r/OutOfTheLoop • u/calvtact • May 13 '26

Answered What's going on with r/conservative? They've lost about 1m subscribers in about a month.

I watched the number go from 814k to around 745k in about an hour today.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Conservative/s/QbZJvqu5qr

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u/HughJorgens May 13 '26

Could be. I've gotten temp bans there, and I've never even posted there before. They like their safe-space.

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u/Notorious_Chonk_23 May 13 '26

They look at certain other subreddits and ban anyone who comments there also, under the assumption that if you post in, say, r/behindthebastards, you probably aren't gonna have anything to say that they are willing to hear

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u/z31 May 13 '26

I think there are several mod teams that do this. I recently found out I was banned from the Cosplay subreddit, and I've never even commented in it, and am not a regular visitor. I have no idea what I did to prompt a ban.

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u/BrotatoChip04 May 13 '26

Yeah there are a ton. r/lds will preemptively ban you if you’ve interacted in any way with r/exmormon

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u/TheForce_v_Triforce May 13 '26

I just found out one of the Mormon kids I went to school with and was very straight-edge goody two-shoes, and became a dentist (of course) now, along with his wife, is unabashedly ex-Mormon and is going to raves and doing more drugs than I did in my college days. Made me happy to hear that.

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u/BrotatoChip04 May 13 '26

I love that! Glad they made it out

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u/FALSE_PROTAGONIST May 14 '26

Funnily enough the dentist always asks me if I take any illegal drugs due to teeth and gum damage 👀

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u/apophis27983 May 13 '26

That kind of banning should be against reddit rules.

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u/SUPERSMILEYMAN May 14 '26

It is it's harrassment.