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seanalltogether ◴[] No.13027203[source]
The tension that The_Donald and many alt-right subreddits place on reddit in general seems to be reaching a boiling point. I get the feeling the admins are just waiting for a credible reason to present itself that lets them cleanly wipe out all of them.
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gottam ◴[] No.13027290[source]
What is the tension about exactly? That they don't align with their own personal political views?
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Mithaldu ◴[] No.13027310[source]
That you think they're actually expressing their political views instead of shitposting to rile up actual trump voters while pissing off the rest of the internet is fairly naive.
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1. gottam ◴[] No.13027454[source]
I dont think anything, it was a genuine question and I'm out of the loop. I don't go to reddit much so its the first I've heard of this.
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2. Mithaldu ◴[] No.13027536[source]
Fair enough. Your question sounded leading to me and given the atmosphere i failed to provide benefit of the doubt.

That particular sub-reddit is a mixture of real people, and trolls who pose as trump supporters to egg the supporters on, as well as scaring and pissing off people against trump. The result being that with little effort and prodding on their side they get to see glorious internet mudfights.

However due to the way they're doing it, it's hard to tell which is which. That puts reddit admins in a bind and they have to balance things. Do they keep distance and let subtle trolls go unscathed? Do they take harsher measures and hit actual trump supporters? How much of this spills over into other reddits? How to handle the /all pollution? Letting it get in there just increases the mudfights, but if they take steps they'll be accused of censorships.

3. nicky0 ◴[] No.13028578[source]
Don't worry, I go to Reddit every day and this is the first I've heard of it.