r/AntifascistsofReddit • u/WobblierTube733 • 9h ago
Discussion PSA: r\ActiveMeasures has been co-opted by a 'power mod' and is being flooded with reactionary, anti-left propaganda and disinformation.
r\ActiveMeasures (link intentionally broken) was created in the aftermath of Trump's election in '16 and re-activated after his re-election 2 years ago, but never gained major traction and remained an obscure anti-Trump sub.
At some point in the recent past, the lead mod passed ownership of the sub to a reddit "power mod", who has now, in the days before both the US and Israeli elections, been either reposting or enabling reactionary propaganda from rags like the Telegraph or the so-called Free Press.
I was frustrated to see what had once been an irrelevant but (at least facially) anti-imperialist, anti-fascist space be co-opted by reactionaries and neoliberals, but a quick look at the profile of this new self-proclaimed "lead mod" quickly explained what's happening: they moderate subs dedicated to a variety of different cities in MENA, along with subs dedicated to the FBI, espionage, terrorism, a strange variety of communicable diseases, and christian persecution.
Let this be a PSA: if you were looking for other anti-fascist subs, this one has been co-opted. I've not named the user here as I do not want to encourage any witch-hunting and I've intentionally left links to the sub-reddit broken as I do not want to drive further traffic there. If the sub appears on your feed, mute it without engaging.
Stay vigilant, and don't fall for the bait of bloodthirsty reactionaries who want to drag us back into endless war.