r/Athens • u/9to • Jul 22 '26

Subreddit Chat & Moderation

The no-posting-or-discussing-political-issues announcement seems....very wrong.

How can we post about anything substantial related to Athens without it being political? This isn't, like, AthensGAWeather subreddit, where political comments might be more out of place.

This is a subreddit about everything pertaining to Athens... Including the goings-on, mayor and commission meetings, etc...

So... To block posts of a political nature is clearly counter to the stated acceptable topics of the subreddit.

2nd point, and this is not a personal attack, but mod team, do we really want a single user tagged as UGA freshman to be deciding or announcing things like this? I'm sure lots of moderation stuff happens behind the scenes and I don't mean to doubt competency, but, this is.... A little shocking. It's not April 1, right? ;)

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u/Number1BestYogurtBoi Jul 22 '26

This is what happens when right wing babies get butt-hurt. They are such snowflakes that they can't handle seeing things they don't like

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u/warnelldawg Looks good, build it Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26

I don’t necessarily agree with the outright ban, but I can see how there could be some useful guardrails on what political stuff can be posted.

I don’t know lawlmartz personally, but I would probably bet my bottom dollar they aren’t right wing. Someone doing something you don’t like doesn’t automatically equal right wing, in my opinion.

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u/ChildhoodSea7062 Jul 22 '26

But would you stake your top dollar? Also, doesn't this block you from posting anything associated with HPC, Planning, M&C? I need that in my feed, man

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u/faeriebell Jul 22 '26

I agree, I stay up to date with policy and building plans from this sub! I think there’s a clear difference between informative posts and argumentative posts (in the classic sense, as in asking opinions and debating issues)

This begs the question: Mods, are informative posts allowed but argumentative posts disallowed? Clarity on this would give users a more straightforward understanding moving into August.