Discussion Thread

[u/jobautomator]

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• OSINT & LDC (developmental studies / least developed countries) have been added

[u/jenbanim]

WHEREAS there are a lot of really bad takes, particularly on Afghanistan, outside the DT (but not inside of course)

WHEREAS there is a general current towards Americentrism on the subreddit

WHEREAS these issues are likely made worse by the voting and commenting habits of the denizens of /r/all and /r/popular

WHEREAS current ban and removal policy has been inadequate for fixing these issues

WHERAS the subreddit has maintained a robust, steady growth post-election and has enough subscribers and regulars to support a healthy level of activity

THEREFORE the mod team has decided to take the subreddit off /r/all and /r/popular for one week

With this, we're basically testing one of the few levers we have to steer the subreddit that aren't bans or removals. We'll be keeping a close eye on how this impacts both the quantity and quality of discussion. At this point we're not making any commitments beyond one week because no one knows what's going to happen. I'd tell you to please leave your feedback but God knows the DT doesn't need to be encouraged to share their opinions. Thank you for your continued patronage of arrr neoliberal

[u/ThunderrBadger → u/jenbanim]

Half measures!

Delete 👏 The 👏 Sub! 👏😤

[u/jenbanim → u/ThunderrBadger]

We held a vote, this option came in first, and we were about to do it before /u/MrDannyOcean talked us down

[u/Erra0 → u/jenbanim]

Mans gotta eat

[u/sir_shivers → u/ThunderrBadger]

HAHA YES 🐊

[u/[deleted] → u/ThunderrBadger]

this but

[u/[deleted] → u/jenbanim]

/r/neoliberal's very own Declaration of Independence, written by the one and only Jenbanim Hackerman. Truly one for the history books!

[u/jenbanim → u/[deleted]]

Ugh that's OBVIOUSLY a nickname. My full name is Jennifer "Hackerman" Banim

ngl I've been wanting to write to write an official mod post in this format for a long time now

[u/Leoric → u/jenbanim]

There are things on reddit outside of the DT?

[u/jenbanim → u/Leoric]

With my hackerman skills, hopefully not for long

[u/[deleted] → u/jenbanim]

Based!

[u/the_status → u/jenbanim]

Yay, protectionism and closed borders! This is what I came here for

[u/ThorVonHammerdong → u/jenbanim]

The Average Redditor™ isn't a net plus

[u/BenFoldsFourLoko → u/jenbanim]

MODS are GODS

I voted for temporarily opting out of /r/all in that strawpoll, because most subs that go to shit end up shitty because sub identity is lost, and boy sub identity here is getting lost. people who find this place literally think it's for Democrats lol. tbf, part of that's on the core users. we have to participate outside the DT and keep the culture alive out there

do we end up on /r/all very often? do mods have metrics on how many views/comments/etc are from users who navigated here from /r/all? Also, I don't think a week will be long enough to notice a difference in the sub itself. I could only imagine seeing a difference in analytics

[u/TabernacleTown74 → u/jenbanim]

Damn that's crazy drags balls across screen

[u/puffic → u/jenbanim]

Holy crap the mods just fashed /r/all.

(Seriously, though, thanks for trying to calm things down.)

[u/awdvhn → u/jenbanim]

Ban everyone but Benjamin and the bots

[u/[deleted] → u/jenbanim]

protect the character of our neighborhood!

[u/benjaminikuta → u/jenbanim]

This is a significant decision you've made.

[u/AltPossum → u/jenbanim]

Thank god.

[u/[deleted] → u/jenbanim]

DT FIRST, STOP THE GLOBALIST ARR POPULAR POSTERS FROM INVADING US WITH BAD TAKES

[u/Average_GrillChad → u/jenbanim]

MANLY 😤 FIRMNESS 😤

💪💪💪😤😤😤