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You've left out the fact that The_Donald was banned from reddit for repeatedly and egregiously breaking site wide rules on harassment, brigading, and issuing de

by Jochim 6y ago

You've left out the fact that The_Donald was banned from reddit for repeatedly and egregiously breaking site wide rules on harassment, brigading, and issuing death threats. Despite the mods efforts to keep it clean the subreddit was a cesspit that was only getting more extreme. I don't agree with other subreddits automatically banning people based on post history, but I can see why the subreddit was banned, along with the left leaning subreddit chapotraphouse which engaged in similar behaviour.

sillysaurusx 6y ago
I kept a fairly close eye on /r/The_Donald, specifically looking for signs of that behavior. Personally, I didn't see any. They pretty much kept to themselves, at least for the last year or so. That doesn't mean there wasn't any, but they had a far higher bar to clear than other subs. It also seemed like quite a coincidence that they were banned just before the crucial period leading up to the election. You say "issuing death threats" like it was mandated by the mods. As far as I could tell, the mods were doing what they could to keep everybody contained within their zone. And the premise of Reddit is that anybody can create their zone; if you don't like it, you don't have to view it. My point is, the counterargument that they were banned due to bad behavior seems to be slightly misleading. Every sub has bad behavior, and I know for a fact (because I saw it!) that the mods were clamping down hard on anything remotely like what you mention. The community was downvoting such comments too. along with the left leaning subreddit chapotraphouse which engaged in similar behaviour Can you be more specific? /r/LateStageCapitalism is still up, and they seem to "issue death threats" just as frequently. For example, they frequently reference guillotines while gesturing towards the rich.
Izkata 6y ago
> that was only getting more extreme Even disregarding any content that may or may not have been on the subreddit, the ban happened (four?) months after the subreddit's mods had already locked it down and everyone had migrated to thedonald.win. The ban didn't actually have a purpose by the time they did it, so that reason was just an excuse to get rid of content they didn't like.

by Jochim 6y ago

sillysaurusx 6y ago

I kept a fairly close eye on /r/The_Donald, specifically looking for signs of that behavior. Personally, I didn't see any. They pretty much kept to themselves, at least for the last year or so. That doesn't mean there wasn't any, but they had a far higher bar to clear than other subs. It also seemed like quite a coincidence that they were banned just before the crucial period leading up to the election. You say "issuing death threats" like it was mandated by the mods. As far as I could tell, the mods were doing what they could to keep everybody contained within their zone. And the premise of Reddit is that anybody can create their zone; if you don't like it, you don't have to view it. My point is, the counterargument that they were banned due to bad behavior seems to be slightly misleading. Every sub has bad behavior, and I know for a fact (because I saw it!) that the mods were clamping down hard on anything remotely like what you mention. The community was downvoting such comments too. along with the left leaning subreddit chapotraphouse which engaged in similar behaviour Can you be more specific? /r/LateStageCapitalism is still up, and they seem to "issue death threats" just as frequently. For example, they frequently reference guillotines while gesturing towards the rich.

Izkata 6y ago

> that was only getting more extreme Even disregarding any content that may or may not have been on the subreddit, the ban happened (four?) months after the subreddit's mods had already locked it down and everyone had migrated to thedonald.win. The ban didn't actually have a purpose by the time they did it, so that reason was just an excuse to get rid of content they didn't like.