I'm sorry but a prior conspiracy theorist already warned me about listening to low-karma accounts. /s

Yes. That's why you shouldn't listen to me.

It's much easier to let things go on as usual, then sprinkle in an occasional agenda based item, and use a botnet to vote it to the top.

New users aren't deleted threads.

Well, the mods already deleted a post with 16.000 upvotes.

I'm talking about the huge thread yesterday that included the document leaked (or fabricated) by Buzzfeed.

It disappeared before I could catch it too. Lots of people were upset about it yesterday and that's the only reason I know.

The Buzzfeed one needed to go. That was a good call imho. However, more than one redditor has already suggested a moratorium on any calls for new mods (and an oustering of the recently installed one?) until things settle down.

This is to avoid takeovers of moderators by CTR friendly saboteurs.

I think the redditor who proposed no new mods was subsequently banned. :/

Why? It seemed a pretty good strategy. Also, how would we know if he/she was banned or not? Genuinely curious.

I know. I agree.

The user messaged me about it, showed me the ban message they had received and it cited the post that recommended no new mods. And I have not seen this user on this sub since.

Wow.

Yeah. It's not good.

Well. I thought this was in reference to someone else. The person in question doesn't seem to really run with things in terms of evidence, so I'm not surprised s/he was banned.

Someone else? And evidence of what exactly? A person proposed a temporary ban on new mods as a result of the flood of new people to this sub, which there is ample evidence of and realtime documentation in many posts over after the release of the Trump Russia document. The person did not demand a ban on new mods, just threw out the idea to be discussed. So I am not sure what you are talking about.

Someone contacted me claiming to be the person banned. But it wasn't the person who made the original post (elcad).

I think the one who contacted me -- ostensibly to tell me about the ban -- was banned for altogether different reasons.

We are not talking about the same person.

Right.

https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/5n90h5/reports_allege_trump_has_deep_ties_to_russia/

(Reposting for greater awareness, sorry for the mini-flood).

I was yesterday a prime witness of the shill blitz. I engaged several of them, studied many others' post history. Here is their playbook.

• They say the .gov propaganda of "Russia did the WL leaking" is a conspiracy theory and thus needs to be given equal weight on this sub. They cite Watergate as example of a conspiracy theory that was given massive coverage by the institutional press.

• They say the most amazing thing about the Podesta emails is how little actual corruption was uncovered.

• They say supporting Israel is the anti-establishment, free-minded move, because the UN, Obama and Soros are all against Israel.

• They say the satanic/ritual part of the child abuse allegations against Podesta & gang is the best proof of the whole thing being false, as everyone knows that's unthinkable and impossible and nobody would ever do that

• They pound on the idea Trump has "admitted" the DNC was hacked by Russia, and therefore we should admit it too because we are all Trump supporters

• They say who hacked is much more important than what was hacked, as if I planted a camera to spy on you being lazy then I'd be more guilty than the lazy one

• They always and everywhere refuse to enter in a proper argument or debate, cling to details in the posts they're replying to

• They stir doubt on the moderators, are encouraging a mutiny, state that because their hoax Buzzfeed post was removed it proves mods are compromised and engage in censorship

IMO they won't succeed shifting the narrative on this sub, short of a forceful takeover of the mods. If that happens, it will be readily apparent, and we will move elsewhere. I think they know that, but don't care; they're after the url real-estate.

Now is a good time to be supporting our mods

I replied to you earlier.. but saw it again and needed to reply.

Someone doing any of these things doesn't automatically make them a shill.

For instance, I do think Russia being behind the leaks is worthy of at least considering. And that Trump saying he thinks the leaks came from Russia is also important, because he has denied it all until now. Why the change?

Also the fact that there is a new mod as of a few days ago is worth getting an explanation. Who are they? Hasn't this sub previously voted in the mods?

That mod explained himself to my satisfaction so far (he's an old-timer, he's redoing the CSS and has not censored anything). And you're ignoring the fact that the whole argument "our mods are compromised" comes from the hoax Buzzfeed fake news government propaganda being (properly) labeled and deleted after it was brigaded and propelled by presumed shills (my money is on JIDF given the amount of judeophiliac propaganda tied into the shilling).

I actually didn't see them post, I'm going to go look for it

Here, here!

It seems a bit piped down now.