Comment by user34283
5 days ago
You're not a conservative.
Why are you so concerned about participation criteria for the conservative subreddit, one of the only distinctly right wing places on the whole platform?
5 days ago
You're not a conservative.
Why are you so concerned about participation criteria for the conservative subreddit, one of the only distinctly right wing places on the whole platform?
The way HN and public forums work is that people can ask questions and others can answer. The post you are replying to is an answer to a question. You need to scroll a bit up to see the original question.
Pointing at the moderation of an explicitly conservative place for right wingers as a grievance to illustrate how it is only balanced how conservative opinions are getting banned across mainstream subreddits is fairly disingenuous.
And clearly this has been a discussion on that angle, rather than an answer to the rhetorical question above.
>And clearly this has been a discussion on that angle, rather than an answer to the rhetorical question above.
How do you know the question was rhetorical?
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Part of the problem is the mods' narrow definition of "conservative". And this is the larger point of this entire comment thread. There are plenty of people with traditional conservative values who are not welcome in r/conservative. Not to mention, over time the tent has been shrinking as well.
Which, to be fair, is not unlike how the GOP has been operating over the last few years.
These examples are brilliant illustrations of an internet endgame for symbols, representations, metaphors. In other words, "the internet: where primate communication came to die."
The /r/conservative subreddit is unpopular among actual conservatives because it’s basically a propaganda outlet for the mods.
You can get banned for posting traditional conservative opinions there if they go against the message the mods want to allow, even if it’s conservative.
Don’t be tricked into thinking it’s some conservative safe space. It’s a propaganda outlet for the mods who ban even conservatives if they don’t toe the line and agree with the mods.
Do you have examples? I wouldn't say it never happened, but a repeatable pattern should be easy to see.
How do you know their beliefs?
You read what they said. How do you not know?
Which comment from hilios proves they're not conservative? Show your work
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I am making a guess based on the opinions presented.
The point here being that it is hardly relevant how a subreddit specifically and explicitely for conservatives is moderated, when we are talking how mainstream subreddits are censoring conservative opinions.
Many grievances appear to be liberals concerning themselves with how /r/conservative is moderated, most likely after being banned for astroturfing there.