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=== CringeAnarchy ===
{{See also|Cringe culture}}
 
{{proper name|r/CringeAnarchy}} was a subreddit themed around "[[cringe culture|cringe]]", "[[wikt:edgy|edgy]]", [[politically incorrect]] content. Originally an [[Censorship|uncensored]] (hence "anarchy") spinoff of {{proper name|r/cringe}},<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NFk_DQAAQBAJ&q=CringeAnarchy |title=Cringeworthy: How to Make the Most of Uncomfortable Situations |first=Melissa |last=Dahl |year=2018 |isbn=978-0-593-07746-7 |publisher=Transworld |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> its content later shifted to the [[far right]], with [[Transphobia|transphobic]] and "anti-[[SJW]]" content taking prominence.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ozy.com/rising-stars/hold-the-hate-how-shes-turning-reddit-into-an-ad-haven/92225 |title=Can She Make Brands Say Yes to Reddit? |first=Molly |last=Fosco |website=OZY |date=February 3, 2019 |access-date=June 27, 2019 |archive-date=July 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728093542/https://www.ozy.com/the-new-and-the-next/can-she-make-brands-say-yes-to-reddit/92225/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://qz.com/1092037/the-alt-right-is-creating-its-own-dialect-heres-a-complete-guide/ |title=The alt-right is creating its own dialect. Here's the dictionary |first1=Nikhil |last1=Sonnad |first2=Tim |last2=Squirrell |website=Quartz |date=October 30, 2017 |access-date=March 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307194831/https://qz.com/1092037/the-alt-right-is-creating-its-own-dialect-heres-a-complete-guide/ |archive-date=March 7, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="vice-subs">{{cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/here-are-reddits-whiniest-most-low-key-toxic-subreddits/ |title=Here Are Reddit's Whiniest, Most Low-Key Toxic Subreddits |first1=Justin |last1=Caffier |first2=Jamie Lee Curtis |last2=Taete |first3=Tyler |last3=Trykowski |website=Vice |date=September 11, 2017 |access-date=June 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620010225/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8xxymb/here-are-reddits-whiniest-most-low-key-toxic-subreddits |archive-date=June 20, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> The subreddit was quarantined in September of 2018, at which point it had over 400,000 subscribers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newsweek.com/reddit-quarantine-subs-toxic-controversial-moderators-1144663 |title=Reddit has placed more than 20 controversial subs in quarantine |first=Steven |last=Asarch |date=September 28, 2018 |website=Newsweek |access-date=June 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627212330/https://www.newsweek.com/reddit-quarantine-subs-toxic-controversial-moderators-1144663 |archive-date=June 27, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="timeofisrael">{{cite web |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-9-months-reddit-finally-bans-group-spreading-thinly-veiled-anti-semitism/ |title=After 9 months, Reddit finally bans group spreading thinly veiled anti-Semitism |first=Billy |last=Johnson |website=The Times of Israel |access-date=June 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627043939/https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-9-months-reddit-finally-bans-group-spreading-thinly-veiled-anti-semitism/ |archive-date=June 27, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="MJNZ"/>