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Added a quote by the reddit CEO, and explained what a reddit quarantine is.
Nearly all social media sites are created/owned by [[liberal]]s and Reddit is no different. Unlike [[Twitter]] where there is a large [[conservative]] user population, the exact opposite can be said of Reddit.
Nearly all social media sites are created/owned by [[liberal]]s and Reddit is no different. Unlike [[Twitter]] where there is a large [[conservative]] user population, the exact opposite can be said of Reddit.
In an interview with the New Yorker, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman admitted their ability to manipulate public opinion: “I’m confident that Reddit could sway elections,” Huffman told reporter Andrew Marantz, lamenting the 2016 election of Donald Trump. “We wouldn’t do it, of course. And I don’t know how many times we could get away with it. But, if we really wanted to, I’m sure Reddit could have swayed at least this election, this once.”<ref>https://bgr.com/2018/03/12/reddit-election-interference-steve-huffman-interview/</ref>
==Subreddits==
==Subreddits==
Despite the overwhelming liberal bias on Reddit, there are a few subreddit a with conservative populations; such as /r/Conservative, r/imgoingtohellforthis, /r/The_Donald, and, formerly, r/altriech, /r/Globalwarmingisfake and r/pizzagate.
Despite the overwhelming liberal bias on Reddit, there are a few subreddit a with conservative populations; such as /r/Conservative, r/imgoingtohellforthis, /r/The_Donald, and, formerly, r/altriech, /r/Globalwarmingisfake and r/pizzagate.
However, many conservative subreddits have been censored by Reddit. r/pizzagate, was banned<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-11-23/reddit-bans-pizzagate-we-dont-want-witchhunts-our-site</ref> and r/The_Donald was unfairly quarantined for being "anti-police" after a [[Media_Matters_for_America|Media Matters]] hit piece was released.<ref>https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/pro-trump-subreddit-full-calls-violence-support-oregon-republicans</ref><ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/06/26/reddit-censors-the_donald-community-of-750000-trump-supporters/</ref><ref>https://reclaimthenet.org/the-donald-subreddit-quarantined/</ref><ref>http://archive.is/u61WC</ref>
However, many conservative subreddits have been censored by Reddit. r/pizzagate, was banned<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-11-23/reddit-bans-pizzagate-we-dont-want-witchhunts-our-site</ref> and r/The_Donald was unfairly quarantined for being "anti-police" after a [[Media_Matters_for_America|Media Matters]] hit piece was released.<ref>https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/pro-trump-subreddit-full-calls-violence-support-oregon-republicans</ref><ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/06/26/reddit-censors-the_donald-community-of-750000-trump-supporters/</ref><ref>https://reclaimthenet.org/the-donald-subreddit-quarantined/</ref><ref>http://archive.is/u61WC</ref> A Reddit quarantine prevents new users from finding the subreddit by hiding it from all search results and makes accessing the subreddit more difficult.
== See also ==
== See also ==