4chan moderation complaints and thread deletions on /r9k/ and /pol/

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Key claims

• Claims moderators autosaged 'nicegate' threads and have been banning anons posting about it for hours.
• Claims moderators are autosaging 'nicegate' threads to suppress anons from discussing the topic.
• The thread declares feminism victorious and tauntingly asks male users what they will do with their lives now.
• Poster complains that depressed posters belong on /r9k/ rather than /pol/.
• Invites anons to name celebrities who they believe secretly browse /pol/.
• Poster questions what 'shills' actually are and what they would be promoting.

Volume over time

Peak 3 mentions/hour · 28 hourly buckets

Source threads (50)

Every thread this story was extracted from, with live and archive links so the evidence is verifiable.

• /pol/540924122 ↗ live · archive confused evergreen 4 replies Poster questions what 'shills' actually are and what they would be promoting.
• /pol/540860152 ↗ live · archive amused evergreen 123 replies Invites anons to name celebrities who they believe secretly browse /pol/.
• /pol/540856693 ↗ live · archive taunting evergreen 27 replies The thread declares feminism victorious and tauntingly asks male users what they will do with their lives now.
• /pol/540855674 ↗ live · archive irritated evergreen 10 replies Poster complains that depressed posters belong on /r9k/ rather than /pol/.
• /pol/540843304 ↗ live · archive angry evergreen 17 replies Claims moderators are autosaging 'nicegate' threads to suppress anons from discussing the topic.
• /pol/540838347 ↗ live · archive aggrieved developing 15 replies Claims moderators autosaged 'nicegate' threads and have been banning anons posting about it for hours.
• /pol/540756102 ↗ live · archive mocking evergreen 9 replies Poster accuses government agencies of rehashing old news and demands more original or entertaining political content.
• /pol/540752213 ↗ live · archive alarmed evergreen 266 replies 4chan is dying and users no longer engage in substantive discussion due to platform deterioration.
• /pol/540752255 ↗ live · archive critical evergreen 106 replies /pol/ lacks capacity or willingness to address an unspecified question.
• /pol/540754176 ↗ live · archive observational evergreen 3 replies Despite 70 million Hispanics in the US, /pol/ produces few threads targeting this demographic compared to others.
• /pol/540748279 ↗ live · archive alarmed evergreen 14 replies User reports massive Chinese homelessness and imminent total economic collapse.
• /pol/540727660 ↗ live · archive earnest evergreen 24 replies A user reports a vivid, symbolically complex dream and asks for interpretation as potentially prophetic.
• /pol/540741040 ↗ live · archive critical evergreen 5 replies Critique of unpaid volunteer moderators maintaining /pol/ without compensation.
• /pol/540716888 ↗ live · archive alarmed evergreen 48 replies Despite heavy captcha requirements, /pol/ is allegedly overrun with government bot accounts conducting surveillance and entrapment.
• /pol/540723586 ↗ live · archive neutral evergreen 18 replies User seeking recommendations for stress relief activities or refuges from fatigue within /pol/ community.
• /pol/540723613 ↗ live · archive mocking evergreen 3 replies User claims /pol/ in 2026 will be degraded or unusable, expressing pessimism about board trajectory.
• /pol/540690971 ↗ live · archive alarmed evergreen 12 replies A user reports being unable to post due to moderation action and alleges that moderators are enforcing agenda-driven content policies.
• /pol/540693114 ↗ live · archive contemptuous evergreen Do obese or unhealthy users have a place on 4chan?
• /pol/540677721 ↗ live · archive investigative evergreen 39 replies Meta-thread documenting types of coordinated inauthentic behavior (shilling) observed on the board.
• /pol/540676505 ↗ live · archive alarmed evergreen 51 replies General complaint about 4chan's current state or moderation.
• /pol/540666387 ↗ live · archive critical evergreen 8 replies The board's quality declined when users employing antisemitic slurs became prominent.
• /pol/540655614 ↗ live · archive negative evergreen 1 replies The author complains about the current state or behavior on the board.
• /pol/540646976 ↗ live · archive indignant evergreen 7 replies Complaint about Asmongold ban allegedly without justification.
• /pol/540648595 ↗ live · archive antagonistic evergreen 13 replies User posts antisemitic slur to deliberately anger moderators.
• /pol/540642223 ↗ live · archive nostalgic evergreen 7 replies /pol/ was fundamentally damaged by Trump's 2016 campaign and never recovered its prior character.
• /pol/540633975 ↗ live · archive reflective evergreen 19 replies Assertion that /pol/ is unique in avoiding bot-like interactions despite user quality issues.
• /pol/540634258 ↗ live · archive neutral evergreen 8 replies Self-described 'drunk' user asking about racial composition, bot presence, and political ideology of /pol/ users.
• /biz/62579656 ↗ live · archive frustrated evergreen 8 replies User reports 4chan's spam detection is incorrectly blocking legitimate posts.
• /pol/540619886 ↗ live · archive alarmed evergreen 21 replies American working-class men will face economic obsolescence as their jobs are automated by Chinese robots.
• /pol/540591174 ↗ live · archive mocking evergreen 310 replies User claims moderators are deleting posts containing truth.
• /pol/540618669 ↗ live · archive nostalgic evergreen 9 replies A user expresses boredom with /pol/ and nostalgia for past coordinated activities regardless of ideological alignment.
• /pol/540619743 ↗ live · archive critical evergreen 2 replies The same threads and news stories are posted repeatedly on /pol/ without new material.
• /pol/540615252 ↗ live · archive mocking evergreen 2 replies /pol/ celebrates war until facing personal draft risk, then attributes conscription to Jewish conspiracy.
• /pol/540604034 ↗ live · archive exhortatory evergreen 3 replies Users should leave 4chan for 8kun to escape alleged degenerate and leftist posters.
• /pol/540600185 ↗ live · archive neutral evergreen 8 replies Observation that threads on /pol/ commonly begin with the word 'Why'.
• /pol/540591084 ↗ live · archive neutral evergreen 3 replies User asks when outdated janitor recruitment banner will be removed from 4chan.
• /pol/540566995 ↗ live · archive inquisitive developing 241 replies How can birthrates be increased without removing women's rights or creating wage inequality?
• /pol/540581393 ↗ live · archive questioning evergreen 14 replies Indians and incels are overrepresented on /pol/ and feel welcomed there.
• /pol/540568863 ↗ live · archive hostile evergreen 15 replies User frustrated by thread sliding and moderation on /pol/, expresses contempt for other posters while reposting earlier content.
• /pol/540566961 ↗ live · archive sarcastic evergreen 8 replies A mocking post about how 4chan users allegedly live.
• /pol/540565296 ↗ live · archive neutral evergreen 5 replies User questions why a political thread was deleted from /pol/ despite being on-topic.
• /pol/540553337 ↗ live · archive paranoid evergreen 11 replies Poster alleges that most /pol/ content is bot-generated manipulation designed to derail authentic discussion.
• /pol/540519312 ↗ live · archive angry evergreen 122 replies 4chan moderators are suppressing threads critical of women, divorce, and Christian sexual ethics while protecting certain viewpoints.
• /pol/540495904 ↗ live · archive questioning evergreen 149 replies Moderation is increasingly deleting humor threads from /pol/.
• /pol/540502941 ↗ live · archive critical developing 26 replies Argentina is experiencing resumed economic crisis despite Trump administration efforts
• /pol/540502195 ↗ live · archive hopeful evergreen 1 replies Assertion that serving in US Army is noble and appeals for recruitment
• /pol/540495354 ↗ live · archive alarmed evergreen 34 replies 4chan's niche boards are being deliberately decimated and suppressed as part of a long-term strategy.
• /pol/540497508 ↗ live · archive cynical evergreen 2 replies Assertion that /pol/ exists as controlled outlet for antisemitic and racial anger to prevent real-world action.
• /pol/540473689 ↗ live · archive aggrieved evergreen Accusation that moderation is suppressing content through coordinated deletion.
• /pol/540469942 ↗ live · archive resentful evergreen 2 replies Complaint that non-4chan users are adopting and diluting original 4chan slang and meme language.

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