50501 advertisement posts are (temporarily) not allowed
We've had quite a few posts about this protest in the past few days, and we believe many more people will want to post about it in the following days.
As moderators, we generally want to let people post what they want as long as it abides by the rules. However, one of the aspects of our job is to keep an eye out for obviously false or inaccurate posts. Upon looking into this protest after seeing posts about it, we noticed the following:
- We encountered four different times and two different events listed as the primary one for our state.
- There have been a series of people in charge of organizing the primary GA Capitol event, with the first deleting their Reddit account, the second giving up on organizing it, and the third has not yet been able to confirm anything.
- None of the events located at the GA Capitol have mentioned performing any of the common steps required to organize a large event there.
We cannot in good conscience permit posts about an event with so many unknowns that could compromise the wellbeing of those attending. Until we can confirm literally anything about this event, advertising it is not allowed.
If you know (or are) the a person organizing it, please reach out to us via modmail.
tl;dr: No posts advertising it until we can confirm things with the an organizer.
Update (02/04 @ ~6:30pm): We still haven't gotten any location(s) or time(s) confirmed despite briefly being in contact with one of the national organizers, and all the local (unrelated) organizations and organizers I've talked to say they are personally either recommending significant caution or actively telling people to not attend.
Update (02/05 @ ~4:30pm): This announcement is presumed to no longer be necessary, as the protest(s) is likely winding down.
For those still reading this, if you are wanting to spread awareness of a protest, please just reach out to the moderation team like Rule 5 says; it will make things so much easier for everyone involved.