Subreddit effectively Dead after tonight?
23 2017-08-26 by existentialred
What are your thoughts. As a daily lurker here for couple years now.. this is definitely strange and unsettling.
23 2017-08-26 by existentialred
What are your thoughts. As a daily lurker here for couple years now.. this is definitely strange and unsettling.
33 comments
1 existentialred 2017-08-26
To clarify. I'm referring to the Mod changes.. what the heck is going on? Don't the subscribers have a right to know
1 ENDLESSBLOCKADEZ 2017-08-26
Lol "rights" on Reddit
1 existentialred 2017-08-26
I see what you're saying. Let's just start a new sub
1 EricCarver 2017-08-26
You do that. What is stopping you?
1 Balthanos 2017-08-26
There will most likely be an announcement tomorrow. I'm in no condition to answer any questions right now as I spent my night at an ethnic drinking festival but I assure you there will be a summary of the events that took place while I was getting my drink on.
1 perfect_pickles 2017-08-26
beer, wine, or blood !?
1 Kolyin 2017-08-26
They were drinking ethnic. It's a kind of super-powerful grain alcohol mixed with LSD and kerosene. Pretty fucked up stuff, TBH.
1 tedsmitts 2017-08-26
Don't ask me, I'm all fucked up on jenkem.
1 d3rr 2017-08-26
Sounds shitty.
1 13374A1 2017-08-26
No. From where would that right have derived?
1 d3rr 2017-08-26
No, it's all fixed and a troublesome mod is out. The mod list looks essentially the same as yesterday to me.
1 DarkPyramids 2017-08-26
Wait, what happened with the mods?
1 Spartan1117 2017-08-26
One of the most blatant partisan mods here finally got the boot.
1 babaroga73 2017-08-26
Partisan ... to which side?
Am asking for a friend.
1 Spartan1117 2017-08-26
Well, I'll give you a hint. He went to cry about it on r/the_donald
1 feedmesources 2017-08-26
That some mod started r/conspiracyright so they could talk about conspiracies without talking to who they perceived liberals.
1 Afrobean 2017-08-26
Flytape got banned or something. I think that's the only thing, but I don't like it.
1 platinum_peter 2017-08-26
I read that something like 9 new mods were added at the same time after flytape got the boot. This sub is more controlled than ever now.
1 feedmesources 2017-08-26
Nah, it's the same mods as before. They were removed temporarily but readded after Flytape was booted.
1 zxcnmweiroh 2017-08-26
It's rather pathetic when it's all done on behest of the people who are only here to discredit, dogpile, and mock people posting here. Looks like /u/Sarah_Connor didn't bother to check the posting histories of those people complaining, and trying to rig/ruin reddit.
1 SessionsBlowsGoats 2017-08-26
This is exactly it. A voting brigade used to be a rare thing around here.
Now, I'm seeing it in multiple posts, every fucking day.
Pro-establishment comments getting upvoted 80 times while comments that are completely normal for this sub get buried to -40.
The mods are responsible for this. During the election, the mods were disciplining long-time regular users for pointing out the inorganic nature of the brigades and the complete lack of account history of everyone involved in them. Regulars here were getting banned for defending the this sub from an influx of extremely obvious outsiders.
That time period was a catalyst for huge changes here that no real /r/conspiracy user was in favor of.
1 Awesomo3082 2017-08-26
We'll see how long sarah stays gimped by the admins. If it doesn't change, axol will probably have a nice shiny red target on his back.
He seems alright, but there are some underlings close behind that don't seem very... promising...
1 ChadluvsZion 2017-08-26
One mod leaving a sub doesn't mean it's dead. Sounds like you're wanting some drama.
1 Romek_himself 2017-08-26
no ...
1 DoublePlusGoodly 2017-08-26
Nope. They can have my /r/conspiracy when they pry it from my cold, dead hands. Not giving up the fight.
1 EricCarver 2017-08-26
The loss of Flytape has you that much in a depressive cycle? He is a good guy, but you can find him in r/conspiracyright. He isn't dead.
1 _Truth_Will_Out_ 2017-08-26
Who knows? Shareblue has infiltrated every other good sub, it remains to be seen if it has this one.
I'm no trump fan but I've been allowed to speak freely here while I'm banned from every other sub for my leftist (NOT liberal) ideas. I find DT people grating, but in comparison to liberals (and their bots) it's nothing. I'll talk to a DT person all day bc they don't use bullshit to bolster their ideas and force them down your throat, they're just misinformed. They also don't use mocking as much as liberals when they can't win a point.
1 joseph177 2017-08-26
Correct
1 TheRadChad 2017-08-26
Spot on. Both have their extremes but one is funny and the other is a dick.
1 BlackhawkBolly 2017-08-26
What? That's not even remotely true
1 _Truth_Will_Out_ 2017-08-26
Well you've certainly provided some compelling arguments that I'll need to consider in the coming days.
1 159734682 2017-08-26
I don't understand why people are attacking Flytape. Do people know him?
I don't know what the mods do behind the scenes nor what transpired. At best, bad communication led to misunderstanding. At worst, a mutiny. Damage done. Why the need to for users to attack the mods?
What exactly was the issue?
One thing for sure is r/conspiracy became an ugly battleground for alt-left and alt-right. Most people seem fed up about hearing about Trump, Russia, Antifa. Was that the issue for internal fighting?
I would've thought the mods would be better able to discuss on an agreed upon policy. If need be a ban on certain topics with redirect to appropriate subreddits.
The one thing I agree with was the left and right were both being played. I believe in that divide and conquer strategy and it works so well to make users turn against one another.
Time will tell what becomes of this subreddit, will it be fine? will it revert to more classical topics? will it be overrun by anti-Trump submissions?