[[ozbargain_conspiracy_theories]]

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

• Elon Musk - Making any negative comments about Teslas or Elon Musk will result in a penalty box. (Fact Check: False)
• Neil is Chinese - Neil is Chinese. (Fact Check: Not Chinese)
• Shotgun & Caged Egg Post - A post with 1000 positive and negative posts about guns deleted. An egg post deleted
  • (Fact Check: No deals removed. Cleaver Firearms. Caged Eggs Posts all there: 1 (Nov 2017, 90 Up, 29 Down), 2 (Feb 2018, 123 Up, 22 Down), 3 (Jan 2019, 108 Up, 22 Down), 4 (Jan 2019, 149 Up, 27 Down))
• 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)
• Anti-China - Anti-Chinese comments not allowed. (Fact Check: False.)
• Etsy Bans OzBargain - Etsy will ban sellers if they detect traffic from OzBargain. (Fact Check: No proof or logic to the theory)
• Star Wars Bans - User believes they were banned for Star Wars quote. (Fact Check: Was nothing to do with Star Wars, unrelated hate speech)
• BLM Treatment - User believes BLM posts are treated differently. (Fact Check: False. Always free posts moved to forum.)
• 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.)
• Politics $ - User believes moderators allow religious & political discussion for money. (Fact Check: Moderation policies have no relation to revenue)
• 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.)