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The Donald would have been deleted under the old leadership too... They got in hot water not for supporting Trump (there are plenty of pro-Trump subreddits) bu

The Donald would have been deleted under the old leadership too... They got in hot water not for supporting Trump (there are plenty of pro-Trump subreddits) but actively breaking the most basic rules of Reddit, maybe you should actually look at their history. Spamming the same images to the subreddit, interfering with other subreddits, trying to out whistleblowers in federal cases, gaming the content discovery system with sticky posts. I'm tired of this narrative that The Donald was banned for censorship reasons, they were banned for being a virus that was infecting Reddit. They could have been supporting the Dalai Lama and their behavior would have been against the basic expectations of Reddit, and that's exactly why they were quarantined/banned - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R/The_Donald#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R/The_Donald#History In true fashion of people trying to push a made up point, every reply is nitpicking over which one of their many incredible misbehaviors was the deal breaker, from doxxing people to brigading other subreddits, instead of actually providing a rebuttal It doesn't matter which one broke the camels back, anyone who can read their history of behavior and pretend Reddit didn't have a reason to take action, even by those 2012 rules, is in denial.

SV_BubbleTime 6y ago
Your history is quite wrong. They were initially quarantined for “anti police” comments. Which looking through the current state of Reddit is a bit hypocritical. Edit: https://www.motherjones.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Screen-Shot-2019-06-26-at-3.03.56-PM.png?w=1200&h=630&crop=1 https://www.motherjones.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Scree...
- BoorishBears 6y ago
  Are going to pretend everything in that history section is wrong and they were only quarantined for anti-police comments? There are literally dozens of crises that the subreddit spawned, literally any of which would have been explained it. The fact we can actually go back on forth on which one of the many many many straws broke the camels back says it all. You also seem to want to go so far as to imply the only reason other subreddit get away with anti-police sentiment is some kind of hypocritical favortism?
parliament32 6y ago
It was initially quarantined for "threats of violence against police", but they seem to have changed their narrative since, you know, everyone else started doing it: https://i.redd.it/s2pdnningy451.png https://i.redd.it/s2pdnningy451.png
- TheGrim-888 6y ago
  Silly you, we were always at war with eurasia.
- BoorishBears 6y ago
  Already said it in another comment: Are we going to pretend everything in that history section is wrong and they were only quarantined for anti-police comments? There are literally dozens of crisis that the subreddit spawned, literally any of which would have been explained it. The fact we can actually go back on forth on which one of the many many many straws broke the camels back says it all. You also seem to want to go so far as to imply the only reason other subreddit get away with anti-police sentiment is some kind of hypocritical favortism?
abc-xyz 6y ago
To be fair, on default subreddits, conservatives are not just outnumbered, but they’re also heavily censored. An example from a few days ago: https://old.reddit.com/r/Conservative/comments/hg6d2a/this_is_how_chinese_owned_reddit_is_influencing/ https://old.reddit.com/r/Conservative/comments/hg6d2a/this_i.... /r/worldnews and /r/coronavirus also showed that even on default subreddits, a website that’s likely 99% anti-China can suddenly become 20-50% pro-China within their subreddit thanks to moderators banning users that argue with the wumaos. /r/WatchRedditDie is a great way to follow the rampant censorship. Reddit deserve to be judged based on the actions of the moderators of the subreddits they choose to promote, and not just the actions of their paid employees.
VRay 6y ago
Another fun factoid about The_Donald's love of free speech is that they immediately and permanently banned anyone who disagreed with anything said on that sub. Good riddance
- castlecrasher2 6y ago
  at least they were honest about it. And yet /r/politics remains

SV_BubbleTime 6y ago

Your history is quite wrong. They were initially quarantined for “anti police” comments. Which looking through the current state of Reddit is a bit hypocritical. Edit: https://www.motherjones.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Screen-Shot-2019-06-26-at-3.03.56-PM.png?w=1200&h=630&crop=1 https://www.motherjones.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Scree...

BoorishBears 6y ago
Are going to pretend everything in that history section is wrong and they were only quarantined for anti-police comments? There are literally dozens of crises that the subreddit spawned, literally any of which would have been explained it. The fact we can actually go back on forth on which one of the many many many straws broke the camels back says it all. You also seem to want to go so far as to imply the only reason other subreddit get away with anti-police sentiment is some kind of hypocritical favortism?

parliament32 6y ago

It was initially quarantined for "threats of violence against police", but they seem to have changed their narrative since, you know, everyone else started doing it: https://i.redd.it/s2pdnningy451.png https://i.redd.it/s2pdnningy451.png

TheGrim-888 6y ago
Silly you, we were always at war with eurasia.
BoorishBears 6y ago
Already said it in another comment: Are we going to pretend everything in that history section is wrong and they were only quarantined for anti-police comments? There are literally dozens of crisis that the subreddit spawned, literally any of which would have been explained it. The fact we can actually go back on forth on which one of the many many many straws broke the camels back says it all. You also seem to want to go so far as to imply the only reason other subreddit get away with anti-police sentiment is some kind of hypocritical favortism?

abc-xyz 6y ago

To be fair, on default subreddits, conservatives are not just outnumbered, but they’re also heavily censored. An example from a few days ago: https://old.reddit.com/r/Conservative/comments/hg6d2a/this_is_how_chinese_owned_reddit_is_influencing/ https://old.reddit.com/r/Conservative/comments/hg6d2a/this_i.... /r/worldnews and /r/coronavirus also showed that even on default subreddits, a website that’s likely 99% anti-China can suddenly become 20-50% pro-China within their subreddit thanks to moderators banning users that argue with the wumaos. /r/WatchRedditDie is a great way to follow the rampant censorship. Reddit deserve to be judged based on the actions of the moderators of the subreddits they choose to promote, and not just the actions of their paid employees.

VRay 6y ago

Another fun factoid about The_Donald's love of free speech is that they immediately and permanently banned anyone who disagreed with anything said on that sub. Good riddance

castlecrasher2 6y ago
at least they were honest about it. And yet /r/politics remains