Good write up mate and thank you. You've given myself and others that didn't even know the sub existed, some substance and understanding of the impact. Well done. (On a side note, kind of amusing that Reddit would censor an Incel based sub, considering that the Admins are Incels)

The amount of strawmanning that happened so that certain subreddits could justify bullying them was fucking insane. I did the same thing as you and joined just to observe and from what I saw they were nowhere near as bad as the rest of reddit made them out to be. There were definitely some really bad people in there but as a whole it was mostly people just grovelling and coping about/with how ugly they were and coming to grips with the cold hard truth about losing the genetic lottery.

Damn, I had no idea that sub existed and it sounds like they really lost something. I hope they find another place where they can communicate. The admins are such giant pieces of shit, I have nothing but contempt for them

You forgot to add that it was probably the most diverse subreddit out there it was such a good cope and a place for people with such similar life experiences. What made it special was that there wasn't much hate as everyone says. No point in hating something if you just don't care any more. Also, it was a lot more vanilla than other similar places on the vastness of internet, just memes with a grain of self loathing. I will miss that place

I remember when the whole banned subreddits thing started. The official line is it would only be used for the worst of the worst subreddits, anything else would be 'quarantined', only the really unredeemable subs would get banned, and the process would not become expansive or abused. Those opposed to banning subs (including myself) said it was too easy for the process to become a common response, that while the admins had the best of intentions there would likely be a slippery slope in the future, and to keep that in check at least there should be an official multi-step process for banning a subreddit (with public input), and there should be a public list of banned subreddits with a stated justification for each one. Those calls were ignored. But that's what happened. Case in point- /r/gundeals. When Reddit enacted their anti-gun policy, gundeals was instantly banned. Only problem is *nobody actually sold any guns on /r/gundeals*, it was just a coupon and deal sub that posted links to other retailers who sold guns and gun accessories. And as anyone who knows guns knows, you can't sell guns over the Internet, you can only have them shipped to a local gun dealer so you can get a background check before picking it up. Not that the admins bothered to investigate any of this. /r/gundeals was banned, and it was only with a massive community outcry that the admins' attention was gotten and these facts were brought to light. As I see it, this is no different. Easy to ban, hard to do research first. Thing is, I get it. I used to run a sizable online community full of trolls and idiots. I know how tempting it is to 'lay down the law' and try to make the bad actors behave. But unfortunately online you have to choose between very strict moderation and tolerating the trolls. Reddit used to have a good balance- keep the trolls in the troll subs. Now it seems Reddit would rather push anything they don't like off the platform. I get it, especially having large corporate backers that want to monetize Reddit. But it's the wrong call. What Reddit really needs is a nonprofit foundation that can operate and monetize Reddit, purely for the benefit of the community. Sadly the VC owners won't do any such thing anytime soon, as there's no money to be made in that.

The FBI and normies could care less about their lives. There’s been more than enough discussion on that former sub and many others like it, that men’s lives are expendable, even more so if they’re single. The whole reason it was removed is because of that stupid “Joker” movie. The FBI made reddit take it down, along with /r/Geekcels, because they’re worried those places are breeding grounds for organizing the supposed mass shootings that the movie is generating. They’ve labeled an entire group of men as potential threats because one or two whack jobs had some mental issues. So now we’re all punished for someone else’s actions. All this is going to do is create more suicides as you’ve suggested, and more frustration among men. This is what IncelTears also wanted, they don’t care if men off themselves. It’s cyber bullying, but that’s okay, because normies lives matter, not disenfranchised lonely men. Yet subs like /r/DolcettKingdom continues to exist, even though it promotes the sexualization, rape, murder and cannibalism of women. But that’s okay for some fucked up reason. Fucking clown world.

I had no idea about them or that place til I read this thread.. damn. :/

It was a place for laughs and a place to cope. Reddit admins are evil scumbags

I think this is proof the admins do not give a flying fuck about the people here and care more about pushing their own political narrative than anything else. It is sad and stupid.

Why ban a sub that’s already quarantined and gives you a warning every time you try to view the sub.

Rope threads were full of people comforting the OP. But I wouldn't say the sub was trying to discourage people from roping. In a lot of cases, suicide is the answer, and useless platitudes to prevent it is rude and generally unhelpful. That said, having a sub like that to vent and share experiences and memes did a lot to socialize people who otherwise would have been entirely alone and with no sense of community. And that goes a long way towards preventing suicide.

Even SuicideWatch will tell incels to kill themself

Also, /r/braincels was the least hateful main community that wasn't specifically aimed at not being hateful. By banning it you've driven lots of people to join a ton of other, much more toxic communities.

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