The largest Conservative subreddit will be going private on May 1st.

ayePALINDROMEeye · 11時間前

*if you are interested in applying to be one of the 2-3 mod's we select to help us sift through the applications, please send us a message via Modmail.

SirPounceTheThird · 10時間前

The decision to build a virtual wall around our subreddit...

But will you be able to make /r/politics pay for this wall?

perceptionate · 10時間前

I think this is a terrible idea. r/conservative is currently one of the only places on reddit where people can come find a conservative perspective on politics. I embrace moderates and even liberals coming to engage in discussion. Trolls are easily dismissed through downvotes.

I get that there has been a surge in populism surrounding Trump, but I think it strengthens conservative principles to be able to engage with populists to find differences and better articulate why true conservatism is the best option.

This sounds eerily similar to liberal cupcake "safe spaces". I urge you to reconsider.

truthrevolt · 7時間前

Won't this move do a disservice to people who need to hear the conservative viewpoint on issues? As much as I'm irritated when I see Trumpkins blindly defending their emperor, I'd want those who maybe considering Trump to see some facts and maybe come to their senses. Especially with the primaries that are remaining - which may be a long shot, but as long as there is a fighting chance, I don't see why give in.

TreadNotOnMe · 10時間前

Can we also have the mods conduct seizures and deletions of any member's posts across Reddit? I feel this is best for the public. I'd hate to be triggered by a RINO who expresses a view that isn't sufficiently conservative.

Thrawn011 · 11時間前

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Thrawn011 · 11時間前

Couldn't you limit posters to only conservatives, but still let others read the content?

CountStitchula · 4時間前

I'm fairly new to Reddit so I suppose I don't understand why this might be a necessity. Are the moderator tools that inadequate for handling trolls?

MrSparkle86 · 11時間前

I for one welcome our conservative overlords.

beer_n_guns · 4時間前

Since we used to go private on weekends there will be a substantial number of older accounts that will find themselves able to access our sub and, if you are among the lucky ones, no action will be required by you.

Why not try this again before going completely private?

DevonWeeks · 11時間前

We will leave this notice stickied for the forseeable future in order to get feedback from those who have any questions or to review comments from people not Conservative enough to make the cut.

Uh oh... my days may be numbered.

CynicalBastard3118 · 11時間前

If you don't mind me asking a question;

How large is the legroom for diversity of opinion in the private subreddit? Among conservatives in this sub, I know we are home to paleoconservatives, libertarian leaning conservatives, reaganites, centre right moderates, and religious conservatives. The question is, will there be room for all of us, all of us who can claim to adhere to the free market and American values we hold so dear? Or will the private subreddit be more selective?

Of course, I don't expect us to accept any "Alt righters" or "centrists who are fine with Bernie."

Satan_Is_Win · 1時間前

This is ridiculous.. I'm British and come here to get updates on American politics and post interesting pieces that I find on the web. I have no idea what the southern strategy is and unsurprisingly I don't hall a full understanding of your constitution so I can't answer question 8 either.

Jcpowers3 · 9時間前

So wait... Just because people were commenting about trump or more moderate/progressive candidates your turning the sun into a safe space. We should be able to have discussions from all views and win disagreements with substantial arguments hiding doesn't help.It's a very liberal thing to do

furless · 10時間前

You're certainly free to do what you want, of course, but this bears hallmarks of cultism. If you have a discussion on X, the only input you will get is the party line. Given that, you might as well make the subreddit 'read only', with the mods, and a very select few whose loyalties are unquestionable, being granted write access. Such philosophical inbreeding can only be a weakness.

HiDart31 · 3時間前

I must say, this disappoints me. How can we bash Safe Spaces on campuses, and then build one on the Internet? Are we that scared of discussion? Are we that unsure of our values? Being challenged intellectually is the best way to grow in one's knowledge of values and ideas. And being the largest Conservative forum on Reddit, we have the opportunity to spread our beliefs to those who seek us out. Sure, we have a bit of a troll problem, but so does every sub. If this is the direction r/Conservative is going, I will not be a part of it.

brettpilkington07 · 3時間前

Donald Trump supporters will be held to the same standards as other non-conservatives, such as Bernie Sanders supporters.

So does this mean that anyone who supports Trump will be banned? What if the person doesn't even like Trump, but knows Kasich can't win and isn't a Cruz fan, so they are one of the ones thinking that Trump has the best chance of winning and possibly nominating acceptable SC justices? I haven't seen your questionaire yet or anything, but it almost seems like it is going to be "do you agree with every single position of Ted Cruz? No? Then you can't come in." Why would you want to wall it off that much where you are ONLY discussing with people who have the exact same views as you? Why not have a little bit of variety? I understand not wanting to have to deal with liberal trolls and stuff, but what is the point of sitting around discussing stuff with pre-qualified people that you agree with? It seems to render this just a place to whine about liberals-- I thought that the more important function of this sub was to possibly expose a few people to some viewpoints that aren't prevalent on reddit.

0ttervonBismarck · 11時間前

I support this decision, although I would say that I do value the fact that there are open minded leftists & moderates who enjoy participating here, asking questions, etc. I hope that we can allow non Conservatives to have access provided they aren't trolls and or shills. I want other people to be exposed to rationally thought out Conservative opinions.

OnOrder · 2時間前

Our very own safe space

Litnire · 5時間前

Sooo... /r/conservative is basically going to build a massive safe space? And you guys wonder where college age progressives are coming from? This is that same EXACT sentiment, what a joke. You guys are the pale shadows of your masculine predecessors.

What a sad state for conservatism. These kinds of gestures, symbolical, shows people how far we've fallen.

PaganRaccoon · 3時間前

Is this new private subreddit going to remove the score hidden feature? It's very annoying, and currently the duration of the score is so long to the point that a thread is buried before you can see the comment scores.

xray606 · 7時間前

I guess I'll be out. This sounds a bit too close-minded and culty for me. I understand there are annoying people. But this is the kind of stuff the chronically angry people on the other side do... 'Unless you think exactly like us, and agree with every single thing we say, then you're the enemy'.

How can anybody point a finger at them, if we do the exact same thing? The main reason I identify with conservatives, is the fact that they typically do NOT have that sort of angry cultist mentality.

I talked to a guy in Pakistan on here the other day. I found it very interesting, and he actually made me check myself on a couple things. I think that's a good thing. It's not healthy to only surround yourself with people who agree with every single thing you say. That's what creates all the morons in Hollywood.

I haven't seen anything that seems like significant trolling at all. I could understand if lib-tard kids were just drowning the whole sub, but I haven't seen that. But... Whatever.

JexInfinite · 8時間前

I support a barrier for entry. If people want to join our conservative ranks, they should put in the 3 minutes of effort. The people who go to that minimal effort are the ones worth allowing in.

Willingmess · 9時間前

Well, ya forced me out of lurking. I don't want to lose this breath of fresh air. Crossing my fingers I get accepted.

IronPathologist · 11時間前

I support these decisions. Just a quick question...If someone accidentally presses Alt-Right on their keyboard, will they also be banned, due to the association of that movement with Trump and its authoritarian founder Richard Spencer?

ailurus1 · 3時間前

I guess this is the best place to ask a question about your quiz.

Just went through it, and I can only provide a yes/no answer to one of your yes/no questions. If I submit it with non yes-no answers, is it just a waste of my time and yours, or will you read through longer answers? Being a teacher, I fully understand why you have the yes/no questions on there but most of the issues you're trying to address in those questions are too complex for just a yes/no answer in my opinion.

(For example, gov't jobs. Yes, the government provides jobs - I'm a teacher, I have a government job. And so do soldiers, cops, etc. But, if I want to spur economic growth I'll go to private sector instead of the government since I feel private industry tends to be much more efficient and is also less likely to make the new jobs bureaucratic positions which will hinder further economic growth)

BubbaMetzia · 1時間前

Is there a way you could make the sub have Approved Submitter status instead of going fully private? A lot of people read Reddit at work but don't like to sign into it on an office computer.

00Chubby · 1時間前

http://imgur.com/awMuvAZ

I was denied for disagreeing with the mods, despite being about as conservative as it gets.

I feel like that speaks for itself.

ScootusBuckeye · 1時間前

If the sub is going to go private, why not shorten the timeframe a bit? Maybe until the primaries are over? I imagine the hate and vitorol will die down a bit at that point.

Having the sub go private until the end of the entire election cycle just seems a bit heavy handed. And I myself have waffled on the issue. I agree that we get brigaded and trolled (moreso by /r/the_donald AKA /r/coontown than any of the more liberal subreddits) but I also criticize subs like /r/The_Donald for banning anyone who goes against the jerk (their reasons for banning are pretty outrageous though) and the hypocrisy on criticizing safe spaces while making a safe space.

How will you allow civil non-conservatives into the sub for actual discussion and debate? Not every Bernie supporter is a Sanderista and not every Trump supporter is a Trumpbot (just a lot of them).

Conservitard_Fundie · 41分前

Bravo bravo is all I can say! The airspace above a lot of people's heads must be pretty crowded today lol!

moralguardian · 38分前

Yikes, do you want to drive your sub into the ground? It may make it easier for you mods, but the membership is gonna sink like a stone.

Science_Monster · 38分前

This is a bad move, 'Taking our ball and going home' has never won an argument.

disevident · 9時間前

ok, so i don't really understand conservative politics all that well, but I'm starting to see that building walls around things seems like a central piece of the philosophy.

TreadNotOnMe · 9時間前

FINALLY. We also need to reform this absurd system of upvoting. I propose we redistribute upvotes so it's fair for everyone. This upvote inequality is simply evil - why should some people get a bunch of upvotes and other people get left in the dust? It's time for an r/Conservative revolution against Big Commenters!

pearlofsandwich · 11時間前

I don't understand. Is the questionnaire required for existing subscribers or just new ones? There 50k+ subscribers here. Why not just keep all subscribers in the private sub and kick people out as needed?

D_angeloRussell · 8時間前

You guys are a bunch of faggots. Getting butthurt Get the fuck over yourselves it's the internet you guys take this shit way too seriously fucking pussies it's the Internet I mean seriously? Checking one by one?! That's how much you guys feel threatened lmao I can't wait till Trump is elected or unless you retards make it so that either that commie or Hilary get elected and watch your party destroy itself by putting in a brokered convention because you guys can't do anything else to stop someone whom the people vote for

thatrightwinger · 10時間前

There are already so many applications, and so many of them are failures. Its as if everything that we've been trying to spread has been completely ignored.

It's better this way.

thatrightwinger · 10時間前

I support the rest of the mods, but if you look back, I predicted this about a week ago. I would much prefer to have this only on the weekends, as previously done, but I stand with the decision, there are just too many non-Conservatives clogging up the system to make actual discussion possible

E-rockComment · 11時間前

What a great day!

caribou16 · 18分前

This is good, for a start. You should also restrict membership to the new /r/Conservative to people with Reddit Gold. 47% of redditors don't have jobs and can't afford it, so this will go a long ways to keeping the new space ideologically pure.

dy--dx · 17分前

Liberals ... Trump supporters ... disrupting conversations.

Donald Trump supporters ... same standards as other non-conservatives

... for those who are not True Conservatives and have gained admittance to the private sub.

Does this not make anyone sick?

MaladroitClock · 8時間前

Finally. I haven't seen a thread since I subbed that hasn't been inundated with RINO viewpoints or brigaded by Trumpbots. Good move.

TheSaintSeth · 11時間前

Taking a stand as conservatives, I love this. I'm all for dialogue between conservatives and populists, but there must be a delineation, they can't be seen as the same, as it damages the conservative movement.

TrueDoomsday · 2時間前

Applied. I'm hoping for some intellectual conversations on the issues and not a circlejerk. We'll see how things work out.

5MC · 10時間前

the largest Conservative forum on Reddit

I'm pretty sure 86,400 is bigger than 57,282. You must be using common core math.

ultimis · 10時間前

Good luck mods! It's unfortunate that it has come down to this.

gameoverman1983 · 2時間前

Rumor has it that the "True Conservatives" are pooling their money together to build a spiritual commune in South America, where only the most Principled Consistent Constitutional Conservatives will be allowed to congregate and discuss the benefits of Free Market principles and mass third-world immigration.

legalizehazing · 8時間前

Good good. I wasn't around for the last time but I approve. Although I think preTrump the moderating was excellent. But I think I get it

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