I disagree. During the summer and fall of 2016 TD user base exploded and reached its zenith largely in part due to the "taboo" research flowing there thanks to Assange. It was heavily accepted and pushed. Directly after the election with the first mod shake up, they cucked out big time and cracked down on a large portion of it's user base and content that helped drive it to the number one subreddit sitewide. What's worse, is by the time Q came around a year later.... They censored it without any sort of official announcement. No sticky. No explanation. Just shit loads of temp bans... Which drove all of the researchers to other subs and sites (same story with pizzagate and spirit cooking).

At best their leadership cucked out. Worst, they betrayed their own under more nefarious tones.

Creating and preserving an echo chamber is not a good excuse.