20 upvotes, 1 direct replies (showing 1)
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)
Comment by xthorgoldx at 28/01/2014 at 19:29 UTC
8 upvotes, 0 direct replies
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].