It all started on Tuesday, when a moderator for r/JoeRogan wrote that “all political posts are now banned on r/JoeRogan.”
“Today we are making the decision to ban all political posts indefinitely,” the explanation read. “After careful consideration, internal discussion and tons of external feedback we have collectively decided that r/joerogan is not the place for politics anymore.”
That post was not received well. One contributor wrote, “Every reddit mod is a hall monitor dork, change my mind. Youre banning the topic he talks about the most. You guys are hypocrites and anti free speech. If you cant mod effectively then go paint your warhammer figurines and let someone else do it.”
From what I can get, it seems to be a fan/“fan”-run subreddit? If so, at least on the political side, doesn’t seem like a big deal. However, on the health of such communities, it’s a warning tale as Reddit’s design makes it hard to make alternative communities to keep discussion going.
This one is rather a sub for former fans, of the “““he’s a neutral interviewer””” days, which are now clowning on how stupid Rogan has become. Without the political themes, on which Rogan speaks a lot now, there’s not much to even discuss.
There’s actually another alternative sub for proper fans. =)
Rogan has become a political commentator. They just want a rule to point to when they ban people they don’t like
“commentator” is a strong word
I think it’s accurate, unlike his opinions. You don’t have to be insightful or intelligent to comment on events, I prove that myself every day.