Hey everyone,
Reddit drama has caused the original /r/RealTesla community to become marked private. ~~The /r/RealTesla moderators did NOT cause this~~. I'll provide updates here with what I know when I figure it out.
I'm contacting the /r/RealTesla moderators on Reddit and Discord. I'm not sure if there's other channels they listen to, but if anyone out there knows how to contact them please let me know. I'd like to help out and use Lemmy.world/c/realtesla to help them out in any way possible.
Hopefully this is just a temporary blip. If any Redditors are finding their way over here somehow... Welcome! I've created this Lemmy.world community as a "lifeboat" from July 2023 Reddit issues. I hope you find your stay here at lemmy.world/c/RealTesla as productive as it was at Reddit/r/RealTesla. For you former Redditors who are used to "Open Signups", Lemmy.world has a signup process now. I recommend you sign up at https://sh.itjust.works/signup. Then you can access https://sh.itjust.works/c/[email protected].
EDIT: Looks like /r/cliffordcat has figured something out behind the scenes. https://old.reddit.com/r/RealTesla/comments/1c7h244/were_back_now_we_need_to_talk/
I'll keep this topic featured a little bit longer. In case anyone wants some help joining Lemmy and participating in this "lifeboat" here.
EDIT2:
These seem to be the best links that describe what's going on.
Given what the (now reopened) /r/RealTesla says, it might be that the mods really did take the sub private but maybe didn't realize it'd lock so many people out.
You're right in that we've been banhammered before by the Reddit Admins, which is part of the reason why I'm working here at Lemmy.world to try to have a "lifeboat", in case any other Reddit problems ever come up again. But maybe I jumped the gun on my assumptions in this case.