The Great Purge

Introduction
On the afternoon of May 21st, 2021, several users noticed that their posts were removed, even seemingly innocuous catchphrases like "magats are disgusting". Shortly after, several users were banned. Blake — going under an alt by the name Piplup — investigated to make sure the new moderation was human by saying "Magats are disgusting" with Zalgo text and then posting a captcha with several swear words.

Later that evening, many primarily liberal users discussed the issue on Discord and coordinated a reporting raid on the most toxic MAGA users (schnack2 and viktor among them) in retaliation for suspected reporting. The liberals declared victory that night after getting them banned and celebrated with gifs, emojis, and general shit talking.



Source
There has been speculation as to the source of the The Great Purge bans, as the fact pattern does not fit the criteria for Brandi Bans, the usual source of bans on Predict It. Current consensus is that a new moderator was hired specifically to focus on moderation and "cleaning up" the comment boards.

Discord
Several users joined the Discord server that was used months earlier for the CG-Kevin Debate. Blake posted the invite link several times (and it was never removed) in the chat as a means for discussing what was going on with no fear of retribution. Users in the Discord agreed that it would not be a permanent solution, due to lack of threading and the fact that not enough users had joined. Users also discussed the possibility of either finding a new website that hosts Disqus to create a new comment section or creating one of their own, with users chipping in money on a monthly basis. A consensus has yet to be reached as of May 22.

Alts
Most users were able to make alts with disposable e-mails and VPNs. However, some users at the time of this writing have not returned since they were banned (e.g. schnack2 and viktor). Discussion of evasion techniques was also prohibited: comments referencing VPNs were removed. While most users were both account banned and IP banned, others (e.g. Blake) were only IP banned, and continued posting on their regular account once the mods had left for the night. Notable alts included BLONK and BLOCK (Blake), Amicable Gentleman (Camp Guard), and Deet (Teed).

Others
There were several ways of evading mods, such as using MagicEye, Wheel of Fortune, and nested spoiler tags.



Banned Users
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 * Blake
 * Camp Guard
 * Accelerate
 * Jack_Burton
 * Addis
 * Teed
 * BasedKarlRove
 * Qracle
 * Viktor
 * Simp
 * Hebot
 * Richardo
 * Kenan
 * schnack2
 * Tunnel Janitor
 * Don Guap