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Re:Reddit Founder Alexis Ohanian Resigns from the Board of R... by invalidOrTaken on Friday June 05, 2020 @02:58PM (#23432416)
The top comment on the link you posted is, "Are we back?" Reply is "Still only approved posters I think."

The link itself is to a pinned, mod-posted, announcement link to an article about an executive order to strip social media platforms from liability protections from charges of bias.

The most recent non-announcement post was two months ago.

Other choice top-level comments:

- "Huh and coincidentally I see a TD post on my feed for the first time in months."

- "TD COME BACK"

- "The Phoenix shall rise from the ashes"

- "OMG it’s been so long, I have missed you all my friends!!!"

Meanwhile, taking a jaunt to thedonald.win, shows what is basically a reddit clone with much more activity, easily verifiable with two minutes examination.

I'm not a /r/the_donald reader/subscriber/whatever, and haven't followed whatever reddit drama has transpired, but it's pretty clear they've been shut down for a while.

Re:Reddit Founder Alexis Ohanian Resigns from the Board of R... by eganist on Friday June 05, 2020 @03:06PM (#23432518)
2000 comments on a post by an approved submitter is the opposite of "been shut down."

To my earlier point:

> So now it's the truest propaganda machine, you're saying. Approved users only for consumption by a dedicated subscriber base.