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Online social media foster the creation of active communities around sharednarratives. Such communities may turn into incubators for conspiracy theories-- some spreading violent messages that could sharpen the debate andpotentially harm society. To face these phenomena, most social media platformsimplemented moderation policies, ranging from posting warning labels up todeplatforming, i.e., permanently banning users. Assessing the effectiveness ofcontent moderation is crucial for balancing societal safety while preservingthe right to free speech. In this paper, we compare the shift in behavior ofusers affected by the ban of two large communities on Reddit, GreatAwakeningand FatPeopleHate, which were dedicated to spreading the QAnon conspiracy andbody-shaming individuals, respectively. Following the ban, both communitiespartially migrated to Voat, an unmoderated Reddit clone. We estimate how manyusers migrate, finding that users in the conspiracy community are much morelikely to leave Reddit altogether and join Voat. Then, we quantify thebehavioral shift within Reddit and across Reddit and Voat by matching commonusers. Few migrating zealots drive the growth of the new GreatAwakeningcommunity on Voat, while this effect is absent for FatPeopleHate. Finally,conspiracy users migrating from Reddit tend to recreate their previous socialnetwork on Voat. Our findings suggest that banning conspiracy communitieshosting violent content should be carefully designed, as these communities maybe more resilient to deplatforming.

Online conspiracy communities are more resilient to deplatforming