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I want this place to survive. I'm active here every day, trying to do my part to lift up good content.
We need a mod team, not one person. I'm seeing pornographic images on the new feed late at night. Also obvious trolling posts. Right now, there's a pin up photo of the First Lady on the top of the hot page. One person can't manage it 24/7.
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We need agreed upon rules. Can you use hateful language and tear down other members on a personal level? Can you post porn? Are memes allowed? What about tweet screenshots? Are SS required?
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We need shared focus. What's the ethos of this place? I'd like to see it develop into a place of shared learning and information. Collaborative in nature. A lot of people (mostly shills) are just here to tear others down and kill friendly, open discussion.
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We need to combat shills. I'll define this as people who don't want to participate in the community in good faith. They never make posts or comments, except to lash out at other users or the community in general. They only make posts or comments that aren't conspiracies and are intended to incense the community.
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CSS upgrades is a lower tier need, but it would be cool to give this place some personality and life to help draw in new users. Flair would be great. Categories to sort by (if possible) would be great.
.... This probably came off a bit like shitting on the mods. I apologize if so. I am thankful for the community provided by doggos and to axolotl_peyotl for bringing us here.
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TLDR: I think there needs to be a community discussion about forward steps.

The is the sort of post I was never allowed to make on Reddit. So, here goes!! A precursory look at Dominion and its corporate and government ties…with lots of links and sources. This will likely be part one of a series.
How widespread is Dominion?
Dominion serves more than 40% of the U.S. population. Its products are used in 28 states. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/11/20/dominion-voting-trump-faq/
Who owns Dominion?
Dominion Voting Systems was acquired by its management team AND Staple Street Capital in 2018. https://markets.financialcontent.com/stocks/news/read?GUID=36627491
Staple Street Capital is owned and operated by former Carlyle Group and Cerberus Capital executives.

• Stephen D. Owens is Managing Director/Co-Founder at Staple Street Capital (09- present) and a board member for Dominion (present). He was the Managing Director at Carlyle Group (98-09). https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/16722813
• Hootan Yaghoobzadeh is Managing Director/Co-Founder at Staple Street Capital (09- present). He was Senior VP at Cerberus Capital Management (03-09). He worked for the Carlyle Group (2002 – 2003). https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/19010314
• Jeffrey D Hyslop is Managing Director at Staple Street Capital. He was VP at Cerberus Capital Management (02-10). https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/19158828
• William E. Kennard is an Executive Board Member of Staple Street Capital. He also worked for The Carlyle Group. He has also been heavily involved in the US government in various roles (see link for details) https://www.themillennialbridge.com/the-truth-of-deep-state1staple-street-capital-who-owns-dominion-voting-involves-a-huge-political-background/
• John L. Luther is a board member of Staple Street Capital and a former CEO of Dunkin Donuts. He retired in 2013 from his position as Chairman of the Board. In 2005, Dunkin Donuts was owned in majority by Carlyle Group. https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna10441279 https://foodbusinessschool.org/faculty/jon-luther/
• Scott T Parker is a board member of Staple Street Capital. He was CEO/COO of Cerberus Capital Management (06-10). https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/16830958

Who is the Carlyle Group?
The Carlyle Group is one of the world's largest private equity companies. In 2015, they were the #1 largest.
With nearly $ 200 billion assets the Carlyle Group is the world’s probably largest “silent” investor in the political controlled sectors: aerospace, energy and war industries. https://steemit.com/politics/@steemitpolitics/the-carlyle-group-the-presidents-company-worlds-largest-war-industry
They are known as a part of the Iron Triangle-- industry, government, and the military. The Carlyle Group is infamous for the number of ex-Govt and high-ranking political leaders who work for them and/or invest in them.

• Frank Carlucci, former deputy director of the CIA before becoming Defense Secretary
• James Baker III, former US Secretary of State under George Bush senior.
• John Major, former UK Prime Minister;
• Fidel Ramos, former Philippines President;
• Park Tae Joon, former South Korean Prime Minister;
• Saudi Prince Al-Walid;
• Colin Powell, former Secretary of State;
• Caspar Weinberger, former Defense Secretary;
• Richard Darman, former White House Budget Director;
• the billionaire George Soros,
• Alice Albright, daughter of Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State;
• Arthur Lewitt, former SEC head;
• William Kennard, former head of the FCC,
• Karl Otto Pöhl, former Bundesbank president;
• Henri Martre, former president of Aerospatiale;
• Bilderberg steering committee member Etienne Davignon.
• Several members of the Bush family
• Rumsfeld was such; Chairman of Carlyle from 1989 to 1992,

Carlyle Group & 9/11 Connection

• On September 10, 2001, former President George H. W. Bush and several members of his cabinet had been present at a Carlyle Group business conference with Shafig bin Laden, a half-brother of Osama bin Laden, at the Ritz-Carlton hotel located several miles from the Pentagon. The conference was continuing with the remaining cabinet members and bin Laden's brother at the time of the Pentagon attack. George H. W. Bush remained an advisor to the Carlyle Group for two years after the attacks. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsibility_for_the_September_11_attacks
• The financial assets of the Saudi Binladen Corporation (SBC) are also managed by the Carlyle Group. The Bin Laden family liquidated its holdings in Carlyle’s funds in October 2001, just after the September 11 attacks, when the connection of their family name to the Carlyle Group’s name became impolitic. https://www.themillennialbridge.com/the-truth-of-deep-state1staple-street-capital-who-owns-dominion-voting-involves-a-huge-political-background/

TLDR: The deep state owns Dominion Voting Systems through Staple Street Capital (setup by Carlyle Group and Cerberus executives.) Ties to high up political figures in US and foreign governments.

Simple as that.

We know they're watching--the government, the corporations, the international spies, and the advertisers. What privacy tools do you recommend?

A few to get the ball rolling.

• Signal
• Proton Mail
• Camera covers for laptops, phones, etc.

I was suspended by Reddit admins for posting an election-related link. At least I think so. I didn't have any other controversial posts. However, I can't be totally sure because I was given no reason.

Your stories are probably cooler than mine.

I'm curious if anyone else had a similar experience to mine.
I started noticing that when I made a new post on r/conspiracy, the upvotes and upvote percentage didn't align. For instance, I would have 10 upvotes, and it would say 83% upvoted. Not possible. No one can give you a percentage of an upvote or downvote. In case anyone wants to see the math on that...
10/x = 83/100
x=12.05