Comment on Why I Haven't Seen Any Trump Supporters In Fediverse (Lemmy and Mastodon)?

masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Reddit’s early days were also far more left leaning then they eventually became.

When you have a small niche of nerds who enjoyed discussing topics, far right wing points will get downvotes to hell because they are, quite frankly, dumb, divorced from logic and the real world, and don’t stand up to actual critical scrutiny.

Reddit got more right leaning as it grew and expanded into the general population, then got more right leaning when right wing political orgs took notice and started trying to influence it, and now seems even more right leaning because Reddit prioritizes controversial comments and posts that get people angry because it boosts engagement.

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