First, I'll introduce everyone to a key concept: "JAQing off". This is a term used to describe holocaust denialists who are "Just Asking Questions" about different aspects of the holocaust. They hold their more crazy theories at bay and frame it as good faith questions.
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Thing is, folks who come to the subreddit to "just ask questions" about the holocaust seldom do this in good faith. Often all it takes is browsing their user history (or lack thereof as many are sockpuppets for people we've previously banned) to find their real agenda.
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The entire purpose of holocaust denialists is to post bad faith (or outright conspiracy theory laden) propaganda in the hopes of undermining people's belief in the holocaust so that they can then use this as a trojan horse to radicalize them further.
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You can find a longer defense of our position in the post I'm linking to below, but I want to make one point absolutely clear: The method that works with holocaust denialism is shutting that shit down. These folks take advantage of anything short of thathttps://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/57w1hh/monday_methods_holocaust_denial_and_how_to_combat/ …
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On a related note, "100% free speech" platforms don't work online and just mean being flooded by bigots who make spaces so toxic that people just leave. The only way AskHistorians has avoided becoming a total cesspool is our policy of *heavy* moderation.
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I just think it’s indicative of the sad state of things that an area is considered “non-toxic” where you regularly have to deal with shutting down Holocaust deniers.
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The problem is policy above our heads. If admins were more aggressive about permabanning folks (including using measures like IP bans or email bans) and scourged the site of cesspools like the_donald it'd be a lot better. They purged some subs already but didn't go far enough
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Not to mention they've literally rescued (far) right wing subreddits eg. when r/KiA was nuked by its own founder, the admins removed him and gave the sub to someone else.
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KIA, RedPill, and TD are three of the worst. I'm glad the ones whose names were literally racist slurs are gone - for the most part - but Reddit would be far better if you just removed all hate subs, tbh. Let them cry about it on Gab or something
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Those subs were the reason I never really told anyone I was a reddit user. Sooo glad they're gone...but I'm still pissed about the admins reopening Kia (and to a somewhat lesser extent, that rp and t_d are still there). All hail the almighty $ and god forbid they go to voat.

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Tbh, I don’t even think it’s a smart business decision, even if they assume that it is. How many people have left platforms like Reddit because they’re cesspools?
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I had a few uncomfortable run ins on Reddit. But I gave it completely up when I got a "Hitler had some good ideas." in an NBA thread on Ricky Rubio.
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This is unfortunately very on brand for Reddit
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I've traditionally avoided reddit because it gets so bad, but maybe I will try r/AskHistorians out. It sounds nice, and I love history.
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Please do! Understand your reticence about Reddit 100% and that applies to most of the site.
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Fortunately we’ve carved out a nice little oasis :)
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I think I'm gonna sub now. Thanks for posting about this.
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Thanks! I've mostly just been co-hosting the podcast for the last year, so the burden of purging the bigots has fallen to others. This weekend I should be uploading a new episode debunking the myths glorifying Thermopylae with Professor
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Have y’all done one on “Nazis were socialists”? I hear that shit all the time and while the Goebbels/Strasser anti-capitalism might hold water, the overall assertion that the party was left-aligned is ahistorical.
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I don’t think we have yet, but it might be a good one. It’s definitely part of the subreddit’s FAQ
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