-24

Why it seems a majority of political communities are left-sided? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by EternalNicodemus@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

63 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Idk, doesn't matter where I go, be it Political Memes, Politics, Elon Musk Spam, etc, it seems everyone hates on capitalism all together-

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] AchillesUltimate@lemy.lol 9 points 1 year ago

It's possible that Lemmy in general is leftist because the people who came here wanted faster and more effective moderation against hate speech whereas more right wing people didn't have a particularly strong need or desire for moderation.

[-] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

I guess you never saw the amount of bans r/conservative issued to keep their hate train echo chamber rolling

[-] Uranium3006@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

The left wants to be free from the right. The right needs toe left to troll. right wingers hate being around themselves and no one else

[-] Kierunkowy74@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

(...)because the people who came here wanted faster and more effective moderation against hate speech

Interesting, as Lemmy (especially lemmy.ml) was created actually for the opposite reason - less "censorship" (of developers' Communist, "Marxist-Leninist" views). That's how e.g. mod logs came up. And Beehaw (one of Lemmy instances) has complained about lack of moderation instruments.
And the migration from Reddit was unlike that from Twitter. Spez ruined Reddit for anyone, Musk more for left wing and minorities.
Rightwingers more likely to return to current Reddit? I am seeing no clue to this.

this post was submitted on 01 Oct 2023

-24 points (31.8% liked)

Ask Lemmy

26749 readers

472 users here now

A Fediverse community for open-ended, thought provoking questions

Please don't post about US Politics. If you need to do this, try !politicaldiscussion

Rules: (interactive)

1) Be nice and; have fun

Doxxing, trolling, sealioning, racism, and toxicity are not welcomed in AskLemmy. Remember what your mother said: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. In addition, the site-wide Lemmy.world terms of service also apply here. Please familiarize yourself with them

2) All posts must end with a '?'

This is sort of like Jeopardy. Please phrase all post titles in the form of a proper question ending with ?

3) No spam

Please do not flood the community with nonsense. Actual suspected spammers will be banned on site. No astroturfing.

4) NSFW is okay, within reason

Just remember to tag posts with either a content warning or a [NSFW] tag. Overtly sexual posts are not allowed, please direct them to either !asklemmyafterdark@lemmy.world or !asklemmynsfw@lemmynsfw.com. NSFW comments should be restricted to posts tagged [NSFW].

5) This is not a support community.

It is not a place for 'how do I?', type questions. If you have any questions regarding the site itself or would like to report a community, please direct them to Lemmy.world Support or email info@lemmy.world. For other questions check our partnered communities list, or use the search function.

Reminder: The terms of service apply here too.