Reddit requires CirclejerkSopranos ban political jokes, memes, current-events

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17 points·_DeadFred_··6 comments

If you stayed on Reddit after all the user hostile actions in 2023 you deserve what follows. You don't get to encourage their actions and then whine about them. Pick one.

This comment stands out to me:

Users on Twitter/Facebook/TikTok can post whatever garbage they want, no matter how terrible, but Reddit is trying to crack down on any subs that make fun of the right politically, as Reddit is basically the only major social media that lefties have left and the right-wingers (including Reddit's executives) can't stand that lefties have anywhere to go online in any numbers.

That "have left", I thought it meant "exited," had to read a few times

How are the Reddit execs right wing? Reddit had a hilariously bad relationship with the trump subreddit, in fact the CEO famously edited user comments in that sub to change them from being critical of him to being critical of the mods[1].

[1] https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/23/reddit-huffman-trump/

He edited comments about himself. It wasn't some conspiracy to push anti trump messaging.

This could just be Reddit trying to avoid retribution from the current US gov, could it not? To me, this seems like the most likely reason and, shortest explanation.

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