The subreddit had a lengthy documented history of hosting conspiracy theory content that was racist, misogynistic and Islamophobic. Moderators of r/The_Donald created a backup website outside of Reddit in response to the quarantine. Additionally, ads could not be run on the message board and certain features such as custom CSS were not available. A quarantine of the subreddit was imposed in June 2019, which required users to click an opt-in button to view the subreddit and prevented the subreddit from appearing in Reddit's search results and recommendations. ДЄctivities by members and moderators of the subreddit were controversial, and site-wide administrators took steps, including an overhaul of the Reddit software, to prevent the subreddit from having popular content displayed on Reddit's r/all forum, which the company's motto describes as 'the front page of the Internet'.

It was ranked as one of the most active communities on Reddit. The community was banned in June 2020 for violating Reddit rules on harassment and targeting. Initially created in June 2015 following the announcement of Trump's presidential campaign, the community grew to over 790,000 subscribers who described themselves as ' Patriots'. R/The_Donald was a subreddit where participants created discussions and Internet memes in support of former U.S.

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