A Quick Pucker

It’s fairly well-known that most of Reddit is garbage. There’s a reason the stereotype of a Reddit mod exists. We seem to keep using it anyhow, for some reason.

Personally, I tend to use it as a way to check news headlines that might not show up elsewhere, though more and more I’m thinking it might be better to find an alternative way to find my news, perhaps curated through an RSS reader.

As mentioned on the About page, the Mormon leadership and the Mormon church in general is largely about control, and this behavior is often mirrored by some of the members and their endeavors.

For instance, on Reddit there are two groups dedicated specifically to people that are still active in church and they exemplify the Mormon need to control the narrative and the members of the group.

Among the groups based around those that either have questions about the church or have already left, it’s a well-known meme that saying anything in one of the active groups that’s even one slight iota off from the most strict and loyal line will not only get your post removed, it’ll get you banned from the group. What you say doesn’t even have to be offensive or controversial. It can be as simple as posting a question or comment about how the church is going to respond to a particular situation or handle evolving social or scientific issues, and you’re banned.