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That subreddit has always been a shithole and a recruiting ground for right wing extremist groups. It should’ve been banned years ago. They had holocaust denial videos linked in the sidebar for years.
I remember way back, I got into an argument with an antivaccer on formula1 of all places. He was so detached from reality it's kinda scary. Of course he posted frequently on conspiracy. It's like nothing matters, nothing can be true outside of that echo chamber.
They really don't believe their eyes, it's kinda scary.
I recommend the video "In Search of a Flat Earth" by Dan Olson, aka Folding Ideas
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Nope, that's 100% false. The holocaust denial videos were in the sidebar for years before The_Donald ever existed. But I've heard this exact same sentiment many times on reddit. You and many others are inadvertently whitewashing r/conspiracy's history because you have selective memories of browsing it. You only paid attention to the "fun shit" about bigfoot and ignored the rampant white supremacy and antisemitism. Conspiracy theorist communities have been rabidly antisemitic long before reddit even existed and r/conspiracy was no different.
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Before 2016 the most popular posts that would occasionally reach /r/all were UAP and cryptid posts but there has always been an uncomfortable contingent there. Yes it became unusable after 2016 which led to it getting quarantined but it always had a problematic content you just wouldn’t see it browsing /r/all
That subreddit is simply a breeding ground for extremely dangerous people. The fact that they have still yet to be taken care of is beyond me.
Looks like the Ammosexuals got blue balls...
The subreddit is filled to the brim with such abhorrent people I'm kinda shocked they haven't been forced to take action against it.
Well reddit only intervenes when faced with media pressure so let's hope this is the beginning of the end for r/conspiracy. Unfortunately spez most likely considers this Valuable Discussion™.
They can't extract that sweet American Taliban advertising money if they step in and act like actual humans for once.
Normal day on /r/conspo
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