Hey Poal, I'm guessing most of you already know, but Ruqqus is basically on it's death bed.
The admins managed to alienate nearly all of their userbase on Ruqqus whether it be neglience or abuse.
We even organized a rather that was a giant "fuck you" to the admins and even made it to the trending page. However, they just crushed our site-wide protest with an upgraded spam filter. It was like the Tienanmen Square of Ruqqus.
I don't even recognize Ruqqus as the platform it was only a month ago. Everything changed in my perspective once forced categories were introduced. Another Ruqqus user pointed out to me the site most likely went to shit once it got mainstream recognition in a CBS article for alternative media. At that point is when the admins starting caring about their brand image and tried to make Ruqqus more palatable for normies through censorship.
Mind you, Ruqqus was created under the premises of free-speech and and no censorship. It only devolved from it's original stance, into whatever abomination it is now. It's clear the admins don't care about free speech and are constantly hypocritical. I think part of it is due to the admins having an official Discord server for Ruqqus.
The Ruqqus Discord is full of what about what you would expect of Discord: trannies, lefties, fags, etc. But what most of the users shared in the Discord was a genuine hatred for the current Ruqqus and its userbase. These were people that are similar to AHS (against hate subs) members. They use a lot of the same tactics and practically mirror the AHS. They call themselves the Ruqqus Corrective Project (RCP).
The RCP is full of a bunch of lefty faggots, but since they have so much influence over the Discord they got their roots in the admins. It seems like the admins favor the RCP fags more than the actual userbase. Every new admin decision seems to be backed by the RCP. None of this should be realistically possible without the coordination on the platform Discord.
However, I think the RCP are merely accelarationists of what would inevitably happen to the site. The admins already proved themselves to be hypocritical pieces of shit that don't care about the userbase on Ruqqus. It's just that the RCP pushes a lot of demands and ideas that the admins implement. My reasoning is that the admins would eventually implement the ideas ruining the site anyways, just at a much slower pace without the RCP. All of the Ruqqus Discord and RCP contributed to the faster downfall of Ruqqus in my opinion. If it weren't for them, the site would most likely be decent for at least another year.
So after all the bullshit the RCP pushes, a lot of users on Ruqqus, the platform, are fed up and leaving. Prominently announced his leave of the platform, many will follow suit. I came here just in case a while ago, but it seems like it was inevitable. The Mass Exodus to Poal is in full effect and we'll most likely only see more users coming here from Ruqqus.
Ruqqus is just another free-speech site to fail to live up to its ideals and die. At least Voat died with dignity. Ruqqus was good once, it's a shame to see it die only after a year since it's creation.
I hope my account of the situation is useful. Hopefully, my post can redpill some of you to see the signs of a site in decay into censorship.
RIP Free-speech Ruqqus 2020
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