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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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bcherny ◴[] No.13027327[source]
I think it's more about the way they express their opinions, rather than the content of those opinions.

Posting in ALL CAPS, posting fake news or insults to other members of the community, posting to incite anger, etc. does not make for good discussion, and hurts the sense of community. That, and bringing that to other subreddits via brigading, etc.

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a_bonobo ◴[] No.13027390[source]
Plus heaps of users browse /r/all and the the_donald community is so large, and the upvotes come so quickly (some insist it's upvoting bots since it's so fast) that the top of /r/all is often the_donald. Right now the nr. 1 post and another one on all are from the_donald.
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angry-hacker ◴[] No.13030033[source]
> community is so large

Maybe it is large? I mean, around 50% of Americans voted for Donald. Why do you want to find some kind of conspiracy... like it not, racist or not, but this is half of your society.

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1. Sean1708 ◴[] No.13030244[source]
I don't think anyone's saying it's a conspiracy.