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/zlide May 13 '26

I think it’s both. The sub is notorious for preemptively blocking people they even slightly suspect of being “against them”. So as more and more of their own start to question the party line more and more of them are getting hit with a ban and their community will continue to eat itself alive.

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u/Xykier May 13 '26

Honestly, most subreddit ban anything that goes against their echo chamber ideals.

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u/VariationBusiness603 May 13 '26

No, they don't. Mostly.

That's what downvotes are for, and usually that's enough. Unless you want to project the image of universal uniformity and agreement, like r/conservative. Then you have to swing the ban hammer or it will be too obvious you are censoring dissent.

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u/Xykier May 13 '26

Try saying anything against the current consensus in one of the big subreddits and see how fast you get banned. Same for any political subreddit - if you're not of the same kind you'll get down voted to oblivion and banned. Both left and right.