Recently, we have been targeted by SJW dimwits. [A further elaboration is on the Reddit, and I can send it to any trusted user who asks, but since this is publicly viewable, I'm not stating it here.] As a response, I have made KiA2 private for the time being. It's become a bit too dangerous to be up right now.
If you are a good user, or you can show me a comment prior to the privating that shows you being hostile to Social Justice, you will of course be granted access.
Now, I do consider it quite likely that this action will kill the sub, in that our traffic will decline to being a blip. But it's still less likely than our possibility of being banned, which should tell you everything about the current situation. Since I created this sub, I view it as my responsibility to do whatever it takes that the people who put their trust in me and others, to ensure the survival of the community.
I take full responsibility for this action, whether it results in good or bad. Indeed, if they are really out for blood, which is quite likely actually, this may hasten our demise. They may take the privat'ing as an excuse to ban us straight away, alleging (without us being able to disprove it) that we are now using it to violate the rules of Reddit. I think that is less likely, because we are probably too small to be on the rader of the big guns.
I hope this results in many more people moving over to this place, where we are free from the restraints that Reddit imposes on us.
And of course, if you are upset with what has happened, you have every right to be. Dissenters still are not banned.
it's on its last legs. think digg 2.0
I hope so. After what they did to The_Donald, they deserve it.
That was clearly electioneering from their platform.
I'm starting to be glad about the choice to leave Reddit regardless of the reason. KIA2 was the only sub I looked at regularly, it was 90% of my Reddit use. Now when I look at my Reddit feed I wonder why I bother, most of the decent subs that are left are only mildly interesting to me. Also, the fact that the last few anti PC subs are in the process of being taken over, makes it all the more reason to leave for good.
Yup same here. There's a couple of subs I look at which are just personal interests like martialarts and ufo but other than that, they've blocked all the good ones. I miss brapbarn haha
Same. KIA2 has been one of the few places to get actual honest to goodness news.
It's been months since I last visited Reddit. I get my news from and participate in based groups and channels on Telegram now.
I have been a member of Reddit for a very long time, almost a decade. I had been trying to control my addiction to Reddit using browser addons like leech block. But what finally worked was their overt and shameless manipulation of The_Donald.
I cannot even participate in the US election, so you cannot say I left the site because of my feelings. Their blatant abuse made me feel disgusted.
Now I do not even visit subreddits that have nothing to do with politics like fitness. I see them only if I have to look for some information; otherwise, I do not give them the time of day.
You'll feel better being gone from that place. I checked out just a few links that went back to reddit and was instantly disgusted by the place all over again.