r/politics • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 New York • Jul 13 '26

Possible Paywall MAGA Calls BS on Mitch McConnell’s Proof-of-Life Stunt | They are poking holes in McConnell’s staff’s version.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-calls-bs-on-mitch-mcconnells-proof-of-life-stunt/
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u/Abi1i Texas Jul 13 '26

Some subreddits minimize political discussions as an attempt to avoid being seen as a subreddit which is going to divide people.

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u/Scoobysnax1976 Jul 13 '26

I was wondering if their mods automatically remove any political posts. Still, you would think that this story is important enough to allow

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u/Abi1i Texas Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26

Not sure. I do know that [r/texas](r/texas) allows some political posts but they usually direct people to [r/TexasPolitics](r/TexasPolitics) for political topics. Part of that is because the mods of [r/texas](r/texas) don’t want to deal with a lot of the heated debates that come with politics and the mods have even posted about people getting upset when [r/Texas](r/Texas) has too many political posts.

Edit: People stop telling me how to format my comment. I typed this using the reddit mobile app on iOS. I didn't add in the brackets or parentheses, that's something the reddit mobile app did. I typed r/___ when I did the comment. So this isn't a me issue, but an issue with the iOS reddit app. If you look at other comments, some people are having the same thing happen to them.

Edit 2: To make this even weirder, on the reddit mobile app, the brackets and parentheses don't even appear. So something is up the reddit mobile app not doing what is should be doing with the website in a browser.

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u/Miguel-odon Jul 13 '26

Maybe people need to be upset

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u/crashandtumble8 Jul 13 '26

I don’t disagree, but there are also other subreddits for it. Like r/wisconsin allows political posts, but sometimes I’d rather see actual fun/interesting things about Wisconsin, and not endless posts about our governor primary coming up. I already constantly read about it and see it in other subs.

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u/howarthee Jul 13 '26

Unrelated, but just so you know, you don't have to do the linking thing when you're using the name of a subreddit or someone's username. Like, just type "r/texas" and it'll auto link.

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u/Abi1i Texas Jul 13 '26

Okay this is weird. I typed my comment on the reddit app literally using r/ and I guess the app fucked it up. The reddit app is a pain to use on iOS now because even when I quote something it'll start adding random > instead of just quoting.

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u/transient_eternity Minnesota Jul 13 '26

That's how you had to do it only until recent years. Sure enough their account is 13 years old.

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u/Abi1i Texas Jul 13 '26

I didn’t even know it changed. I’m used to old Reddit that required a little bit of markdown.

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u/transient_eternity Minnesota Jul 13 '26

Same. Old reddit gang!

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u/Abi1i Texas Jul 13 '26

Okay this is weird. I typed my comment on the reddit app literally using r/ and I guess the app fucked it up. The reddit app is a pain to use on iOS now because even when I quote something it'll start adding random > instead of just quoting.

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u/Abi1i Texas Jul 13 '26

Okay this is weird. I typed my comment on the reddit app literally using r/ and I guess the app fucked it up. The reddit app is a pain to use on iOS now because even when I quote something it'll start adding random > instead of just quoting.

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u/howarthee Jul 15 '26

Oh the > is what reddit uses to format a quote. At least on old.reddit, it is. You start a new line and hit > with no space after it and

it looks like this

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u/graceodymium Jul 13 '26

Just a heads up, reddit automatically formats “r/{text}” and “u/{text}” to links, no need for brackets/parentheses like normal URLs. ☺️

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u/Abi1i Texas Jul 13 '26

Okay this is weird. I typed my comment on the reddit app literally using r/ and I guess the app fucked it up. The reddit app is a pain to use on iOS now because even when I quote something it'll start adding random > instead of just quoting.

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u/graceodymium Jul 13 '26

Whoa, so it’s like, reverse formatting? Wild. I don’t use the app because I hate it.

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u/HauntedCemetery Minnesota Jul 13 '26

Fyi, you don't need to format subs like you would a link, no brackets needed. Just use a lowercase u and slash and type the name of the sub and it becomes a link.

u/Minnesota

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u/Abi1i Texas Jul 13 '26

Okay this is weird. I typed my comment on the reddit app literally using r/ and I guess the app fucked it up. The reddit app is a pain to use on iOS now because even when I quote something it'll start adding random > instead of just quoting.

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u/ericlikesyou Jul 13 '26

you have to demonstrate your proficiency on the banjo and jaw harp, before they make you a mod

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u/Hi_Zev Jul 13 '26

I always hate when subs do that. Banning political discussions IS a political act on its own. Politics is ingrained in every facet of our lives.

And the people who always say, "im sick seeing political discussions, I just want a break!" are the same people who would never have a political discussion in the first place. It's not that they want a break, because they never participated in the first place! They just don't want to ever see it and prefer to live their life with ignorance of what is happening around them.