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They ban permanently for all kinds of bs. Felt like walking on eggshells at that place.
Didn't help that I wasn't 100% "left" - ironically I did lean left but if you're not 100% emphatically regurgitating all of the talking points they're currently recycling they gang up on you, mass report, call for mods, twist words etc.
Last month a mod flipped out and called me a Nazi bc I commented that it's bogus that mods blanket ban everyone that stumbles on and comments any sub that they dissaprove of.
Their logic was that if I comment on a conservative sub (Nazi?) Then that absolutely makes me a Nazi and there's absolutely no grey area or context.
That seems to be what most of the communities in some subs is like as well. If you're not high fiving them, you're shooting at them.
I don't like it.. I miss the old days of the internet, sure we all argued and shit but everyone at least had their little factions. Now it feels like the left runs the entire internet because most sites don't want Republicans there.
I get why but it sucks feeling like I don't belong on either side. I'm apolitical, which in itself has sparked a dozen redshit arguments and accusations. Can't say "apolitical" you're just secretly a centrist if you do. Can't disagree with BOTH sides because neither can fathom that. Can't sympathize with a single "red" point of view bc you're a Nazi.
Ugh.
Cringetopia (the sub) branched off and made a website. Loved that place. Unfortunately the subs own userbase hates the chAnge and boycotted the site, also running smear campaigns and bs saying the site was only in it for the money via ad revenue even though the site owners had paid out of their own pockets for the servers and there wasn't a single ad..
Loved that site :(
Not left? Banned. Not far left? Banned. Not authleft? Banned.
I was banned from subreddits more often for opposing the open advocation of totalitarianism than anything else.
I guess some of that has come over here based on your comment scores, but at least your comments aren't being removed 🤷♀️ I haven't been downvoting anything here based on disagreement cause a) I think discouraging people from sharing their opinions here will kill the site, even if you don't like their opinions and b) I think it's wrong anyway.
I hope the extreme polarization and just general toxicity doesn't last here. I get that Reddit is perfectly designed to split people into tribes, and I hope that's not true of this site as well.
I agree entirely. Just because I might not agree with someone on their politics doesn't mean we can't have a civil discussion, especially regarding apolitical topics