Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r/ChapoTrapHouse

Re:Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r... by himlion on Monday June 29, 2020 @03:28PM (#23681506)

Way back when r/the_donald just started when his campaign began, many people including me thought it was an ironic subreddit and treated it as such. Then suddenly Trump gained momentum and the subreddit turned out to be for real.

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Re:Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r... by nkohari on Monday June 29, 2020 @03:56PM (#23681899)

I'm still convinced that it was a joke in the beginning, and then the subreddit saw an influx of people who didn't get the joke.

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Re:Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r... by himlion on Monday June 29, 2020 @04:17PM (#23682241)

That's definitely also my impression. The only point against that theory is the moderation. I don't think someone who started that as a joke would let it become what it was at the end. unless maybe someone related to the Trump campaign bought those accounts of course.

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Re:Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r... by travmatt on Monday June 29, 2020 @03:50PM (#23681811)

Irony has always been a tool of the far right, from the nazis to the Christchurch shooter. How 4chan and t_d use it is not especially different.

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Re:Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r... by himlion on Monday June 29, 2020 @03:57PM (#23681919)

I agree on that, but I think this case was a bit different. A lot of the early posts were making fun of Trump pretty thinly veiled.

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Re:Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r... by travmatt on Monday June 29, 2020 @05:29PM (#23683362)

There were some subreddits that were taken over by the people they made fun of, /r/gamersriseup started like that before it took a turn IIRC

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