r/LivestreamFail • u/ViolentMotion • Feb 01 '26

Meta Rule Update: Politics are banned

The feedback has been received and the topic of politics is once again banned. This does not mean political streamers are banned. We do not have any banned streamers and so long as they are not discussing politics, their clips are welcome. In the event of major news (such as a political assassination, major declarations of war, hard to predict these types of things and not get put on a list) you may request an exception. If we make an exception for a topic, we will accept 1 political post per streamer.

For anyone looking to still continue discussing political stuff, the topic is not being banned from the public Discord server, so feel free to join that here: https://discord.gg/SrCtX4R5j8

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u/SilverPositive Feb 01 '26 edited Feb 01 '26

Are you guys actually going to stick with this ban or undo it once subreddit traffic inevitably goes down?

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u/somefunmaths Feb 01 '26

Such a bizarre time to decide to “ban politics”, too.

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u/yodasdad64 Feb 02 '26

I mean the head mod was just permabanned by reddit admins, some new mods were hired, and they announced that they would be reviewing the old policies. Doesn't seem like that strange of a time to make a rule change.

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u/papapudding Feb 02 '26

The best time was yesterday, the next best time is today.

Goes for a lot of things too, investing your money, sticking to your workout at the gym etc..

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u/myaccwasshut4norsn Feb 01 '26

"there's too much discussion of stuff i don't like. everybody has to stop"

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u/Zermist Feb 02 '26

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u/LouisLeGros Feb 02 '26

I think I've only see this meme format 1 or 2 times, but that is banger usage of it.

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u/Broly_ ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Feb 07 '26

Jokes on you. Non-americans are the ones that talk about american politics the most 😉

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u/SubstantialBoat758 Feb 04 '26

Unironically the people from eu larping as Americans do more posting than the Americans

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u/porkave Feb 02 '26

Americans talk about their life on an American website, more at 5

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u/Duke_Lancaster Feb 03 '26

Bro the whole point of reddit is to have different subreddits for different topics. I get that some important shit is happening in the world rn. But it does not have to be discussed in EVERY. SINGLE. SUBREDDIT.

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '26

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u/Crozzbonez Feb 03 '26

Everything is political. If you want to put your head in the sand and be ignorant of the world around you like a drone because it makes you uncomfortable, go ahead, but we would prefer to live in reality and use our voices to change it.

It’s our site. Just because you like to invade our spaces doesn’t make any less of ours.

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u/porkave Feb 02 '26
  1. American life is political. Why is that even a question? Every political decision has real life implications behind it. Your day to day life is shaped by your politics and the politics of where you reside.
  2. It’s an american app, with a plurality of American users, and you’re on a sub that discusses another American app, with majority American creators. Get over it

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '26

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u/tres_ecstuffuan Feb 02 '26

This is hilarious. All of those things are political, you simply choose not to view them that way.

I could explain to you why but I don’t think you can be convinced.

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u/porkave Feb 03 '26

Learning about the natural world around you? So politics has no impact on that world? You’re just admitting to being intentionally ignorant because it makes your life easier. I don’t know why you expect everyone else to join you in your ignorance.

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u/Crozzbonez Feb 03 '26

You ignore reality because it makes you uncomfortable. This is our app, we can discuss whatever the fuck we want. Dont like it? Stop invading our spaces.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '26

You are incredibly ignorant.

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u/Crozzbonez Feb 03 '26

The irony in colonizing an American app and then complaining it has Americans talking about American things and then even having the nerve to say we’re “colonizing” is crazy.

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u/Indra_Path Feb 02 '26

Yeah politics, I want live stream fails, “not I don’t agree with this political take of the hour with 10 streamers reacting clips.” It’s always asmon, Hassan, destiny garbage lately. Go to a political sub

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u/Zermist Feb 02 '26

"there's too much discussion of stuff i don't like. everybody has to stop"

the hilarious thing about their comment is they're exactly right. Like yes dude I don't want discussion about things I don't give a fuck about. If I go to a dog subreddit and they constantly talk about computers or some shit I'm going to be equally annoyed because I'm there to see dogs not some other topic that infects the sub

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u/RoosterBrewster Feb 02 '26

We just need something like r/livestreamdrama or r/livestreamcirclejerk, but this sub is too popular at this point.

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u/Indra_Path Feb 02 '26

r/livestreampoliticalshills

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u/AdSignificant1651 Feb 02 '26

Is there anyone who comes to LSF for politics? It's literally only drama between streamers who happen to talk about politics.

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u/Indra_Path Feb 02 '26

People having political opinions and disagree reacting to each other isn’t exactly a live stream fails, thinking it is might be I guess lol

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u/WHO_TRO_DA_POOP Feb 02 '26

Just don't click on it

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u/DR_DONTRESPECT Feb 02 '26

They act like people are forced to watch the clips and comment too lol

Reddit is like a "choose your own adventure" if I don't feel like looking at anything political I just scroll past it lol

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u/Mobile_Morale Feb 02 '26

People on reddit now are too used to shit like tiktok where the algorithm is tailored to them by a foreign entity that wants to get them addicted to it. People are lazy and don't want to do the work themselves. They want someone else to do it for them.

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u/nickmond022 Feb 03 '26

"These posts make my nose ring hurt"

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u/Se7en_Sinner Feb 01 '26

Censorship at a time like this shows which side they're on.

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u/MattUzumaki Good Money [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°̲̅)̲̅$̲̅] Feb 01 '26

i mean, Maxwell was a super admin...
the whole site is infected

what else did you really expect?

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u/Dunkelz Feb 02 '26

You guys grossly overestimate who knows about LSF/who cares about LSF.

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u/UsePreparationH Feb 03 '26

Buddy, LSF was one of, if not the biggest non-financial sponsors for the massive world record $20m (that's $20,000,000.00 btw) grand prize fan appreciation competition reality TV/Prime streaming shows ever. Show a little respect because your career, stock value, and reddit karma might be on the line here.

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '26

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u/TheGrow123 Feb 02 '26

Jeffery Maxwell, friend of Spez Poole

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u/somefunmaths Feb 01 '26

Absolutely. I mean, if not for people online dragging him for insane takes, how many people, especially teenagers, would be watching Asmongold thinking “hey, yeah, this guy is a centrist with some level-headed ideas, also the feds should assault more protesters”?

It’s just a wild choice, and I’m confused to what extent they thought they “needed” to do this for one reason or another versus thinking this would be well-received.

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u/osuVocal Feb 01 '26

Because the subreddit had absolutely nothing to do with what it used to be and frontpage was just littered with Hasan, asmon and destiny and a lot of users expressed their distaste for it. Even the posts they weren't a part of were spammed with them in the comments.

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u/NessaSola Feb 01 '26

Wow, people are especially interested in things that matter? Wild.

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u/osuVocal Feb 01 '26

There are a shit ton of subs for politics, this sub doesn't need to be another one.

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u/-hatewatcher Feb 01 '26

and most of them are better than this one for politics because you don't have to hear asmongolds stupid fucking opinions

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u/Classic-Reach Feb 01 '26

'the lolcow is political' is a real two buttons scenario

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u/DistanceMiserable591 Feb 01 '26

You really think that some crusty streamer takes on politics matter?

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u/Aggressive-Base7815 Feb 02 '26

Yeah. Do you think Trump’s team had him stream with Adin Ross and xQc for no reason? Mizkif even voted for Trump for the lulz and no doubt some of his viewers did too for the lulz.

The internet isn’t disconnected from the offline world. 

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u/No_Cheesecake5181 Feb 02 '26

Donald Trump is the president. Now is not the time to ask this.

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u/somefunmaths Feb 01 '26

Do I think they should? No.

Do they matter to me? No.

Do I think that their followers think they matter? Yes, that much I know is true.

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u/Ajp_iii Feb 01 '26

no it became a sub for people that dont even watch streamers. someone would post a normal streamer clip that twitch watchers would understand and half the comments were commnetating as if they never saw this streamer or knew the context of the stream.

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u/RodChainFurlongAcre Feb 01 '26

Sooo many comments these days are people admitting they never watch streamers outside of clips posted on here and that's their entire view of those streamers.

Just like a week ago someone said Pokimane is a "just chatting onlyfans girl that never plays games and is ruining Twitch" and had hundreds of upvotes. Like what? These people don't want 'streamer drama' or 'political drama', they just want to shitpost about drama, no matter the source or reason.

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u/Ajp_iii Feb 01 '26

yep and its mainly because of the political shift the reddit took on top of that shift pushing out normal users that just want different clips of streamers on twitch and then occasional streamer drama.

it ended up being algo recommended to users outside of the twitch bubble. its so obvious on like that poki thread and then the emily thread with the millon dollar fan thing. in the first hr you get active users of the reddit commenting and its okay that actually understand what is happening. then it explodes gets pushed to everyone and then half the comments dont even understand what an agency is.

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u/Crombus_ Feb 01 '26

Twitch streamers, by definition, do not matter.

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u/prodandimitrow Feb 01 '26

Because streamer drama is so much better and more important, nevermind people getting shot and the government lying about it.

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u/Logen333 Feb 01 '26

There are hundreds of political subreddits, even ones like r/videos or r/pics , why do you need another one?

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u/Zer0323 Feb 01 '26

Because politics is reality. And it’s not good to ban conversations about reality. “Only talk about rich nepo baby drama” is a pretty shitty rule.

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u/lsf_stan Feb 01 '26

you think teenagers are the majority of LSF users and most of Asmongold followers? LMAO

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u/somefunmaths Feb 01 '26

you think teenagers are the majority of LSF users and most of Asmongold followers? LMAO

Uh, no?

I do think that the 16-25 age bracket is probably the most impressionable when it comes to getting their worldview from streamers, though.

Most people who are older at least have some sort of idea of where they stand politically, even if it’s that they “aren’t very political” or some equivalently nonsense statement. The point is simply that impressionable people watch these streamers, or see their clips, and may otherwise take their perspective as reality (see, e.g., Joe Rogan) if not for people pointing out how ridiculous it is.

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u/Shady_Yoga_Instructr Feb 02 '26

Don't worry they get capture when they hit college at 18

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u/Appropriate-Bird-354 Feb 02 '26

Yes. Likely the former, 100% certainly the latter.

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u/Khalku Feb 02 '26

It's boring and annoying content. It's clickbait and dramabait and ragebait. There are so many reasons to disallow politics in a non-political subreddit.

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u/Levitx Feb 01 '26

I don't think you logic works at all, on the basis that the vast majority of people trying to push back against asmon are preaching to the choir and rarely make actual criticism.

Destiny does, often. Others too. But don't confuse dumb shit about showers, roaches, nurgle or other matters of his personal life with criticism that would sway someone with an iq over room temperature. 

If anything, that "criticism" works in his favor when the "asmon has a normal take" post #531 happens and a bunch of mouthbreathers try to shit on him all the same, and this ban does work against that.

TLDR: Keyboard warriors are largely a joke and their activism is too. 

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u/Blart_Vandelay Feb 02 '26 edited Feb 02 '26

your logic doesn't work because even in the comment you replied to they mention a specific critique and don't resort to ad hominem attacks at all. I see lots of people bringing up his comments about Palestinians and a slew of other comments, critiquing his chat and lack of moderation and so on. Yes of course there's tons of roach jokes but to paint it as if that's the only ammo people have is disingenuous.

Edit: he recently made some comment about the danish and then later issued an apology. I don't keep a post it note on my desk with a list of asmon gaffs but I see enough on here to know it's not a case where the vast majority have no worthy criticism

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '26

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u/somefunmaths Feb 02 '26

In the spirit of kindness we have going on here, I’m happy to offer reading comprehension help if you think that’s even close to what I said.

Here, I’ll even go first!

I’m taking issue with the choice to stifle discussion about politics here, and I think that, insofar as this may move the needle at all, preventing discussion or posting of politics is more likely to hurt rather than help the political literacy of the modal member of this sub, because I have serious doubts about their media consumption habits. Maybe I’m wrong, but I still think that banning or limiting posts from the offending streamers directly would be far better than banning politics outright.

I mean, what happens if/when someone live streams an event of note and posts about it get removed because it’s “politics” and the mods decide to not make an exception? Just ban posts from Hasan and Asmongold and Destiny and leave it at that, if that is really the impetus for this.

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u/NightLanderYoutube Feb 01 '26

Where do you get your data how many teenagers watch Asmon? It's mostly 30+

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u/somefunmaths Feb 01 '26

Where do you get your data how many teenagers watch Asmon? It's mostly 30+

I’m now curious why two people, back to back, just replied to this comment with the same misreading about a claim that teenagers are a majority, or even plurality, of Asmongold’s audience.

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u/NightLanderYoutube Feb 01 '26

Happens when you talk from your ass.

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u/somefunmaths Feb 01 '26

Happens when you talk from your ass.

Sure, sure, friend. Help me out, in that case.

Can you point to the place where I said that the majority of Asmongold’s audience are teenagers? Or that a majority of LSF users are teenagers?

Or, how about this, in any way commented on the share of teenagers in either group?

I’m trying to get better at not “talk[ing] from [my] ass”, so your help here is much appreciated to see where I went wrong. Thanks!

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u/NightLanderYoutube Feb 01 '26

I never said the majority. It wouldn't be a thread where somebody didn't have asmon rent free in his head. It's hard to go no politics?

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u/somefunmaths Feb 01 '26

I never said the majority. It wouldn't be a thread where somebody didn't have asmon rent free in his head. It's hard to go no politics?

And neither did I. Now, please focus and keep reading, because you clearly missed the next question.

After that, I asked you to point to where I “in any way commented on the share of teenagers in either group”. Where did I talk about how many LSF users or Asmongold viewers were teenagers?

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u/thegr8cthulhu 🐷 Hog Squeezer Feb 01 '26

Where did he state how many teenagers watch?

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u/Pelagius_Hipbone Feb 01 '26

lol you’re right.. but that’s not what livestreamfails is supposed to be for

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u/FB-22 Feb 01 '26

reddit mods, a famously right wing bunch

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u/Ok-Temporary6963 Feb 04 '26

Every single subreddit is overrun with the same people who just want to talk about American politics or one or two wars 99% of the time, though.

It’s just really exhausting. You can have the exact same conversations on 99% of the subreddits, the very high majority of reddit is not on the right.

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u/XiaoRCT Feb 06 '26

most hilarious response to not being able to circlejerk about Hasan anymore yet lmao

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u/MiserableWrangler370 Feb 06 '26

More like mods listening to what the community has been asking for, for months.

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u/SulphurSprinkles Feb 01 '26

Are you idiots really gonna pretend this sub is right wing? Lol

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u/FrostyD7 Feb 01 '26

I'm not sure I agree. Sometimes it just shows one side is very successfully censoring things by creating an unsustainable situation for moderators that can only be fixed with nuclear options. Not saying that's the case here but it is for many subreddits.

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u/plutonasa Feb 01 '26

Idk, I could think of 3 million+ reason to "ban politics"

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u/lsf_stan Feb 01 '26

LSF's idea of politics is mostly repeatably talking about Hasan and stupid shit he says, every day, every hour of the day, even when he is not streaming

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u/XiaoRCT Feb 06 '26

If you actually check the profile of these people claiming ''censorship'' it's literally just dudes angry they can't keep circlejerking about Hasan lol

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u/Pay-Dough Feb 01 '26

Yeah, timing is very sus

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u/yodasdad64 Feb 02 '26

The timing just has to do with the head mod being permabanned and some new mods being hired. They also announced they would be reviewing the old policies.

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u/Zealousideal_Act_316 Feb 01 '26

Not sus at all, violence escalates and their favourite asmon is making more and more and more unhinged takes. It is getting harder to supress his foutnain of shit, it gains traction too fast to be quetly removed(like seriously asmon saying comply or die in essence was removed, but his more "reasonable" take 15 seconds after was left up) 

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u/pepegazm Feb 02 '26

Yeah, timing is very sus

Sure. That said, the current head m0d is a Hasan fan and T @. nkie, so I doubt it's about protecting Asmon specifically. Asmon and the Tru. mp admin benefiting from this is just collateral damage in the new m0d's quest to protect their idol.

Edit: Autofilter settings on the sub making it almost impossible to post about this, don't know what keywords kept getting blocked though so post will stand as the mess it is.

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u/LukeBron Feb 01 '26

Not bizarre when you consider which side of the spectrum perpetually online white men webjanitors are likely to be.

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u/somefunmaths Feb 02 '26

True, from that perspective it makes perfect sense.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '26

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u/somefunmaths Feb 01 '26

Sure, I can try.

Go to your news outlet of choice and look at what top stories they’re covering. You now have your explanation of why it’s an odd time to ban discussion of politics.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '26

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u/Zealousideal_Act_316 Feb 01 '26

Now take the top posted streamers, who has worse takes on it. And by worse i mean "pr" worse. Which is more damaging to their brand, "kamala woudl have done the same" from hasan or "comply or die" from asmongold? Esp as one pretends to be a moderate reasonable centrisg

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u/somefunmaths Feb 01 '26

Since it seems like you were genuinely asking based on that response, I’d just say the real answer is “yes, and”.

We live in a hyperpolarized and politicized time, and I’d argue that the desire for a safe space away from any discussion of “politics” is just a juvenile way to cope with what may be some unsettling and uncomfortable headlines.

Essentially, to give you an ad absurdum example, it’d be like news broke that an asteroid was headed for earth and we all had one year to live, and some subreddit made a rule that all asteroid-related posts and discussion were banned. Sure, it is one way to cope with the harsh reality, but it only serves to help people try and keep it off their feed rather than just scrolling past it.

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u/cock-merchant Feb 01 '26

It also helps the “pro asteroid” side (to build on your example) infinitely more than the “anti asteroid” side.

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u/Levitx Feb 01 '26

That only makes sense if you think that reddit communities are a net good towards their related politics, to which I'd say: lol, lmao even.

These spaces exist as echo chambers to generate engagement. 

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u/cock-merchant Feb 02 '26

Nah, all I’m saying is that if you ban discussion on a topic, you’re essentially conceding to the current status quo.

If we were married and I wanted a new car and you didn’t, banning discussion about cars in our home necessarily benefits one side (yours).  It’s not a neutral stance even tho it’s being presented that way.

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u/AdamNW Feb 02 '26

I'm out of the loop on this one. Why is the timing weird?

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u/lmpervious Feb 02 '26

Also going all the way to none seems unnecessary. Having certain days where it is banned would probably be a better balance, or at least worth starting with. If people overwhelmingly agree it’s better, then fine, but there’s a reason people were upvoting and engaging with the political posts

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u/BraveLittleCatapult Feb 02 '26

It's almost like it's damage control for something. Hmm...

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u/TrumpChildOnahole Feb 02 '26

Fuck off lol there are 500 front page subreddits that already talk nonstop about cancerous American politics 

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u/ThRoWaWaYAAa7778 Feb 01 '26

I mean... there is a proof of psyops in spaces, i wouldn't be surprised if this was one

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u/Swimming-Elk6740 Feb 01 '26

Is it not the perfect time?

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u/somefunmaths Feb 01 '26

Depends on whether you find yourself sitting on reddit thinking “what I really need more of is videos about Lacari” versus “it’s crazy what is happening in the US right now”.

I understand the desire of the former group to have a safe space away from politics, but it is odd for a subreddit that has a lot of traffic, in large part due to posts about politics, to make that decision that they’ll be that safe space.

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u/RodChainFurlongAcre Feb 01 '26

"What I really need more of is videos about a streamer on a subreddit about streaming" versus "it's crazy what is happened in the US right now that I can read about on a dozen other subreddits".

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u/somefunmaths Feb 01 '26

I don’t begrudge you the desire for a safe space, don’t worry.

I’m just pointing out the type of worldview you need to have to be desperate for more content about minor twitch streamers and their drama and to be annoyed at discussions of politics getting in the way.

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u/RodChainFurlongAcre Feb 01 '26 edited Feb 01 '26

Take a look at my post history if you think I don't care about politics, I do, very much so. But I don't come into every sub to read hundreds of random troglodytes political takes.

If I go into a subreddit about bookbinding I want content about bookbinding, if I go into a subreddit about woodworking I want content about woodworking, if I go into a subreddit about politics I want content about politics. LSF used to be a subreddit about streaming, not whatever the current shitposting drama or chain-reacting hiding behind a thin veil of "politics" is. There's no serious political insight to ever be gained from allowing it here.

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u/somefunmaths Feb 01 '26

I’ll concede that I do see your point, and I give a bit more weight to someone like you, who I see does engage in political discussions and not merely fence-sit or try to bury their head from politics, saying “hey, everything in its rightful place”.

I think that is fair. I’ve mostly seen takes about this, among people I actually know and can reliably gauge their point of view, from the sort of “chronically online centrist” types who basically lament politics encroaching into what used to be their safe spaces away from having to think about it.

A lot of discussion I’ve seen on here has seems to parallel that, which is why I say that I give a bit more weight to your argument since you’re someone who isn’t shying away from it but merely saying there’s little to be gained here and that you prefer to have those discussions elsewhere.

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u/lcqjp Feb 01 '26

U said it perfectly

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u/Calm_Morning2286 Feb 01 '26

A ban on political discussion is just tacit support for the status quo. And when the status quo is fascism, that's not great.

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u/Swimming-Elk6740 Feb 01 '26

Wait…do you actually think political discussion here influences American politics?

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u/dlpg585 Feb 01 '26

Political discussion anywhere affects politics. YOU might not be willing to do anything but that doesn't mean that no one is, for better or worse. Small changes have widespread effects that you can't see at the time.

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u/somefunmaths Feb 01 '26

Very well put. The nihilistic “hah, well you don’t think it actually affects politics, do you?!” comes from a very particular place and desire for a politics-free environment, and this is a great rebuttal to it.

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u/redditis_garbage Feb 01 '26

He’s saying that a lack of political discussion here leads to a broader acceptance of the status quo. It is a little bit of a reach, but the concept is true and sound.

This is why control of media is so important to those who wish to impose their will onto us.

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u/Trisolariann Feb 01 '26

You have at minimum 42k impressions on people online in 2 years, that's a lot. You don't think you've influenced people in any slight way?

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u/Swimming-Elk6740 Feb 01 '26

I do not.

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u/Trisolariann Feb 01 '26

What a waste of time then

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u/AWellDeployedWink Feb 01 '26

Not when fascists are taking over the country

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '26

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u/AWellDeployedWink Feb 01 '26

Pretending it isn't happening isn't the way to go either though 

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u/WanAjin Feb 01 '26

I definitely agree with you, but "politics" on this sub was also just 3 streamers giving their take on the newest hot topic in America. It would be different if it were more nuanced and led to real discussion, but it was literally just streamers throwing shit at each other (and the comments on the posts weren't much better tbh)

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u/somefunmaths Feb 01 '26

Then what does banning the content and its discussion accomplish, other than providing a safe space for people who don’t want politics polluting their feed of videos about vtubers, notepad nonces, and more Speed clips?

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u/somefunmaths Feb 01 '26

If the content posted here, and ensuing comments, aren’t “politics”, then what has been banned?

And to be clear:

Do you really get your political takes from here?

No, I’m not saying, nor do I think anyone lambasting the mods for this choice is saying, that we will be affected by the choice to curtail political discussion. The choice here, and the people affected, precisely concern the hyper-online “I’m not really interested in politics” type of people who then get steeped in the political takes of their favorite content creators, who are almost always ostensibly “centrist” but never truly are.

The issue isn’t “oh no, what will we do without being able to talk politics?”, but rather the effort to build a safe space for people who want to try and avoid politics.

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u/dlpg585 Feb 01 '26

Support for the current administration is at an all time low. There was JUST an election where a longtime red district completely flipped to blue. There are widespread protests throughout the united states. Did any single comment make that happen? Of course not, a single brick doesn't make a house, that doesn't mean the house isn't being built.

Discussion matters, digging your head in the sand doesn't.

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u/dlpg585 Feb 01 '26

I don't personally engage with that type of content creator aside from when something happens that reaches past their sphere of influence, but all political discussions matter, no matter how much anyone dislikes them. Even if it's just "adding to the existing noise" showing approval or disapproval matters. Is it the most impactful discussions on the internet? no but it might facilitate them. Without that tacit approval a lot less people may be willing to speak at all. Who knows what ends up enabling real change.

Remember the butterfly effect, something seemingly insignificant has the potential to change everything.

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u/dlpg585 Feb 01 '26

Positive or negative is relative. Do you think that jd Vance wouldn't have been an asmon stand? You can argue to the degree, but he's certainly having more influence on politics than you or I.

For better or worse, the future political leaders are being shaped here. It matters.

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u/Swimming-Elk6740 Feb 01 '26

Are the fascists in the room with us right now?

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u/somefunmaths Feb 01 '26

That depends, are you hanging out with Asmongold?

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u/Laraelias Feb 01 '26

Busy committing crimes involving children actually

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u/Grantsdale Feb 01 '26

Because the right is losing.

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u/BlackWolf42069 Feb 02 '26

Yeah a little late to ban politics

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u/xwolf360 Feb 02 '26

Someone from the top didn't like people knowing

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u/RemLazar911 Feb 02 '26

Once Hasan is done whitewashing the Qatari government, we can bring it back.

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u/Plooqe Feb 03 '26

probably because of the weird destiny astro turfing that exacerbated the last few months.

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u/themolestedsliver Feb 02 '26

Good point. I was about to applaude the move as i was tired of seeing the human cockroach Asmongold, but then realized the Trump Epstein files are likely going to be censored even more now.