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Reddit Will Adjust Algorithm To Censor Trump Supporters Following Orlando Shootings

• prisonplanet.com

The change is an explicit response to the Islamic terrorist attacks in Orlando, Florida. In their aftermath, /r/all was dominated by posts from /r/The_Donald, the primary community for Trump supporters on the site.

/r/all collects and ranks posts on Reddit according to how many "upvotes" they receive from users. A post typically requires several thousand upvotes to reach the front page of the site.

In the aftermath of the Orlando shootings, mass censorship on /r/News, Reddit's main forum for discussing breaking news, led to a massive user exodus to /r/The_Donald, a community known for its commitment to free speech. According to The Daily Beast, more than 11,712 subscribed to the Trump-supporting subreddit on Sunday alone, making it the most successful day in the community's relatively short history.


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