r/The_Donald
subreddit in support of U.S. president Donald Trump
r/The_Donald was a subreddit on Reddit where users created discussions and memes about U.S. president Donald Trump. It was first created in June 2015 following the announcement of Trump's presidential campaign, the group grew to over 790,000 people who call themselves as "Patriots."[2] The group was banned in June 2020 for violating Reddit rules on harassment and targeting.[3][4] It was one of the most active groups on Reddit.[5][6][7]
Screenshot The front page of r/The_Donald on May 20, 2017, before quarantine. Quarantine has since removed all subreddit CSS[1] | |
Type of site | Subreddit |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Founder(s) | u/jcm267 |
| URL | www |
| Launched | June 27, 2015 |
| Current status | Banned (since June 29, 2020) Moved to website thedonald.win. |
References
change- ↑ Haskins, Caroline (June 26, 2019). "Reddit Quarantined r/The_Donald for 'Threats of Violence'". VICE. Archived from the original on August 31, 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
According to Reddit Help, Reddit quarantines add warning portals to subreddits, cut off revenue opportunities, remove subreddits from Reddit-curated feeds like r/Popular, remove subreddits from recommendations and search, and remove custom CSS styling.
- ↑ Timberg, Craig; Dwoskin, Elizabeth (June 29, 2020). "Reddit closes long-running forum supporting President Trump after years of policy violations". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
- ↑ "Subreddit Stats". Subreddit Stats. Archived from the original on July 7, 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
- ↑ Isaac, Mike (2020-06-29). "Reddit, Acting Against Hate Speech, Bans 'The_Donald' Subreddit". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ↑ Khalid, Amrita (September 15, 2017). "Unpacking The_Donald, the internet's pro-Trump bunker". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on September 29, 2017. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
- ↑ Jackson, Jasper (November 22, 2016). "Moderators of pro-Trump Reddit group linked to fake news crackdown on posts". The Guardian. Archived from the original on November 25, 2016. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
- ↑ "Reddit places pro-Donald-Trump forum in quarantine". BBC. 27 June 2019. Archived from the original on June 30, 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
