Comment by sirboozebum on 28/01/2014 at 09:41 UTC

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View submission: [Developing] Former /r/conspiracy mod /u/Flytape is added as a mod to /r/xkcd. Need I say more?

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Even after /u/Flytape promised to allow "free speech"[1], the moderators are deleting any dissenting comments and threads.

1: http://np.reddit.com/r/xkcd/comments/1wb8ak/everything_is_back_to_normal/cf0e6n0

http://www.reddit.com/r/xkcd/comments/1wacnl/why_was_the_top_post_new_moderator_was_booted/

http://reddit.com/r/xkcd/comments/1w864w/new_moderator_was_booted/

http://www.reddit.com/r/xkcd/comments/1wbci3/rxkcd_was_featured_on_the_daily_dot/

http://www.reddit.com/r/xkcd/comments/1wcd62/my_favorite_quote_by_randall_the_xkcd_creator_on/

http://www.reddit.com/r/xkcd/comments/1wce5c/my_favorite_quote_by_randall_the_xkcd_creator_on/

http://www.reddit.com/r/xkcd/comments/1wcibb/why_are_comments_posts_that_mention_another_large/

http://www.reddit.com/r/xkcd/comments/1wclz0/you_cant_ban_all_of_us_forever_we_will_fight_for/

(List courtesy of /u/NSA_Agent_13)

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Comment by xthorgoldx at 28/01/2014 at 19:29 UTC

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Not only are moderators eliminating dissenting comments, they've actually set up a bot to autodelete comments and threads that mention keywords related to the drama:

Essentially, bringing up *anything* related to the drama will mean you're likely to trigger a ban. Which as led to some interesting workarounds[1].

1: http://imgur.com/a/GrLVx