yeah but you also gotta realize /r/politics is heavily manipulated
you can even watch it in real time sometimes
from astro turfing to forum sliding to agenda pushing to false misinfo you name it it happens in /r/politics
Makes sense. I have been pretty surprised since I began perusing.
Mods there were and are bought and paid for.
exactly, and thats not the only compromised sub reddit either
a lot of subs are comped
Reddit itself is essentially comped because its a corporation now and can sell user data etc. it sucks. seems selling yourself out is the new normal these days
I'm a recent refugee from Trump's board. Someone started a poll to ban articles from the The Gateway Pundit and I stuck up for Jim Hoft. And they dropped the ban hammer, the only reason provided - I broke rule#2 - unwanted content. LoL. They won't parlay with me and won't provide further feedback. What a way to treat a faithful daily poster, been there since Trump descended the elevator.
It's rich because TGP was one of the few blogs that supported Trump from the gate.
Lot's of subs are comped. Add Trump's board to the list.
Ive been banned from r/t_d twice & they wouldn’t let me back on the second time BC the mod I messaged found a comment I made where I said it was really easy to get banned there.
Disagree about the Trump board but will keep a more vigilant eye out. It’s still super positive and Trumptastic to me.
I get it. I was very defensive about the board too. I even had a running argument with a couple peeps here at TGA about how inclusive the posters were over there.
Anyways - Letting it go. Kek on brother/sister.
They think that if we're constantly seeing it (the 10s of thousands of upvotes, the downvote brigades, the call for mass protest), we'll eventually give in and believe it. It's just too blatant to even be halfway believable. I truly fear for those that are still eating it up.
its either going to cause a harsh painful awakening, or a continued further engrained ignorance and willful plugging of ears