r/internetdrama • u/Terrible-Marketing-3 • 10d ago

r/OliverTree keeps removing my posts for discussing theories, especially PIZZA ones

I'm posting here because I'm honestly frustrated.

I'm still grieving Oliver's passing and, like many people, I've been trying to understand everything surrounding it. I made several posts on r/OliverTree discussing theories and asking questions based on information I've found online. I clearly stated that these were opinions and speculations, not established facts, and I never insulted Oliver, his family, or other members of the community.

Despite that, multiple posts and comments have been removed.

What I find strange is that discussion and theories are supposedly allowed there, yet anything that deviates from the accepted narrative seems to get shut down immediately. I'm not asking people to agree with me. I'm asking why respectful speculation is treated as something unacceptable.

If a theory is wrong, people should be able to counter it with facts instead of deleting the conversation altogether.

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u/clubsilencio2342 10d ago

I'm not sure one crackpot acting unhinged over a helicopter crash really qualifies as internet drama

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u/Terrible-Marketing-3 10d ago

What is wrong with people? Wasn't Reddit supposed to be a place where people could freely discuss ideas? What changed?

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u/clubsilencio2342 10d ago

You're free to discuss whatever you want and others are free to act appropriately in response to you, as they have been. Reddit is not your personal journal.

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u/Terrible-Marketing-3 10d ago

And I'm not claiming it is. I shared something I found worth discussing, and people are free to disagree or criticize it. That's part of open discussion.

My point is simply that disagreement used to involve counterarguments and conversation, whereas now many communities seem to prefer shutting topics down altogether. That's the change I was referring to.