Is it just me or do Lemmy communities tend to skew left wing? Why might this be?

Submitted ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨SentientFishbowl@lemmy.ml⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

I can’t say I’ve been using Lemmy for long, but from the get-go it seems that the communities, memes, opinions that get upvoted seem to reflect left-wing ideas.

I’m certainly not complaining, it honestly feels like a breathe of fresh air compared to other social media sites that seem to shift further and further to the far right, though I am curious to hear why this might be the case? Does FOSS tend to attract more left-wing minded people, or does this just happen to be a broadly left-wing microcosm/bubble?

Hope you all have a great day.

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dogsnest@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
If by “skew” you mean “bend over backwards”, then “Yes”.

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Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Tech-savvy people tend to trend left. And with the reddit exodus, only those that cared about API access and privacy left.

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K1nsey6@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Depends on what you consider left wing. It seems shitlibs are taking over, they are not left wing.

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Badeendje@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’d argue it is not really left wing. Or maybe not JUST left wing. Sure these people have some left ideas, but that is not all, and for sure is not the most important.

This is what the word Tankje refers to.

They (tankjes) go out of their way to argue for totalitarian governments and dictators. As it it is some kind of fetish.

They deny the wrong doing of countries like Iran, china, Russia and other totalitarian states as if all the wrongdoing by these countries actually are not real and just some big plot by the evil western propaganda machine.

They deny tainnamen square massacre, maidan is a cia coup, Iran is actually not that bad… the list is endless.

They are worshippers at the altar of totalitarianism, the trump supporters but then for people like Putin, khameini, xi. Tankjes cheer on countries like north Korea while it starves it’s citizens, deflect human rights issues in Iran with whatabout … Saudirabia, muricah, etc… Tankjes believe Hamas are fighters for the people, chant “from the river to the sea” while with the same breath saying it is all the wests own fault, Jews caused it all themselves… You know, the abusers credo… “Look what you made me do”.

Please don’t construe any of my above remarks as saying “west good, west blameless”.

But that is my opinion. Left wing is not a feature of what is going on on these instances. It is just noise between the vitriol.

My advice, block Hexbear, lemmy.ml and lemmygrad.ml on instance level. And if you come across one of their loons arguing the above point, block the user and move on. Nothing of value is gained by engaging these Trolls that spread misery across the internet.

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- viking@infosec.pub ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I 100% agree, and just wanted to say I love the word Tankjes. Dutch, by any chance?
  
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  - Badeendje@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Hehehe… it should be tankies and indeed my dutch autocorrect did that… and it also works. So I’ll leave it.
    
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DarkThoughts@fedia.io ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
ActivityPub and most of its connecting software is open source, so naturally you'd get a lot of people who are drawn to that. If you'd draw a Venn diagram, then there would be simply quite a bit of overlap of left leaning people, techies, open source advocates, etc.

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urska@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
What unemployment and obesity does to a mf

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droning_in_my_ears@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Because demographics

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andrewrgross@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
A lot of people have pointed out inherent ideological components of this platform, but I would also suggest that the lean is likely in part from network effects.

How did each of us find our way here? Someone likely mentioned the platform on another social site, or linked a meme, or shared other content.

If the site has lots of left leaning content that gets shared by left leaning people in places where such people gather, it’s going to bais the new arrivals in a similar direction. This is true of most social spaces, I think. And it’s good! I want right wingers to hang out in right wing spaces like Twitter, just like I want them to hang out at their own bars and clubs, away from me.

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- SentientFishbowl@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  To be honest this is why I asked! I came across this platform through a source that I would consider much further right wing than my personal politic views. I was expecting a cesspit, and I was pleasantly surprised to find the opposite :)
  
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  - andrewrgross@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    That’s fascinating.
    
    Well, I guess these things are complicated.
    
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