r/americangirl mod resigns following harassment for not banning all discussion of JKR & Harry Potter
American Girl did a collab with Harry Potter which was met with much animosity (as most things JKR are, rightfully so) but the community has protested and argued over allowing posts about this collab for the past 3 months.
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/americangirl/s/I3Q3WPyhMl
A mod of 6+ years resigns when a community poll caused fracturing in the community after the overwhelmingly anti-censorship results were argued about again (nobody could win)
Source:
https://www.reddit.com/r/americangirl/s/rB1VhMlqOi
After mod resigned, all discussion of JKR and Harry Potter has been banned from the subreddit.
Source:
https://www.reddit.com/r/americangirl/s/wchBv6wE2s
They are also quarantining all mentions of Felicity Merriman (a white historical doll who’s family owned slaves) to a megathread, as people are calling for the total ban of discussing this doll in the community as well.