can somebody explain why the shitty "website" called reddit is known as stormfront around these parts (hexbear.net)

submitted 8 months ago by blakeus12@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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I don't know much internet history, but i've heard tales of a message board called stormfront? was that a subreddit? does it have anything to do with homelander ?

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[-] HexbearGPT@hexbear.net 7 points 7 months ago

Joke answer: reddit used to have a lot of storm chaser extreme weather videos on it, so it got the nickname stormfront because it loved stormy weather