/r/the_donald and /r/greatawakening were the best places. The community was massive and extremely active, too much so for reddit to handle. We literally owned reddit back in the day, our voice was EVERYWHERE. Then they closed both subs, and the website became the echo chamber it REALLY is today. It was always filled with echo chambers, but now that's all it is: one giant echo chamber. That website, alongside diggers on the chans, uncovered pizzagate, for God sake. Now, they claim anything child exploitation related is some right wing conspiracy. I really hope the claim that the internet is like 80% bots stirring shit up is true, cause I find those 180 turns across all social media platforms to ALL start leaning left is too far fetched to believe.

It really sucks that the internet is so saturated on like 5 platforms, it was always so fun being on the equivalent of a rally every night. Since most people didn't feel like leaving for new sites, the tyrants tactic of splitting and silencing us while amplifying their own voice, really worked. Thank God for the .win team, though. It's been a slow but steady stream upwards, and it feels like we're getting back to it being high energy 24/7, just like those early days.