Robin is the founder and operator of PinSide, a prominent online forum and marketplace community for pinball enthusiasts. Over the period documented (November 2025 - February 2026), Robin has taken an increasingly active role in moderating and regulating the secondary market for limited edition pinball games, particularly implementing anti-scalping measures and marketplace restrictions. His moderation decisions—particularly around blocking Pokémon LE listings—have generated controversy, with critics suggesting ideological opposition to secondary market trading may be influencing policy decisions that also generate revenue for PinSide.
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Pinside poll showed overwhelming vote to leave scalping unregulated, but Robin ignored it
Robin makes hundreds of thousands of dollars a year from Pinside marketplace fees
A fire occurred at the data center hosting Pinside servers, with sprinklers activated causing water damage
Servers need to be checked individually for water damage before being brought back online
Pinside moderator; attempting to restrict listing of Pokémon LE spots for sale; Kaneda suggests this is motivated by ideological opposition to secondary market flipping
Moderator of Pinside marketplace; criticized for blocking secondary market sales of Pokemon LE; generates revenue from game sale listings
PinSide moderator preventing Pokémon LE listings
Founder of Pinside forum; criticized for proposing resale price caps on limited edition game spots
Pinside community moderator; conducted poll on secondary market spot trading regulations (42% voted unrestricted free market)
Pinside founder/operator; implemented anti-scalping fee structure and marketplace rules
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Reconfiguring a complete working server would take at least two days
Pinside has backups of its data
Recovery could happen by the next day if conditions allow
The outage is not due to DDoS attack or intentional site shutdown
Robin achieved highest rank of 60th as of 2016