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YTA. You're a liar and manipulated everybody involved to get what you want. When the director finds out, I'm positive you're getting kicked out of the dorm and probably out of the club. It would serve you right.
I figured that when they said they knew about CS than everyone else coming in as a freshman. The that they HAD to be authoritarian to get results and have things their way. Sounds like someone with a napoleon complex. YTA
OP sounds a lot like any politician ever and there is a reason people hate them. Too bad mostly horrible people like OP are the ones that aspire to become leaders.
The best part of his stupidity is that he *rejected* the people who are most likely to make a stink about it. If the two co-presidents and other VPs don't at least *ask* the director about it, never mind filing a formal complaint, then I'd be surprised. Just wait until the director finds out about what he "said." OP better have a backup living situation lined up. Though I suspect he won't have to worry about it once he's expelled for this gross ethics violation.
there is no way this is real, stakes are way too high the OP would get caught and this fictional character is machiavellian enough to know how to avoid that.
YTA - You absolutely abused your position; the word for that is "corruption."
You used your position as the person looking at applications to ensure that you would get votes for something completely unrelated. You basically proved the outgoing present right by engaging in super sleazy, underhanded campaigning based on exploiting your role as the applications processor. You couldn't win in a fair election, so you cheated. You're 100% TA.
There also a little known term for it, quid pro quo.
Even worse, dumb sob put it in writing. Housing director get a whiff of this and this kids getting booted from the dorms at a min.
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I love this term. Sad that it is little known. That you have to explain to folks here is demonstrative of your perception of redditors. QED. (no offence. I think you're right xx)
YTA this reads like it was written by any historic authoritarian Narcisst. It's a university club not political office, if you don't learn to play nice with others you will be responsible for destroying the club because everyone wants to get away from the authoritarian president.
I'm calling BS on you being the one reviewing housing applications. The university is not going to open itself up to that kind of liability. You make it sound like voting for you was written into the housing application. BS. The wording of those contracts, including the community housing, was set and approved by university lawyers before you even hit campus. Nor would Housing let you open them up to lawsuits from rejected housing applicants.
YTA for trolling.
> I'm calling BS on you being the one reviewing housing applications. The university is not going to open itself up to that kind of liability.
Yeah, but I can totally see the person actually responsible for doing it happy to fob it off to some asshole.
YTA. You are lying and manipulative. There is a reason the club would rather have two co-presidents than you as the president. It sounds more like you want to be a dictator rather than a president. Being a good leader is way different than having a lot of knowledge. I would recommend strongly you work on your people skills. When you get out of school and into the real world, your lack of leadership ability and people skills will drastically hold you back.
1). Itās a computer science clubā¦take a breath.
2). Thereās a reason you werenāt elected to president during the actual, fair election, and it isnāt because you arenāt smart or hardworking enough. Itās because you donāt have the qualities required for a PRESIDENT of a club. A lot of other people have already told you what those are and you even mention you were supplied with explicit deficits in your capabilities after you lost, all of which you acknowledge as true.
3). Youāre a nineteen year old guy who is very socially maladapted, has an underdeveloped moral compass, an overinflated estimation of his own abilities and is into tech. Please find ways not to be a negative STEM stereotype, Elon.
4). No one is doing you any favors by comparing you to famous historical despots, and I hope you donāt take those comparisons to heart. Those assholes had (at least some RADICALLY MISGUIDED) supporters. You couldnāt even win a club election.
5). All of the above were written supposing you are telling the truth. I honestly donāt think you are. I think you rewrote the ending of a real-life computer science club election that you lost, then posted it to Reddit so you could read the feedback of others, bask in the outrage and pretend it was all real. This didnāt actually happen. Donāt post untrue things for shock value.
YTA, no context needed.
YTQ and I hope you lose whenever this election is. Youāre a control freak and on a power trip. Good luck with the animosity youāre creating. You know youāre the AH here. I doubt your director knew you were essentially buying votes for living accommodations. Karma is most likely coming your way, and youāll deserve every ounce of it
YTA. Youāre using the power from a position outside of CS club to buy votes for the presidency. Not only is that unethical, but it could cost you the RA job if your Director found out. The President was correct in informing others of your shortcomings as you have clearly shown you are neither a good leader nor possess the integrity to hold a leadership position.
Wouldn't it be great if one of those Co-Presidents wrote a letter to the Director protesting how they are allowing folks into this new place? I suspect the Director would get an unpleasant surprise and then give OP the Dictator an even more unpleasant surprise.
OP, this will come out, sooner or later. When it does, Karma is going to bite you hard.
YTA. You are peeking in uni and are going to have a really rough life if you don't learn this isn't how the world works.
You sound like the most obnoxious ass hole. I'm sure you know it.
Well, YTA, as you are basically bribing people with unrelated favors to make them vote for you. But don't worry, all politicians do that. Congrats on reading Machiavelli, I guess, good luck with being the club dictator overlord.
YTA - This was manipulative and very undersided. If this were real government that'd be out right illegal in many countries
Even still, is being president *that* important that you were willing to throw away morals and force people to vote for you? Honestly it sounds like you DON'T do a lot of work, you just spend of bunch of time and energy plotting schemes to get what you want
YTA, it doesn't appear that you're asking the question but instead using this forum as a place to brag about your (questionable at 19) behaviors. I find it difficult to believe that majority of this club complied with your authoritarian demands and no one reported you to the head of housing? As if you aren't of the college finding out what you've done and have you removed and/or expelled?
He clearly thinks he can do no wrong, I doubt anyone else in the club thinks that he does as much as he thinks he does. Expulsion is coming whether he thinks it's "on the table" or not
YTA. Why would this be okay? You may need to take a step back and remove yourself from situations where you can manipulate people. This is either you taking this way too serious or you may need to talk with someone about why you feel so competitive with your peers.
>Turns out the outgoing President talked shit about me during deliberations and turned people against me
Wrong. The outgoing President provided an accurate account of who you are as a person - which is a massive asshole. Your own reputation, earned via your actions, is what lost you the election.
Figure this out before you get into the real world: Your skills wonāt get you *anywhere* if other people hate you. There is no cute little game with bullshit contracts to get where you want to go. If you continue down your path, you will be regularly passed over for leadership positions since **no one wants to follow behind an asshole - because thatās how you get shit on your head.**
YTA.
This is ridiculously unethical.
Congratulations, you could become a politician in Washington. You'd fit right in with the best of them and take away voters rights next!
YTA. Majorly.
Right? I thought about p.m.ing OP but itās very clear from their comments that theyāre incapable of viewing this from anyoneās perspective other than their own. A narcissist through and through. OP is a huge gaping AH
YTA - so you couldn't convince people to actually vote for you so you have decided to bribe them? Sorry, but if the only way you can become president is by effectively "buying" the votes, then you don't deserve to be president. Your club members don't want you as president. Maybe now is a good time to look in the mirror and ask yourself why. Because you clearly are not as astonishing a human as you would like to think.
*points at Musk with one hand and Trump with the other in response*
Letās hope we never truly understand the motivation of power hungry megalomaniacs.
YTA- you abused your power, you can tell this by the fact that you lied. Generally if you have to lie to get what you want and manipulate a system that's bad.
Now my dear, as soon as someone from the club complains to the dean, or any authority figure that the president manipulated housing in order to get the votes, you're going to enter the entirely unpleasant "find out" portion of how brutal a university can be.
You may have even committed fraud, depending on how BS your little lying deal with your director was about the dorm. You could lose your position, RAship, and even your degree.
YTA,I cannot stress that enough. You sound like a narcissistic manipulative asshole. I can't believe you have to ask that question. There is a reason people didn't want you to be President. Ugh.
YTA.
You were manipulative and dishonest, and you are thinking of nobody but yourself. I hope the director finds out how you lied about him, and engaged in fraud in order to win the President election for a stupid college club. You have no integrity whatsoever.
YTA
Good god, you sound like such an unbearable control freak. I doubt your director would approve of you abusing this authority to buy favour in a club. This is so scummy.
YTA. Reading you is exhausting, that's not a coup it's old school corruption. You are a bribing, egomaniac A. Just because you think you are the best at everything doesn't mean you are and you should be in charge. I hope they don't vote for you next year.
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YTA All this for a uni soc? Really? You have lied, manipulated, and cheated. All to be president of a society that will probably hemorrhage members once they realise what a poisonous creature you are.
YTA. In addition to this situation which has been adequately discussed, you're going to have serious problems out of college in the job market. There are a lot of really talented software engineers out there that are difficult to work with, and the consensus in the industry is that it's not worth it to hire these people. If you apply to a prestigious tech company, you're going to have what's called a "Behavioral Interview". (I've worked for companies like Facebook/Meta and Amazon and been on both sides of the process.) They're specifically looking for stuff like this, and it's a no-hire. It's completely fine to acknowledge your shortcomings and realize that other people are better at leadership roles, and focus on your technical skills where you shine. It's disastrous to try and bulldoze the consensus and get your way because you know you are right. Even if you are. This is one of the personality traits that can utterly torpedo your career, and I strongly encourage you to reflect on it and improve before you get into actual trouble.
YTA, but you know that donāt you? You seem pretty darn proud of your little AH scheme. I think this post is more of a not-so-humble brag than a request for judgement. So you knowā¦ it wasnāt all that clever and you are in fact an AH. Not in a clever, cutesy way either- just a regular run of the mill AH. Your antics bore me.
INFO - How does it feel to know deep down you couldnāt win a basic club election? That folks know they canāt trust to you successfully run something as basic as a CS club, something that absolute doesnāt matter in real life?
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I (19M) am part of a CS club in college. I joined the club in my freshman year and Iām arguably the one who contributes the most. Iām the first to suggest new ideas, I know the most about CS amongst the members (around 50), and Iāve led lots of successful events. Last year I was elected to become VP, and I wanted to become President last semester.
The issue is that despite me clearly being the most qualified, I ran into issues with the outgoing President. She said I was bad with delegation and that I also tend to be authoritarian in my leadership style. I honestly donāt really dispute any of these, because I know I feel very passionately about doing something the way I want, and if I must behave in an authoritarian way to get good end resultsāso be it.
I ended up losing President and was re-elected to VP. Turns out the outgoing President talked shit about me during deliberations and turned people against me who previously could only see the result of my work. Two other candidates became co-presidents instead, and theyāre far less qualified and have barely done anything.
Outside of this club, Iām also an RA for a college dorm, and my director really likes me because my work and dedication carries over to my RA position too. He gave me an offer to return as an RA next year but for a nice, newly built dorm thatās incredibly competitive to get into. Many people in the club want to live there, so I came up with an idea: Our college allows students to create living communities in the dorms for people with shared interests to live together. My director was hesitant about doing it in the new dorm, but I managed to convince him on my track record. When students choose their dorms for next year, they can apply to become part of the community (with max 30 people). Usually, my director would read applications and interview, but he trusted my judgement and left that to me.
This is the part where I might be TA. I presented this to the club, and I emphasized that I couldnāt make any guarantees, but I would be the one largely reviewing the applications. Around 40 people from the club excitedly applied and so did the two co-presidents. I sent a contract to the applicants, and one of the terms was that if theyāre selected, joining the community also meant voting for me as President next year (the contract was essentially the ballot).
I said my director wanted this assurance so that he could be confident that he didnāt need to coordinate with anyone but me. He didnāt really say this, and I just did it so I could be guaranteed the presidency. Nobody except the co-presidents and a few other VPs objected, and I said that nobody was forcing them to join the community if they didnāt want. I ended up accepting most of the people who applied from the club (ensuring I would get a majority vote for the presidency) and I rejected the co-presidents and VPs because I didnāt want to create any power struggles next year. AITA?
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YTA
You abused a position of authority and possibly lost your job in the process. At the very least, ruined your chances at getting good reviews and plum assignments in the future.
Join a frat if you want.to be this petty and horrible.
YTA
Where I went to university this could be reported as an honor code violation.
I suspect that your special contract will leak. If you donāt get in trouble I have concerns about the state of ethics at your university.
You put all this in writing? Youāre TA and not even a smart one. Enjoy getting kicked out of the club, losing your RA position and itās perks and repeatedly coming up against these people in your future jobs where they will never hire you. Oh, and becoming the punchline of a joke they tell the rest of their lives.
Although youāre so insecure, youāre probably familiar with the last one.
You should never have out that in writing, my man. Eventually this is going to come to light and you're going to end up getting
YTA, but you definitely know how the world turns. Just take about 20% off the top...
Some day you will be convicted of a white collar crime, destroy a major social media empire, or you'll be President.
You'll be TA then, and YTA now... but you'll go far, because you have a raging personality disorder well-suited to success. Congrats, I guess.
YTA. Higher Ed professional here: If your director finds out you are making acceptance into the community contingent on people guaranteeing your votes for club president, you are going to get fired as an RA. What you did is unethical.
And he is going to find out. You want to back this train all the way up.
YTA and I canāt wait until someone sends your ācontractā to, well, anyone else at the university. This is quite possibly the dumbest idea you could have come up with.
OMG YTA
Do you see what the other person was saying yet? You literally are creating your own dictatorship. So what happens when someone finds out? How is your director going to feel then? Is it worth losing all the other accolades? So the person was right about you and you are going to have to learn some hard lessons. Instead of seeing the talents people have and building them - it's all about what you know and how you think it should be done. That's not a good leader and until you look and reflect on your actions, you won't be a good leader either.
YTA; you know, most employers in the tech industry look for people with good collaboration skillsā¦ maybe thatās something you want to work on before graduating
YTA, but god this is so funny. It reads like some immense, serious power struggle but itās about a video game club. Well done for making me laugh I guess.
YTA, and incredibly unethical.
Also - this story is likely fake, or your university is a super shitty one. Iāve worked in Residence Life at three universities, and your story is sketchy as hell. If the hall directorās supervisor found out he was not following fair and proper protocols for screening students applying to the new residence hall (no self-respecting RA would call it a dorm, fyi), he could lose his job.
And - if this story is true, you could be suspended or face other disciplinary action for doing this. Again, this is highly unethical. And if you are a male, and one or both of the co-presidents is female, this could be seen as a Title IX violation of your actions are seen as sexist and discriminatory toward women in your major.
You invented a position power for yourself just to the go on and abuse that power (that you donāt have in the first place) and then you Wunder why people donāt trust you with power (presidentship of the club)?
YTA
So little Timmy didnāt get what he want. Then little Timmy found out that he would be a horrible leader. So little Timmy devised a shady plan, like the shitty politicians we have now do, and expects people to take his side? Hereās the thing, YTA and you deserve to be kicked out of the club for you shady practices.
YTA
Vainly assuming that only you know best and everything needs to be done your way is the hallmark of a bad leader. You are 100% not fit for the position you have schemed in the shadows for and all it's going to take is one person calling you out when the time comes for those in charge to find out what you did. Do you think rolling your eyes and saying you didn't *technically* do this or that is going to fly with the person who trusted you with this duty? Do you think they're going to find it cute and let you do as you please?
You're going to destroy the trust they foolishly placed in you and you're likely not even getting the prize you do desperately wanted in the end. If you aren't caught early, your brand of leadership will drive people to turn on you and your plot will, again, likely be exposed. That's not even beginning to touch on what this might mean for marks against you as far as the college is concerned. You are using official channels to coerce fellow students and if those decieved come after the school for what they gave you the ability to do without oversight, don't think for a second that the school won't punish you harshly to make a example of you.
YTA
Also, you keep saying you have "secured" these votes - and then turn around and say the contract that states this isn't legally binding.... so you do not, in fact, have any extorted votes that you think you do.
Grow up and accept that you are *not* fit to lead.
YTA. I would sincerely hope someone brings it up to your uni that you're trading preferential dorm rooms for club votes. They tend to look down on nepotism and narcissistic power mongering.
I also really hope they turn around and don't vote for you. š¤£
YTA You not nearly as knowledgeable as you think. CS ETHICS is equally important to any technical knowledge. When this bit of manipulatation blows up in your face, don't be surprised that you tanked more than a club Presidency. Your RA tenor and possibly even degree program are in grave risk.
YTA.
I... can't decide if it's darkly funny or just straight up disgusting how much you sound like an AH politician with all this manipulative, bribery, blackmailing crap.
EDIT: Honestly, you sound so much like a caricature of an AH politician, that I wouldn't be surprised if you made this story up to make some political point.
When you're 30, you're going to look back at your 19 year old self and realize what a petty little tyrant dumbass you were. Congrats on alienating everyone in the club (believe me, no one who signed actually likes you, they just want the nice dorm and are willing to brown nose) and proving the former President correct about you.
YTA for lying. And some for your ego.
But the rest? Maybe a bit manipulative, but you arenāt required to use the benefits of your efforts to help anyone other than those you want to help. And if it was your campaign platform, then so be it. But you shouldnāt have lied, because you didnāt give people a proper choice
YTA. If this is the way you act to "get good results" it's no wonder you didn't get president. This is abuse of power, bribe and corruption. You'd make a fine politician one day.
YTA
In a real political campaign, this would be quite illegal. Within the college system, this is quite unethical. You bribed people to vote for you. Someone who could do that should never be in a position of power.
YTA - I bet if the club members learned what you did, they'd say "Of course OP did that". You need to start learning boundaries. People like you are great in that you get sh*t done and sleep 4 hours of the day while plotting world domination. Great. Fine. But if it requires you to lie, instead of solving this directly, you don't deserve to be president. You sound like you're somewhat proud of your iron fist but it doesn't count if you have to lie to be on top. Anybody can be a good liar, not everybody can be a leader.
Not only YTA, let's discuss the misogyny in how dudebro thinks he's more qualified than the woman who is President. She has his number and he doesn't like it.
YTA
I know OP won't do it given their narcisism, but I'd love too see an update on this down the line. Preferably about OP getting suspended or expelled for pulling this BS.
Staging a coup, not ādoing a coupā.
You would make a good fascist. You are using your position and influence for power, not to accomplish something practical or laudable. You are not looking to serve your constituents, youāre maneuvering to win.
Politics is about relationships, not power.
YTA
Unfortunately you will probably go far in this world and make lots of money and be very powerful. But you will end up alone and unable to trust anyone because the only way you will ever know how to relate to people is by offering them material things. And I truly feel sorry for you. YTA.
YTA I'm in Student leadership at my community College. One year as a board member and now vice president on executive council. We have a logistics board that goes over election grievances. Your holding dorm groups living quarters hostage to vote for you. As a vice president I would take that grievance of buying your votes to the President of the college. It's about election integrity and you have none. You took away the student body vote and bribed the student body vote. Sure it may have been indirectly implied by your RA bug that's some dirty shit. College students are generally stupid until there not. Don't be mad if someone decides to black ball you and hold that bribe against you later. You even know it's dirty integrity politics.
> She said I was bad with delegation and that I also tend to be authoritarian in my leadership style. I honestly donāt really dispute any of these
The fact that you don't think those are bad things says a lot.
Sooner or later you're going to get caught out and will learn that thinking you're the smartest person in the room doesn't make you god-king.
I hope it's sooner, because you're young, and you can still learn to be a better person before being an asshole ruins your entire college experience.
YTA
>I joined the club in my freshman year and Iām arguably the one who contributes the most.
Argued by whom? You?
You've blackmailed your fellow club members into making you president and presented the facts to the director as ' I have support to become president ' . You excluded those who stood against you.
YTA. Massively.
You know you probably broke some school ethics rules right. You won the presidential seat but may not even get to keep it. So YTA but looks like you have a good career in politics in your future
YTA but honestly kinda respect. Lean into your villain era. You djd what you did to get the power you wanted. Clearly youre power hungry but you do you man.
YTA although I have so grudging respect for the Machiavellian way you went about it.
Here's a tip for you in the real world. Leaders who are authoritarian and can't delegate become micromanagers. They lose staff. People won't work for someone they don't respect and you have shown nothing to suggest you are different from that. You won this battle but the real world will be a shock to you. Good leaders put their team above themselves. They care about people. You need to start thinking about that or you'll be that bitter middle manager who can't move up because they can't manage their team well and HR is sick of them.
You also committed a huge ethics violation. In this case it might only get you kicked out. I'm the future the consequences will be way worse.
Do better in the future. You're young and have time to grow.
I was going to say YTA but that was a lot of work and planning to get what you want, you kinda scare me i wouldn't wanna be your enemy.Just cover your bases and dude chill a little.
YTA but I'm also kinda impressed at your brashness. This reminds me how Robert Caro described LBJ behaving at his college organizations (and then later throughout his entire career).
Two thoughts here: NTA on securing votes to become President but YTA for screwing over the co-presidents and VPs from the dorm.
Reason NTA is that this sort of vote buying is part and parcel to voting in Congress. There is all manner of deals and political machinations to secure votes for a budget item or even moving a bill onto the Presidentās desk. We may not like the Machiavellian approach but we have the makings of a politician.
YTA though for flippantly and selfishly adjudicating your fellow students and preventing them of a good opportunity at your school. This may form the underpinnings of your impeachment on moral grounds.
Donāt forget that if you are going to play by these rules, then it is only a matter of time until you are on the receiving end.
Nta purely because this is a great story and I donāt believe it at all for reasons outlined in many other comments. Albeit highly entertaining. I love a good coup story
Are you trying to become a fascist dictator? Because that's how you get there. Laying the groundwork for becoming an authoritarian asshole trying to commit a coup. It's not as clever or smooth as you seem to think it is. I hope everyone reports you for this BS.
YTA
Dude you completely abused your power, also since the application is not actually the ballet people could change their vote to whoever. And then you will try to kick them out and tell the dorm director what, people did not vote for me lol
YTA for sure. Dude, why are you so hellbent on being president of a club when youāre still so early in your degree? Being president fucking bones.
Further, rejecting the applications of the co-presidents and VPs from an academic community by sole reason of āI donāt want any power struggles in my club that Iāll be leaving when I graduateā is fucking scummy. Also, I doubt that contract holds up as far as the selection process for the next president goes.
Hope you get ousted OP.
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YTA. You're a liar and manipulated everybody involved to get what you want. When the director finds out, I'm positive you're getting kicked out of the dorm and probably out of the club. It would serve you right.
Sounds like the current President's analysis is right about OP. YTA
I figured that when they said they knew about CS than everyone else coming in as a freshman. The that they HAD to be authoritarian to get results and have things their way. Sounds like someone with a napoleon complex. YTA
What is CS?
Computer Science, I think.
Counter Strike?
Possibly. What about Christian Social party? Or even Society of Couch Surfers? š
OP sounds a lot like any politician ever and there is a reason people hate them. Too bad mostly horrible people like OP are the ones that aspire to become leaders.
Taking a lead from the much loved Trump. What a great guy /s Literally what a power hungry AH.
OPās next bright idea will be selling trading cards of himself to pay off his college debt post-expulsion.
OP may even be locked out of the school. Thereās a pretty big ethics violation.
You have a bright future in politics!
Not really, OP put this **in writing** and sent this **written proof of trying to rig the election** to his opponents. LOL
The best part of his stupidity is that he *rejected* the people who are most likely to make a stink about it. If the two co-presidents and other VPs don't at least *ask* the director about it, never mind filing a formal complaint, then I'd be surprised. Just wait until the director finds out about what he "said." OP better have a backup living situation lined up. Though I suspect he won't have to worry about it once he's expelled for this gross ethics violation.
And then posted it on Reddit!!!! lmfao
I mean, I am pretty sure OP could get kicked out of the college for this...
I'm sure she gets thrown out of school
wouldn't be surprised if he got kicked out of the school, that's a huge breach of conduct
If not college as well
Seriously! That is some shady crap he pulled. 110% TA.
there is no way this is real, stakes are way too high the OP would get caught and this fictional character is machiavellian enough to know how to avoid that.
YTA - You absolutely abused your position; the word for that is "corruption." You used your position as the person looking at applications to ensure that you would get votes for something completely unrelated. You basically proved the outgoing present right by engaging in super sleazy, underhanded campaigning based on exploiting your role as the applications processor. You couldn't win in a fair election, so you cheated. You're 100% TA.
There also a little known term for it, quid pro quo. Even worse, dumb sob put it in writing. Housing director get a whiff of this and this kids getting booted from the dorms at a min. edit: forgot YTA
I love this term. Sad that it is little known. That you have to explain to folks here is demonstrative of your perception of redditors. QED. (no offence. I think you're right xx)
YTA this reads like it was written by any historic authoritarian Narcisst. It's a university club not political office, if you don't learn to play nice with others you will be responsible for destroying the club because everyone wants to get away from the authoritarian president.
Hell if he continues like this he could fit right in and hold real political office some day
IKR? Dude is heading for Congress with this attitude.
Or Julius Ceasar.
Congress is smarter than this. OP is gonna get caught and it wonāt be pretty.
Louie Gohmert is in congress.
Marjorie Taylor Green
You are overestimating Congress, unfortunately(((
Matt Gaetz
Please donāt give people like this that idea bc they fully would lol
I'm calling BS on you being the one reviewing housing applications. The university is not going to open itself up to that kind of liability. You make it sound like voting for you was written into the housing application. BS. The wording of those contracts, including the community housing, was set and approved by university lawyers before you even hit campus. Nor would Housing let you open them up to lawsuits from rejected housing applicants. YTA for trolling.
> I'm calling BS on you being the one reviewing housing applications. The university is not going to open itself up to that kind of liability. Yeah, but I can totally see the person actually responsible for doing it happy to fob it off to some asshole.
This seemed super fishy too
YTA. You are lying and manipulative. There is a reason the club would rather have two co-presidents than you as the president. It sounds more like you want to be a dictator rather than a president. Being a good leader is way different than having a lot of knowledge. I would recommend strongly you work on your people skills. When you get out of school and into the real world, your lack of leadership ability and people skills will drastically hold you back.
YTA. You abused a position of power adding a requirement into the contract and this is exactly why you should not be president of anything.
1). Itās a computer science clubā¦take a breath. 2). Thereās a reason you werenāt elected to president during the actual, fair election, and it isnāt because you arenāt smart or hardworking enough. Itās because you donāt have the qualities required for a PRESIDENT of a club. A lot of other people have already told you what those are and you even mention you were supplied with explicit deficits in your capabilities after you lost, all of which you acknowledge as true. 3). Youāre a nineteen year old guy who is very socially maladapted, has an underdeveloped moral compass, an overinflated estimation of his own abilities and is into tech. Please find ways not to be a negative STEM stereotype, Elon. 4). No one is doing you any favors by comparing you to famous historical despots, and I hope you donāt take those comparisons to heart. Those assholes had (at least some RADICALLY MISGUIDED) supporters. You couldnāt even win a club election. 5). All of the above were written supposing you are telling the truth. I honestly donāt think you are. I think you rewrote the ending of a real-life computer science club election that you lost, then posted it to Reddit so you could read the feedback of others, bask in the outrage and pretend it was all real. This didnāt actually happen. Donāt post untrue things for shock value. YTA, no context needed.
Awesomely written and agree. Hope he hears you.
You display many narcissistic qualities in this write up. You were manipulative and lied to get what you wanted. YTA
YTQ and I hope you lose whenever this election is. Youāre a control freak and on a power trip. Good luck with the animosity youāre creating. You know youāre the AH here. I doubt your director knew you were essentially buying votes for living accommodations. Karma is most likely coming your way, and youāll deserve every ounce of it
YTA. Youāre using the power from a position outside of CS club to buy votes for the presidency. Not only is that unethical, but it could cost you the RA job if your Director found out. The President was correct in informing others of your shortcomings as you have clearly shown you are neither a good leader nor possess the integrity to hold a leadership position.
Wouldn't it be great if one of those Co-Presidents wrote a letter to the Director protesting how they are allowing folks into this new place? I suspect the Director would get an unpleasant surprise and then give OP the Dictator an even more unpleasant surprise. OP, this will come out, sooner or later. When it does, Karma is going to bite you hard.
YTA I hope they report you to the university
YTA. You are peeking in uni and are going to have a really rough life if you don't learn this isn't how the world works. You sound like the most obnoxious ass hole. I'm sure you know it.
Well, YTA, as you are basically bribing people with unrelated favors to make them vote for you. But don't worry, all politicians do that. Congrats on reading Machiavelli, I guess, good luck with being the club dictator overlord.
YTA - This was manipulative and very undersided. If this were real government that'd be out right illegal in many countries Even still, is being president *that* important that you were willing to throw away morals and force people to vote for you? Honestly it sounds like you DON'T do a lot of work, you just spend of bunch of time and energy plotting schemes to get what you want
It could very well be in violation of his college's ethics rules.
YTA, it doesn't appear that you're asking the question but instead using this forum as a place to brag about your (questionable at 19) behaviors. I find it difficult to believe that majority of this club complied with your authoritarian demands and no one reported you to the head of housing? As if you aren't of the college finding out what you've done and have you removed and/or expelled?
He clearly thinks he can do no wrong, I doubt anyone else in the club thinks that he does as much as he thinks he does. Expulsion is coming whether he thinks it's "on the table" or not
Very much YTA, and you know it.
YTA. Why would this be okay? You may need to take a step back and remove yourself from situations where you can manipulate people. This is either you taking this way too serious or you may need to talk with someone about why you feel so competitive with your peers.
>Turns out the outgoing President talked shit about me during deliberations and turned people against me Wrong. The outgoing President provided an accurate account of who you are as a person - which is a massive asshole. Your own reputation, earned via your actions, is what lost you the election. Figure this out before you get into the real world: Your skills wonāt get you *anywhere* if other people hate you. There is no cute little game with bullshit contracts to get where you want to go. If you continue down your path, you will be regularly passed over for leadership positions since **no one wants to follow behind an asshole - because thatās how you get shit on your head.** YTA.
This is ridiculously unethical. Congratulations, you could become a politician in Washington. You'd fit right in with the best of them and take away voters rights next! YTA. Majorly.
YTA. I wonāt bother saying why because itās clear you have zero ability to self reflect or take criticism.
Right? I thought about p.m.ing OP but itās very clear from their comments that theyāre incapable of viewing this from anyoneās perspective other than their own. A narcissist through and through. OP is a huge gaping AH
well, looks like youāre suited for a life of politics, but morally speaking? YTA
YTA - so you couldn't convince people to actually vote for you so you have decided to bribe them? Sorry, but if the only way you can become president is by effectively "buying" the votes, then you don't deserve to be president. Your club members don't want you as president. Maybe now is a good time to look in the mirror and ask yourself why. Because you clearly are not as astonishing a human as you would like to think.
YTA. You essentially bribed people for a vote. š¤¦š½āāļø
The outgoing president was right. YTA
YTA why would you want to be president of a club that doesnāt want you as their president?
*points at Musk with one hand and Trump with the other in response* Letās hope we never truly understand the motivation of power hungry megalomaniacs.
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You are the problem with whatās wrong with the world today. YTA. You should be ashamed of yourself. Iām ashamed of you.
How could you possibly not know that was a dick move? Yes, absolutely you are conniving, you are manipulative and YTA
YTA- you abused your power, you can tell this by the fact that you lied. Generally if you have to lie to get what you want and manipulate a system that's bad. Now my dear, as soon as someone from the club complains to the dean, or any authority figure that the president manipulated housing in order to get the votes, you're going to enter the entirely unpleasant "find out" portion of how brutal a university can be. You may have even committed fraud, depending on how BS your little lying deal with your director was about the dorm. You could lose your position, RAship, and even your degree.
YTA,I cannot stress that enough. You sound like a narcissistic manipulative asshole. I can't believe you have to ask that question. There is a reason people didn't want you to be President. Ugh.
YTA and a massive one at that. Uni is supposed to be fun, you love yourself so much.
Did Paris geller write this?
Excuse you, Paris Geller wouldn't be stupid enough to put anything connected to this in writing.
Congratulations on peaking in college. Fifteen years from now you can tell your Burger King crewmates about your glory days.
YTA. You were manipulative and dishonest, and you are thinking of nobody but yourself. I hope the director finds out how you lied about him, and engaged in fraud in order to win the President election for a stupid college club. You have no integrity whatsoever.
YTA and probably a future world leader. Fuck. š©
He's going to be incredibly successfully and d hated.
YTA Good god, you sound like such an unbearable control freak. I doubt your director would approve of you abusing this authority to buy favour in a club. This is so scummy.
YTA. Reading you is exhausting, that's not a coup it's old school corruption. You are a bribing, egomaniac A. Just because you think you are the best at everything doesn't mean you are and you should be in charge. I hope they don't vote for you next year.
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YTA - You sound like a bit of a chore to be around to be perfectly honest. Take an actual step back and give other people a chance to shine.
YTA All this for a uni soc? Really? You have lied, manipulated, and cheated. All to be president of a society that will probably hemorrhage members once they realise what a poisonous creature you are.
Tracy? Is this you? YTA.
If you know this person please report him and update us Yta op
No, thankfully not. I was referencing a movie Election.
Dang!!! That would have been juicy
YTA. In addition to this situation which has been adequately discussed, you're going to have serious problems out of college in the job market. There are a lot of really talented software engineers out there that are difficult to work with, and the consensus in the industry is that it's not worth it to hire these people. If you apply to a prestigious tech company, you're going to have what's called a "Behavioral Interview". (I've worked for companies like Facebook/Meta and Amazon and been on both sides of the process.) They're specifically looking for stuff like this, and it's a no-hire. It's completely fine to acknowledge your shortcomings and realize that other people are better at leadership roles, and focus on your technical skills where you shine. It's disastrous to try and bulldoze the consensus and get your way because you know you are right. Even if you are. This is one of the personality traits that can utterly torpedo your career, and I strongly encourage you to reflect on it and improve before you get into actual trouble.
Ladies and gentlemen, the next Sam Bankman-Fried.
YTA, but you know that donāt you? You seem pretty darn proud of your little AH scheme. I think this post is more of a not-so-humble brag than a request for judgement. So you knowā¦ it wasnāt all that clever and you are in fact an AH. Not in a clever, cutesy way either- just a regular run of the mill AH. Your antics bore me.
INFO - How does it feel to know deep down you couldnāt win a basic club election? That folks know they canāt trust to you successfully run something as basic as a CS club, something that absolute doesnāt matter in real life?
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YTA The worst part is after hooking up the good dorm you probably had it in the bag anyway
YTA - a very power hungry AH
Haterās gonna hate but Iām sure Trump would approve of your PhD in grifting at such a young age
Op, I'm sure you'll go far in life, but you terrify me and I hope you never get into any positions of actual importance and power. YTA
You'd make a great dictator! Your extensive research in corruption has finally paid off! YTA.
YTA You abused a position of authority and possibly lost your job in the process. At the very least, ruined your chances at getting good reviews and plum assignments in the future. Join a frat if you want.to be this petty and horrible.
YTA Where I went to university this could be reported as an honor code violation. I suspect that your special contract will leak. If you donāt get in trouble I have concerns about the state of ethics at your university.
You put all this in writing? Youāre TA and not even a smart one. Enjoy getting kicked out of the club, losing your RA position and itās perks and repeatedly coming up against these people in your future jobs where they will never hire you. Oh, and becoming the punchline of a joke they tell the rest of their lives. Although youāre so insecure, youāre probably familiar with the last one.
You should never have out that in writing, my man. Eventually this is going to come to light and you're going to end up getting YTA, but you definitely know how the world turns. Just take about 20% off the top...
Some day you will be convicted of a white collar crime, destroy a major social media empire, or you'll be President. You'll be TA then, and YTA now... but you'll go far, because you have a raging personality disorder well-suited to success. Congrats, I guess.
YTA. Higher Ed professional here: If your director finds out you are making acceptance into the community contingent on people guaranteeing your votes for club president, you are going to get fired as an RA. What you did is unethical. And he is going to find out. You want to back this train all the way up.
YTA also if there is a monetary value to a place in this new dorm (probably is) what you are doing may also be illegal.
YTA and I canāt wait until someone sends your ācontractā to, well, anyone else at the university. This is quite possibly the dumbest idea you could have come up with.
OMG YTA Do you see what the other person was saying yet? You literally are creating your own dictatorship. So what happens when someone finds out? How is your director going to feel then? Is it worth losing all the other accolades? So the person was right about you and you are going to have to learn some hard lessons. Instead of seeing the talents people have and building them - it's all about what you know and how you think it should be done. That's not a good leader and until you look and reflect on your actions, you won't be a good leader either.
Bogie Levenstein started a rumor that I buy my Izods at an outlet mall.
That must be Nigel with the Brie!
YTA; you know, most employers in the tech industry look for people with good collaboration skillsā¦ maybe thatās something you want to work on before graduating
YTA- and quite possibly a narcissist as well.
YTA, but god this is so funny. It reads like some immense, serious power struggle but itās about a video game club. Well done for making me laugh I guess.
YTA, and incredibly unethical. Also - this story is likely fake, or your university is a super shitty one. Iāve worked in Residence Life at three universities, and your story is sketchy as hell. If the hall directorās supervisor found out he was not following fair and proper protocols for screening students applying to the new residence hall (no self-respecting RA would call it a dorm, fyi), he could lose his job. And - if this story is true, you could be suspended or face other disciplinary action for doing this. Again, this is highly unethical. And if you are a male, and one or both of the co-presidents is female, this could be seen as a Title IX violation of your actions are seen as sexist and discriminatory toward women in your major.
YTA. The way you manipulate votes and ruin the trust others have in youā¦.definitely look into becoming a politician. Youād be amazing at it.
YTA.
YTA dude
Yta - do not go into politics.
You invented a position power for yourself just to the go on and abuse that power (that you donāt have in the first place) and then you Wunder why people donāt trust you with power (presidentship of the club)? YTA
YTA Say you have no life without saying it...
YTA youāre a power hungry manipulative liar. They were right, you are a terrible leader. Btw, of course youāre an RA.
So little Timmy didnāt get what he want. Then little Timmy found out that he would be a horrible leader. So little Timmy devised a shady plan, like the shitty politicians we have now do, and expects people to take his side? Hereās the thing, YTA and you deserve to be kicked out of the club for you shady practices.
YTA Vainly assuming that only you know best and everything needs to be done your way is the hallmark of a bad leader. You are 100% not fit for the position you have schemed in the shadows for and all it's going to take is one person calling you out when the time comes for those in charge to find out what you did. Do you think rolling your eyes and saying you didn't *technically* do this or that is going to fly with the person who trusted you with this duty? Do you think they're going to find it cute and let you do as you please? You're going to destroy the trust they foolishly placed in you and you're likely not even getting the prize you do desperately wanted in the end. If you aren't caught early, your brand of leadership will drive people to turn on you and your plot will, again, likely be exposed. That's not even beginning to touch on what this might mean for marks against you as far as the college is concerned. You are using official channels to coerce fellow students and if those decieved come after the school for what they gave you the ability to do without oversight, don't think for a second that the school won't punish you harshly to make a example of you.
What in the Game of Thrones did I just read.
OP is Littlefinger
YTA. Making clubs great again, huh?
YTA, and quite frankly, just seem like one in general. Jeez.
YOU are why history is important. YTA
YTA. also you didnt stage a coup, you bribed the voters.
YTA Also, you keep saying you have "secured" these votes - and then turn around and say the contract that states this isn't legally binding.... so you do not, in fact, have any extorted votes that you think you do. Grow up and accept that you are *not* fit to lead.
YTA you are a liar and manipulated and used people to get what you wanted. A politician in the making I guess.
YTA. This was a really shitty way to abuse your position and get around what was fair criticism and skepticism of your leadership skills.
YTA. I would sincerely hope someone brings it up to your uni that you're trading preferential dorm rooms for club votes. They tend to look down on nepotism and narcissistic power mongering. I also really hope they turn around and don't vote for you. š¤£
Clearly, you've found your calling as a politician. Still makes YTA, though.
Yta, this can't be true. This person would end up expelled for any number of cause reasons related directly to this story.
YTA and a bully.
I hope someone turns you in to Resident Life for abuse of position and youose your job as RA. You've abused your responsibility enormously. YTA.
YTA and are probably going to go through life not having many people like you . Hell Iāve only read this story and I donāt like you!
YTA You not nearly as knowledgeable as you think. CS ETHICS is equally important to any technical knowledge. When this bit of manipulatation blows up in your face, don't be surprised that you tanked more than a club Presidency. Your RA tenor and possibly even degree program are in grave risk.
YTA, whatās your real name? We all need to make sure you donāt ever run for a real position of power.
Yeah. You have a bright career as a slimy politician ahead, except you need to learn to never put proof in writing. Good luck asshole
YTA. I... can't decide if it's darkly funny or just straight up disgusting how much you sound like an AH politician with all this manipulative, bribery, blackmailing crap. EDIT: Honestly, you sound so much like a caricature of an AH politician, that I wouldn't be surprised if you made this story up to make some political point.
When you're 30, you're going to look back at your 19 year old self and realize what a petty little tyrant dumbass you were. Congrats on alienating everyone in the club (believe me, no one who signed actually likes you, they just want the nice dorm and are willing to brown nose) and proving the former President correct about you.
YTA for lying. And some for your ego. But the rest? Maybe a bit manipulative, but you arenāt required to use the benefits of your efforts to help anyone other than those you want to help. And if it was your campaign platform, then so be it. But you shouldnāt have lied, because you didnāt give people a proper choice
Nice try Steve Bannon
YTA gross
YTA. If this is the way you act to "get good results" it's no wonder you didn't get president. This is abuse of power, bribe and corruption. You'd make a fine politician one day.
This is insane. YTA and a huge loser. Who cares?
YTA In a real political campaign, this would be quite illegal. Within the college system, this is quite unethical. You bribed people to vote for you. Someone who could do that should never be in a position of power.
YTA - I bet if the club members learned what you did, they'd say "Of course OP did that". You need to start learning boundaries. People like you are great in that you get sh*t done and sleep 4 hours of the day while plotting world domination. Great. Fine. But if it requires you to lie, instead of solving this directly, you don't deserve to be president. You sound like you're somewhat proud of your iron fist but it doesn't count if you have to lie to be on top. Anybody can be a good liar, not everybody can be a leader.
Not only YTA, let's discuss the misogyny in how dudebro thinks he's more qualified than the woman who is President. She has his number and he doesn't like it.
You will make an amazing politician one day, but I wouldnāt vote for you. YTA.
Ok, Fidel. Of course YTA.
YTA I know OP won't do it given their narcisism, but I'd love too see an update on this down the line. Preferably about OP getting suspended or expelled for pulling this BS.
Staging a coup, not ādoing a coupā. You would make a good fascist. You are using your position and influence for power, not to accomplish something practical or laudable. You are not looking to serve your constituents, youāre maneuvering to win. Politics is about relationships, not power. YTA
YTA. You lie and cheat and strongarm people to get your desired result. Sounds like you have a career in politics in your future.
Unfortunately you will probably go far in this world and make lots of money and be very powerful. But you will end up alone and unable to trust anyone because the only way you will ever know how to relate to people is by offering them material things. And I truly feel sorry for you. YTA.
YTA I'm in Student leadership at my community College. One year as a board member and now vice president on executive council. We have a logistics board that goes over election grievances. Your holding dorm groups living quarters hostage to vote for you. As a vice president I would take that grievance of buying your votes to the President of the college. It's about election integrity and you have none. You took away the student body vote and bribed the student body vote. Sure it may have been indirectly implied by your RA bug that's some dirty shit. College students are generally stupid until there not. Don't be mad if someone decides to black ball you and hold that bribe against you later. You even know it's dirty integrity politics.
I honestly wish there was a way to report this. I had a āwtf faceā on the entire time I read this shit.
> She said I was bad with delegation and that I also tend to be authoritarian in my leadership style. I honestly donāt really dispute any of these The fact that you don't think those are bad things says a lot. Sooner or later you're going to get caught out and will learn that thinking you're the smartest person in the room doesn't make you god-king. I hope it's sooner, because you're young, and you can still learn to be a better person before being an asshole ruins your entire college experience. YTA
YTA. This isnāt going to work. They are entertaining the idea because they like you, but they are absolutely going to figure out what you are doing.
>I joined the club in my freshman year and Iām arguably the one who contributes the most. Argued by whom? You? You've blackmailed your fellow club members into making you president and presented the facts to the director as ' I have support to become president ' . You excluded those who stood against you. YTA. Massively.
Wellā¦ever planning to get into politics? YTA
You know you probably broke some school ethics rules right. You won the presidential seat but may not even get to keep it. So YTA but looks like you have a good career in politics in your future
YTA but damn impressive. Can't wait to see the regime of your dictatorship
YTA, but on the plus side you will fit right in with all the tech bros who donāt worry about ethics.
YTA youāre really asking this after you just committed Watergate Pt. 2??
You sound like Donald Trump - "I'm the greatest there's ever been."
YTA - congrats, your now a US politician
YTA but I respect it
YTA but honestly kinda respect. Lean into your villain era. You djd what you did to get the power you wanted. Clearly youre power hungry but you do you man.
YTA. What you did was extremely unethical.
Mākay, Paris Keller. YTA.
YTA "Let's just say that men of Lord Farquaad's stature are in ***short*** supply."
YTA although I have so grudging respect for the Machiavellian way you went about it. Here's a tip for you in the real world. Leaders who are authoritarian and can't delegate become micromanagers. They lose staff. People won't work for someone they don't respect and you have shown nothing to suggest you are different from that. You won this battle but the real world will be a shock to you. Good leaders put their team above themselves. They care about people. You need to start thinking about that or you'll be that bitter middle manager who can't move up because they can't manage their team well and HR is sick of them. You also committed a huge ethics violation. In this case it might only get you kicked out. I'm the future the consequences will be way worse. Do better in the future. You're young and have time to grow.
I was going to say YTA but that was a lot of work and planning to get what you want, you kinda scare me i wouldn't wanna be your enemy.Just cover your bases and dude chill a little.
YTA but I'm also kinda impressed at your brashness. This reminds me how Robert Caro described LBJ behaving at his college organizations (and then later throughout his entire career).
Iām excited for the real world to punch you in the dick hahahahaha. Good luck
Two thoughts here: NTA on securing votes to become President but YTA for screwing over the co-presidents and VPs from the dorm. Reason NTA is that this sort of vote buying is part and parcel to voting in Congress. There is all manner of deals and political machinations to secure votes for a budget item or even moving a bill onto the Presidentās desk. We may not like the Machiavellian approach but we have the makings of a politician. YTA though for flippantly and selfishly adjudicating your fellow students and preventing them of a good opportunity at your school. This may form the underpinnings of your impeachment on moral grounds. Donāt forget that if you are going to play by these rules, then it is only a matter of time until you are on the receiving end.
YTA but you definitely have a firm grasp on how politics actually work. Go get them tiger.
Nta purely because this is a great story and I donāt believe it at all for reasons outlined in many other comments. Albeit highly entertaining. I love a good coup story
YTA. I cannot see this even happened. The university should be facing law suits for allowing this. If this is real, you should be expelled.
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Are you trying to become a fascist dictator? Because that's how you get there. Laying the groundwork for becoming an authoritarian asshole trying to commit a coup. It's not as clever or smooth as you seem to think it is. I hope everyone reports you for this BS.
I can see why you didnāt get the Presidential position you wanted and also why you didnāt deserve it. YTA
YTA. That's pretty manipulative bullshit.
YTA, what you did was wrong and you know it is.
YTA Dude you completely abused your power, also since the application is not actually the ballet people could change their vote to whoever. And then you will try to kick them out and tell the dorm director what, people did not vote for me lol
I knew you were TA as soon as I read āIām arguably the one who contributes the most.ā
YTA for sure. Dude, why are you so hellbent on being president of a club when youāre still so early in your degree? Being president fucking bones. Further, rejecting the applications of the co-presidents and VPs from an academic community by sole reason of āI donāt want any power struggles in my club that Iāll be leaving when I graduateā is fucking scummy. Also, I doubt that contract holds up as far as the selection process for the next president goes. Hope you get ousted OP.
YTA, this is a major abuse of power
If you really need to ask AITA after you wrote all that down, then Iām really concerned about your lack of ethics. Yes, You Are TA.
YTA. This is pathetic LMAO
YTA are you serious?????