8h ago

Mod complaining about Luigi censorship, lying about Luigi censorship

A mod from r/popculture was raising alarms about posts regarding Luigi Mangione getting people banned. Apparently, the mod in question was reinstating posts calling for violence and other reasons against TOS, posts which admins had removed, leading to them getting suspended. This isn't to say that reddit admins are without fault or definitely not targeting discussions about Luigi, though I just thought it was funny that this particular person was lying for no reason and got caught.

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Him reinstating posts that he believes the admins are blocking without actual reason does not mean that the admins had a legitimate reason to block them in the first place. You can argue that the admins blocking him was a forgone conclusion but accusing him of lying is a bridge too far.

In broad terms, yes Reddit is targeting conversations about Luigi. they have a lot of pressure from advertisers, institutional investors, as well as Peter Thiel backed research groups that have the ear of the president. Splitting hairs about this sounds a little like bootlicking to me.