• footfaults [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    /r/antiwar has been under constant attack by redditors who come in and post pro-war propaganda. I remember seeing it start, and I tried to engage the moderators about it, but nothing happened, so I unsubscribed.

    So, looks like the takeover is complete

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        It’s really sickening. It was one of the earliest subreddits I ever subscribed to, TWELVE YEARS AGO chomsky-yes-honey.

        The same thing is happening to /r/endlesswar which was another O.G. sub

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          My personal theory is that the popularity of Bernie phonebanking campaign on Reddit in 2015-2016 really marked a new phase where state actors and corporate interests began to flood the site to sway public narrative and to subtly advertise their products through community engagements.

    • ElChapoDeChapo [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      Yeah the mods have been absent the whole time and the NAFO dog fucker freaks took over a couple of months ago

      Still no mods, so they don’t have complete control but they keep spamming atrocity propaganda and drowning out any other post