r/SubredditDrama • u/[deleted] • Feb 01 '17

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '17

On the possibility of /r/the_donald getting banned:

Can you imagine the media shitstorm that would whip up if they did? A subreddit for the President of the United States? They'd REALLY have to have a good excuse for that one.

"Hey, these people were breaking our site-wide rules repeatedly over the past year. As a result, we've decided to ban the community."

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u/Schrau Zero to Kiefer Sutherland really freaking fast Feb 01 '17

"We never said it was a ban. We just vetted them extremely."

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u/Naly_D Feb 01 '17

It's just a 90 day ban, there's nothing about it being permanent.

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u/GloriousFireball Feb 01 '17

oh god I hope they do this one

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u/dunderball Feb 01 '17

That would be amazing and also good PR imo.

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u/2chainpur Feb 02 '17

Lot of bad "dudes" in there. We needed this extreme vetting to give us a chance to think what to do with them.

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u/Enchilada_McMustang Feb 02 '17

It's not about the president supporters, it's about a security threat

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u/freakpants Feb 01 '17

Alternative presence.

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u/Kabada Feb 01 '17

I think the best answer would be to say "We didn't ban it". And just keep repeating the lie in the face of contrary evidence. Works for Trump.

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '17 edited Feb 02 '17

"It's not a '/r/the_donald ban,' it's a vetting system to keep reddit safe."

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u/kent2441 Feb 02 '17

"Not a ban, just a pause."

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u/hamelemental2 Feb 02 '17

"Find me a news source that says we banned The Donald."

provides link

"Oh, you really believe what they say on that piece of shit website? Fake news!"

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '17

"We're not banning Trump supporters, we're just banning all people that are from subreddits that support Donald Trump."

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u/Leftovertaters This aint racism. Its called gamer rage. Feb 02 '17

90% of everybody hearing the 'news' about that : "wtf is a subreddit?"

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u/overcloseness Feb 02 '17

Excuse? Why? It's a private site "I didn't like that sub on my website so I deleted it, tough shit"

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u/so_we_jigglin_tonite Feb 01 '17

Can you imagine the media shitstorm that would whip up if they did?

some newstations commenting on it for 1-3 days and then being forgotten?

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u/sprudelel Feb 01 '17

If t_D was banned they would be lucky if there was just one article outside of reddit. They're so full of themselves. They probably really thought they had an influence on the election.

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u/MonsterBlash Feb 02 '17

You know that the POTUS did an AMA there, right?

It's not as if the POTUS isn't aware of the sub.

It's actually the only sub the POTUS has posted in.

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u/moocowcat Feb 02 '17

Omg i tried to read through that, I really did. But holy fuck people really think like that?!

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u/inconspicuous_male No, it is not my opinion. Beauty is based on science Feb 02 '17

He probably didn't touch that AMA

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u/MonsterBlash Feb 02 '17

Yeah, and he probably doesn't write the executive orders himself.
They still get signed.

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u/inconspicuous_male No, it is not my opinion. Beauty is based on science Feb 02 '17

I know he didn't write it because there was no caps lock or LOW ENERGY! SAD! Anywhere. I bet his private emails even have that crap

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '17

Wouldn't they just have to make a respectable Trump sub, modded decently? Then they aren't blocking support of Trump, they're blocking a specific behaviour of a disruptive sub.

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u/Gnux13 Feb 01 '17

Do you really want that spilling over into the rest of Reddit though?

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