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r/behindthebastards PUBLIC
From Hitler’s love of young adult fiction to Saddam Hussein's shameful romance novels, this podcast sheds new, weird light on history's monsters. The host, Robert Evans, is a journalist at Bellingcat, a former editor at Cracked.com and author of the books 'A Brief History of Vice' and 'After the Revolution'. BtB is one of the shows within the 'Cool Zone Media' podcast network. You can contact the Cool Zone Media team with tips and suggestions at coolzonemedia.com/contact/
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r/behindthebastards is a PUBLIC community on Reddit with over 157,970 members. It currently has a positive sentiment with an engagement rate of 0.7%. With a community friendliness score of 80, this subreddit presents a moderate conversion potential for authentic brand participation. Strict rules against self-promotion are in place, so marketing should focus strictly on value-driven community engagement.
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Subreddit Rules
- Play Nice: Be kind to everyone, except history's greatest monsters. This includes people you do not agree with.
- Respect CZM Guests and Staff: This rule was originally requested by the BTB staff, as people have declined to be guests because of negative comments on this subreddit. Respectful, constructive criticism about most hosts is permitted, however Sophie and Prop are off-limits as conversations about them tend veer into bigotry.
- Uphold Sitewide Rules: This includes things like threats, glorification or encouragement of violence, brigading, doxxing, ban evasion etc.
- No Bigotry: Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, Ableism, all that stuff is shitty.
- No Trolling
- trolling, no sealioning, and no sealioning when you're called out for trolling.
- No Reposting: Do not repost anything that has been posted in the last 6 months
- No AI Content
- low effort/AI content unless specifically requested by the host or guest. Example would be the Thomas Kincaid episodes and Robert’s request for a Kincaid style strip club or something. Whatever it was.
- No Linking to Right-Wing Sites: This includes Meta websites, Twitter/X, Rumble, Truth Social, etc.
- Alternatives such as xcancel are permitted.
- Conservatives, Supporters of Authoritarianism, Zionism, Fascism, and Nazism are not welcome: Conservatives, supporters of authoritarianism, zionism, fascism, and nazism are not welcome. This includes spreading right-wing misinformation related to current events.
- No Meta Posts
- meta posts to complain about r/behindthebastards or its users. See all:
- Clean Your Links: Do not post any links with trackers in them. This denies tech companies our data and therefore money and a tiny bit of political influence, and is a very easy habit to get into. Links with trackers will be removed but may be reinstated if the link is updated to a clean link. Often, this is as easy as removing the ? and everything after it.
What is r/behindthebastards?
r/behindthebastards is a public Reddit community created in August 2018 with over 157,970 members. From Hitler’s love of young adult fiction to Saddam Hussein's shameful romance novels, this podcast sheds new, weird light on history's monsters. The host, Robert Evans, is a journalist at Bellingcat, a former editor at Cracked.com and author of the books 'A Brief History of Vice' and 'After the Revolution'. BtB is one of the shows within the 'Cool Zone Media' podcast network. You can contact the Cool Zone Media team with tips and suggestions at coolzonemedia.com/contact/
The community has a positive sentiment and an engagement rate of 0.7%. With a friendliness score of 80, it is considered very welcoming to new members.
Self-promotion is not allowed, so marketing efforts should focus on providing genuine value to the community.
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