Another ban wave just happened.

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[–]Fleursdumal 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

If I remember correctly, bardfinn was involved in some kind of Reddit podcast and knows Reddit admins personally. Just from his comment history you can see he's chummy with spez.

[–]ne123 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I'm guessing it's this https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/nancy/episodes/nancy-podcast-league-extraordinary-trolls-endless-thread

https://www.wbur.org/endlessthread/2018/09/28/league-of-extraordinary-trolls

From the transcript:

Bardfinn/Penny: That is what we aim to do, is to put in front of people that kind of moment where they can look at anybody that they have set on a pedestal, that is spewing hate, and we want them to laugh at them. Because, as soon as they laugh at them, that's the moment in which they change their mind.

Gee, I can see why he was so desperate to have TrollGC and ItsAFetish banned.

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How do you "laugh at" someone if you ban them off your platform?

[–]ne123 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They wanted bigots to laugh at hateful ideology and turn into their allies, but when they realized people found r/ItsAFetish far more hilarious than r/GenderCynical, and trans activism more hateful than radical feminism, they had to resort to the nuclear option by wiping the other side from existence (on their platform) because they lost the war.