TBH, I actually unsubbed from r/atheism years ago, because I didn’t like how overrun the sub became with anti-religiosity. Don’t get me wrong, I personally identify as an antitheist, but for me that means being opposed to religion on an ideological level, not thinking all believers are idiots, willfully ignoring the good some aspects of religion have done in the world, etc. There should absolutely be a place in atheist communities to vent anger about the harm religion does to society, but it got totally out of control in r/atheism eventually, to the point where reasonable, nuanced discussions became impossible to have there.

I also noticed that the community and mod team seemed to conflate atheism with a liberal political alignment. I’m a liberal, so I wasn’t affected that much, but I don’t see how there was any space for a conservative atheist on that sub. That’s not what a general atheist community should be about IMO.

I just subbed to this community, so I haven’t had the chance to get a feel for things yet, but I like what I see in the sidebar. So long as this place doesn’t get dominated by radical antitheist rage-a-holics, I think I’ll like it.