As we all know, /r/Blackout2015 was part of Karmanaut's drive to grab more power for the default moderators and to terrorise the Reddit admin into focusing on the needs of moderators. It is because of Blackout 2015, the moderators of reddit have new tools to silence users (e.g. modmail muting) and control the discussion (e.g. multiple sticky posts). It is also because of Blackout 2015 that the reddit admin are afraid to introduce public moderation logs or to tackle the problem of power mod squatters.

So why would this subreddit advertise /r/Blackout2015 on our sidebar ? Why would r/Oppression promote a subreddit that has helped irreversibly damage our freedom ?

The answer is simple. This subreddit gathers evidence of Oppression. Hence we have the likes of davidreiss666 as a moderator here and hence we also have /r/Blackout2015 on our sidebar. We have to present our evidence of oppression in unconventional ways given the duress that this subreddit is under. So please approach everything you read and see here using independent critical thought. Unlike tyrants, we do not tell you what to think but try and put the evidence in one place and trust our community to use their freedom of thought.

So no, /r/Oppression is not a joke. The default Moderators who push this idea are only trying to undermine who we are and what we do. The SRS brigades and IRC cabal fear us. So they should for /r/Oppression will always present evidence of oppression and support the freedom of users to point out mod abuse, corruption and censorship.