====Conspiracy Theories====

A tracking page for all of the OzBargain related conspiracy theories.

  * [[https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/9304210/redir|Elon Musk]] - Making any negative comments about Teslas or Elon Musk will result in a penalty box. (Fact Check: False)
  * [[https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/8296439/redir|Neil is Chinese]] - Neil is Chinese. (Fact Check: Not Chinese)
  * [[https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/9319194/redir|Shotgun & Caged Egg Post]] - A post with 1000 positive and negative posts about guns deleted. An egg post deleted  
      * (Fact Check: No deals removed. [[https://www.ozbargain.com.au/deals/cleaverfirearms.com|Cleaver Firearms]]. Caged Eggs Posts all there: [[https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/339808|1]] (Nov 2017, 90 Up, 29 Down), [[https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/362875|2]]  (Feb 2018, 123 Up, 22 Down), [[https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/432840|3]]  (Jan 2019, 108 Up, 22 Down), [[https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/432752|4]]  (Jan 2019, 149 Up, 27 Down))
  * [[https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/8240045/redir|More comments, less moderation]] - More comments, the slower the moderators act, due to pageviews. (Fact Check: Moderation time depends on the availability of moderators and if the issue requires discussion. Advertising has no effect on moderation)
  * [[https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/9323096/redir|Anti-China]] - Anti-Chinese comments not allowed. (Fact Check: False.)
  * [[https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/9345558/redir|Etsy Bans OzBargain]] - Etsy will ban sellers if they detect traffic from OzBargain. (Fact Check: No proof or logic to the theory)
  * [[https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/9486174/redir| Star Wars Bans]] - User believes they were banned for Star Wars quote. (Fact Check: Was nothing to do with Star Wars, unrelated hate speech)
  * [[https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/9487880/redir| BLM Treatment]] - User believes BLM posts are treated differently. (Fact Check: False. Always free posts moved to forum.)
  * [[https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/9232200/redir|77th Brigade]] - User believes 77th Brigade's Australian division is spreading misinformation, negging comments and personal attacks of all which moderators are in cahouts. (Fact Check: No detection of this group.)
  * [[https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/9514584/redir|Politics $]] - User believes moderators allow religious & political discussion for money. (Fact Check: Moderation policies have no relation to revenue)
  * [[https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/10511082/redir|Dealbot Posts > than others]] - User and voters believe that Dealbot deals are treated differently than others (Fact Check: Explained that this deal has examples & previous dealbot posts + others were removed.)