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It looks like they've moved to https://thedonald.win/ https://thedonald.win/ - I wonder if they're using a fork of reddit's old source code. The site feels like

It looks like they've moved to https://thedonald.win/ https://thedonald.win/ - I wonder if they're using a fork of reddit's old source code. The site feels like a subreddit.

hombre_fatal 7y ago
It's far more active than I would have imagined from this sort of splinter forum. Though it's also the height of T_D drama which lights the perfect fire under a splinter forum.
- chrisco255 7y ago
  It's been active for months. They knew Reddit was moving in this direction over a year ago and then when they got quarantined last summer they sped up development and released it. T_D had close to 1 million members, so it's a big population of users.
- s_y_n_t_a_x 7y ago
  It's been the official website of the T_D subreddit for awhile now. This is not the first wave of drama T_D mods have dealt with. They've dealt with quarantines, post-editing, brigading, and ranking algorithm changes, that's why they have a site already and are using it as a primary platform as opposed to a backup (although the subreddit still has a much larger user base, the content is fresher on the main site). Also, half of America approves of Trump's job, it's not crazy to think that there's a large amount of traffic, they have to go somewhere online.
  - brokensegue 7y ago
    Less than half. About 43% according to 538
    - s_y_n_t_a_x 7y ago
      50% according to Gallup 46.4% according to the RCP polling average, within the margin of error to say half. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_trump_job_approval-6179.html#polls https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_tru... The average approval rating is strong enough to hold my point that there is a large number of supporters, do you disagree?
      - brokensegue 7y ago
        there's no doubt there is a large number of supporters. the evidence suggests that number is less than 50%
        s_y_n_t_a_x 7y ago
        My sources I linked above suggest otherwise.
        jessaustin 7y ago
        Just wait. Next week they'll be trying to impeach him because he asked the prime minister of Italy for a pizza. By the end of that, he'll be up at about 58%. Good job!
golf3 7y ago
Smart move, quarantine is prelude to deletion, they're just waiting for a pretense.
- skocznymroczny 7y ago
  Deletion will come around election time. Can't have users exposed to non-leftist point of view.
  - s_y_n_t_a_x 7y ago
    This was just in time for Super Tuesday. Can't have those dangerous ideas (popular grassroots conservatism) anywhere on our site. Let that be a lesson, if you conservatives gather anywhere in mass on our site we will drive you away. If it's not our site we'll bitch and moan at the credit card and hosting companies until you have to shut down. Be careful guys. First They Came…
    - deleted 7y ago
      [deleted]
  - lukebitts 7y ago
    Is that why they are banning /r/conservative? Right... they are not
    - xenophonium 7y ago
      Lol, r/conservative is the place for controlled opposition "conservatives" of the kind that the left allows to exist because they ultimate challenge none of the left's fundamental values. The sort of people like Mitt Romney who virtue signal about how much they hate Trump so that leftists will give them a pat on the head.
update 7y ago
I find it interesting that your comment is being downvoted. Particularly interesting since only certain users have the downvote ability unlocked. Your comment is informative, especially since a lot of comments so far in this thread are "Where are the users going to go?"

It looks like they've moved to https://thedonald.win/ https://thedonald.win/ - I wonder if they're using a fork of reddit's old source code. The site feels like a subreddit.

hombre_fatal 7y ago

It's far more active than I would have imagined from this sort of splinter forum. Though it's also the height of T_D drama which lights the perfect fire under a splinter forum.

chrisco255 7y ago
It's been active for months. They knew Reddit was moving in this direction over a year ago and then when they got quarantined last summer they sped up development and released it. T_D had close to 1 million members, so it's a big population of users.
s_y_n_t_a_x 7y ago
It's been the official website of the T_D subreddit for awhile now. This is not the first wave of drama T_D mods have dealt with. They've dealt with quarantines, post-editing, brigading, and ranking algorithm changes, that's why they have a site already and are using it as a primary platform as opposed to a backup (although the subreddit still has a much larger user base, the content is fresher on the main site). Also, half of America approves of Trump's job, it's not crazy to think that there's a large amount of traffic, they have to go somewhere online.
- brokensegue 7y ago
  Less than half. About 43% according to 538
  - s_y_n_t_a_x 7y ago
    50% according to Gallup 46.4% according to the RCP polling average, within the margin of error to say half. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_trump_job_approval-6179.html#polls https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_tru... The average approval rating is strong enough to hold my point that there is a large number of supporters, do you disagree?
    - brokensegue 7y ago
      there's no doubt there is a large number of supporters. the evidence suggests that number is less than 50%
      - s_y_n_t_a_x 7y ago
        My sources I linked above suggest otherwise.
      - jessaustin 7y ago
        Just wait. Next week they'll be trying to impeach him because he asked the prime minister of Italy for a pizza. By the end of that, he'll be up at about 58%. Good job!

golf3 7y ago

Smart move, quarantine is prelude to deletion, they're just waiting for a pretense.

skocznymroczny 7y ago
Deletion will come around election time. Can't have users exposed to non-leftist point of view.
- s_y_n_t_a_x 7y ago
  This was just in time for Super Tuesday. Can't have those dangerous ideas (popular grassroots conservatism) anywhere on our site. Let that be a lesson, if you conservatives gather anywhere in mass on our site we will drive you away. If it's not our site we'll bitch and moan at the credit card and hosting companies until you have to shut down. Be careful guys. First They Came…
  - deleted 7y ago
    [deleted]
- lukebitts 7y ago
  Is that why they are banning /r/conservative? Right... they are not
  - xenophonium 7y ago
    Lol, r/conservative is the place for controlled opposition "conservatives" of the kind that the left allows to exist because they ultimate challenge none of the left's fundamental values. The sort of people like Mitt Romney who virtue signal about how much they hate Trump so that leftists will give them a pat on the head.

update 7y ago

I find it interesting that your comment is being downvoted. Particularly interesting since only certain users have the downvote ability unlocked. Your comment is informative, especially since a lot of comments so far in this thread are "Where are the users going to go?"