Hey everyone,
We want to be completely transparent about what’s been happening behind the scenes.
Over the past few weeks, Reddit admins have started cracking down on subs that post political, off-topic, or “low-effort” content — even when it’s obviously satire or harmless shitposting. Unfortunately, r/CirclejerkSopranos got flagged in that wave.
We were told, directly and indirectly, that if we didn’t clean things up, the subreddit could be taken down permanently.
What This Means
To avoid a ban, we’ve had to remove a lot of posts that don’t fit Reddit’s updated enforcement standards. That includes:
Political jokes or memes — even if they use Sopranos screenshots
Non-Sopranos posts, current-event edits, or general internet memes
Some of the more “random” or off-topic shitposts the sub used to allow
We know that kind of content was part of the sub’s identity and humor. We didn’t want to change it — but Reddit’s moderation team made it clear that if we didn’t comply, the entire community could be wiped out.
The mod team isn’t happy about this either. None of us want to over-moderate or kill the vibe — we’re just trying to keep the sub from getting banned.
Anyways $4 a pound. It’s up to you guys if you’d like to keep this sub around.
EDIT:
Whatever happens to this sub, thank you for the last 8 years. It’s been an honor to be joined by men of honor.
Ah salud
https://www.reddit.com/r/CirclejerkSopranos/comments/1ob5b3n/mod_update_reddit_cracking_down_on/
Okay, I just mean when you say:
It came off like you were saying a user simply had to log onto lemmy instead of reddit which they are too lazy to do.
For most people, minor inconveniences like “oh no, my sopranos doesn’t have politics any more!” Or “oh no, I have to use a new app!” are trivial compared to the hassle of growing an entirely new social media ecosystem.
Yes, it has always been a death of a thousand papercuts, like with fascism. By the time you realize how bad it’s gotten and decide to take action, it has become harder than ever.
I think equating everything to fascism is partially how we got into the current mess but to each their own!
Like, the first Voat exodus kids also decried fascism because they couldn’t be horrifically racist anymore. By your theory, everyone should have left and built a new community in Voat which would have been terrible.
I wasn’t equating, I was making an analogy to the way people are passive about an worsening situation.
The problem with voat was that is was a non federated freeze peach nazi bar, so no, this would not be according to my theory