New update on this sub.

People are aware that Reddit shadow banned this sub awhile back. A quick recap is the reason given was for "excess" removals by admins. Well that could only apply to comments as only like 2-3 posts have ever been removed from the sub that were approved. There were quite a few comments being removed by trolls and bad actors. Anyway, major changes have been made to the sub which resolved this issue about excess removals and Reddit still refused to drop the restrictions. They claimed that because a very small amount was still happening, it meant a pattern was still present. (This is a ridiculous reason because it is impossibly to fully stop it on any sub.)

Anyway upon locking comments on all posts, a Reddit admin just recently told me that the reason for the shadow ban is because of the content on the sub. I'm not surprised to see the goal posts being moved, but this is silly. I've never once had Reddit say anything at all about the posted content on this sub in the entire time it has been active. The types of post have been the same the whole time as well.

Since Reddit wants to move the goal posts on this matter, I decided to just speed this along to get to the end of this. I could picture them saying that due to old content being bad in some way, that the restrictions will stay in place because the old content is on the sub. Well to take that excuse off the table for them, all old content has been removed on the sub, so this is basically a fresh start for the sub. (The odd old post pops up meaning it was missed but they'll get removed when they do.)

This was the second admin that has told me that this restriction is not considered permanent. So now we'll see if Reddit will continue to block a sub that is within their rules and guidelines just because it openly allows right wing views on topics.

I will allow posts and comments again, but posts will be more scrutinized to ensure that Reddit will not have a problem with them. (The censorship on this platform is awful) I figure that if I keep it locked down, they'll just use that as the excuse to not lift the restrictions saying that I have not demonstrated that things are improved while running.

Anyone making rule breaking comments which brings in the admins to remove your comment will be getting perma banned from the sub. You can appeal the removal to Reddit and see if they'll overturn it and if they do, your ban will be lifted. Sometimes things get overturned on appeal.

So we'll see what happens now. It sucks that Reddit is wanting to censor this sub and many others as well. This platform has gone downhill over the years.