全不参与所有Reddit活动，这与他在其他平台上的行为是一致的。
> r/redditrequest is Reddit's way of making sure communities have active moderators and is part of the [Moderator Code of Conduct](https://redditinc.com/policies/moderator-code-of-conduct).
On September 14th, 2021, we [announced](https://blog.privacyguides.org/2021/09/14/welcome-to-privacy-guides) the beginning of our migration to this new domain:
> [...] 我们发现有必要尽早进行这一转换，以确保人们尽快发现这一过渡。 This gives us adequate time to transition the domain name, which is currently redirecting to `www.privacyguides.org`, and it hopefully gives everyone enough time to notice the change, update bookmarks and websites, etc.
在过渡期后的大约一周，BurungHantu在近一年来首次回到了网上，然而我们团队中没有人愿意回到PrivacyTools，因为他历来不可靠。他没有为自己的长期缺席道歉，而是立即展开攻势，将向隐私指南的过渡定位为对他和他的项目的攻击。 He subsequently [deleted](https://reddit.com/comments/pp9yie/comment/hd49wbn) many of these posts when it was pointed out by the community that he had been absent and abandoned the project.
At this point, BurungHantu claimed he wanted to continue working on privacytools.io on his own and requested that we remove the redirect from `www.privacytools.io` to [www.privacyguides.org](https://www.privacyguides.org). 我们答应了他的请求，并要求他保持Matrix、Mastodon和PeerTube的子域名的活跃性，以便我们作为一项公共服务在社区内运行至少几个月，以便让这些平台上的用户能够轻松地迁移到其他账户。由于我们所提供的服务的联合性质，它们与特定的域名联系在一起，使得迁移非常困难（在某些情况下不可能迁移）。
Unfortunately, because control of the r/privacytoolsIO Subreddit was not returned to BurungHantu at his demand (further information below), those subdomains were [cut off](https://reddit.com/comments/pymthv/comment/hexwrps) at the beginning of October, ending any migration possibilities to any users still using those services.
BurungHantu also made a [twitter post](https://twitter.com/privacytoolsIO/status/1510560676967710728) alleging that an "attorney" had reached out to him on Twitter and was providing advice, in another attempt to bully us into giving him control of our Subreddit, and as part of his smear campaign to muddy the waters surrounding the launch of Privacy Guides while pretending to be a victim.
==**PrivacyTools has become exactly the type of site we [warned against](https://web.archive.org/web/20210729205249/https://blog.privacytools.io/the-trouble-with-vpn-and-privacy-reviews) on the PrivacyTools blog in 2019.**== We've tried to keep our distance from PrivacyTools since the transition, but their continued harassment towards our project and now their absurd abuse of the credibility their brand gained over 6 years of open-source contributions is extremely troubling to us. 我们这些真正为隐私而战的人并不是在相互斗争，也不是从出价最高的人那里得到我们的建议。
After the launch of [r/PrivacyGuides](https://reddit.com/r/privacyguides), it was impractical for u/trai_dep to continue moderating both Subreddits, and with the community on-board with the transition, r/privacytoolsIO was [made](https://reddit.com/comments/qk7qrj) a restricted sub in a post on November 1st, 2021:
> 一个Subreddit需要大量的工作来管理和调节。就像一个花园一样，它需要耐心的照料和日常护理。 It's not a task for dilettantes or commitment-challenged people. 它不可能在一个抛弃了它好几年的园丁手下茁壮成长，然后出现在那里要求今年的收获作为他们的贡品。 It's unfair to the team formed years ago. 这对你不公平。 [...]
In the months since, BurungHantu has threatened and begged for returning Subreddit control to his account in [violation](https://reddit.com/r/redditrequest/wiki/top_mod_removal) of Reddit rules:
对于一个拥有数千名剩余用户的社区来说，我们觉得把这个庞大的平台的控制权还给那个抛弃了它一年多的人，而且他现在经营着一个我们认为提供非常低质量信息的网站，这将是非常不尊重的。 Preserving the years of past discussions in that community is more important to us, and thus u/trai_dep and the rest of the Subreddit moderation team has made the decision to keep r/privacytoolsIO as-is.
> If any sponsors or backers disagree with or feel misled by these recent events and would like to request a refund given these highly unusual circumstances, please get in touch with our project admin by emailing `jonah@triplebit.net`.
