46 upvotes, 2 direct replies (showing 2)
View submission: /r/xkcd kerfuffle megathread
The quick version: A lot of people don't like the mods of /r/xkcd, especially soccer, because they have rather inflammatory beliefs that run counter to what much of the xkcd community agree with and also what the author would like.[1] Some have dealt with this by creating and/or joining this sub, /r/xkcdcomic, while others are trying to get /r/xkcd to be given over to Randall (/u/xkcd) and taken away from soccer by the Reddit admins (so far with no success and no reason to think there will be any success in the near future).
1: http://i.imgur.com/7ylhcBM.png
Recently (like in the last week) there has been some shaking up of mods, changes to subreddit CSS, shadowbanning of people, etc. Some of it even made it to SRD, and a bunch of posts have been made in here and in /r/xkcd about it over the last couple days.
Comment by mattster42 at 28/01/2014 at 13:42 UTC*
54 upvotes, 1 direct replies
We'll put. Just to clarify, this sub wasn't made just because Soccer is a redpill advocate and a Holocaust denier. It's his right to be an idiot and be wrong. Rather, it was made because he used /r/xkcd as a platform to spread those beliefs, and then ignored and quelled any discussion of the issue.
EDIT: Well put. Not we'll. Can't teach autocorrect a damn thing.
Comment by Glitchesarecool at 28/01/2014 at 14:56 UTC
12 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Don't forget the two new mods and the changing of the links in the sidebar. They now go to /r/conspiracy and the like.
