Cait the Proud Trans WomanMar 5, 2023

I'm kind of struck by how left-leaning the Fediverse is - after seeing so many right-wing social media sites stumble and bumble their way to ignominy. And I realised - the right want a social media site where they can own the libs, flex and troll. And it's boring trolling each other instead. While for the left, it's more about wanting a site to actually interact in a reasonable way with grown-ups.

Just interesting to note.

Fedi works because it works; Gab and Rumble and Truth and all the other right-wing circle-flappers just limp along without any users, because they don't offer what right-wingers want: targets.

Show threadMartin Vermeer (not Jesus)Mar 5, 2023
@oldladyplays The Fediverse is left-leaning only by comparison. It's an optical illusion caused by the absence of loud crazies. Plenty of non-crazy conservatives here.
Show threadIrena
@martinvermeer @oldladyplays Really? I don't see any.
Mar 7, 2023 at 7:34amWeb
Show threadMartin Vermeer (not Jesus)Mar 7, 2023
@ORIOliver @oldladyplays Well there's @SykesCharlie . Scanning journa.host I see several names writing for Forbes, WSJ, ...
But yeah they are underrepresented. They are conservative, and Mastodon is that newfangled thing...
Show threadIrenaMar 7, 2023
@martinvermeer @oldladyplays @SykesCharlie Does Sykes post? I see he has many followers, but nothing posted ... Maybe it's my phone ...
Show threadMartin Vermeer (not Jesus)Mar 7, 2023
@ORIOliver @oldladyplays @SykesCharlie No you're right... almost empty
Show threadMartin Vermeer (not Jesus)Mar 7, 2023
@ORIOliver @oldladyplays @SykesCharlie Found some more not-obviously-crazy conservatives: @jacobtlevy , @niskanen
Show threadIrenaMar 7, 2023
@martinvermeer @oldladyplays @SykesCharlie @jacobtlevy @niskanen Thanks for your impressive research efforts. But the pickings are thin. I'll have to stick around my more dubious social contacts to hear alternative political views ... I'm not even that radical, but it's all relative, and I can't wait to see the back of Braverman et al.
#GTTO #GetTheToriesOut
Show threadMartin Vermeer (not Jesus)Mar 7, 2023
@ORIOliver @oldladyplays @SykesCharlie @jacobtlevy @niskanen Yeah, the intersection of conservative, not (very) crazy, and early adopter is bound to be small. You may find RSS / substack-like blogs to be a better hunting ground.
I would love to see Rick Wilson and the Lincoln Project here, but they cannot be bothered. Then, neither can I.
Oh yeah, still @ChrisGrey for inimitable Brexit commentary.
Show threadIrenaMar 7, 2023
@martinvermeer @oldladyplays @SykesCharlie @jacobtlevy @niskanen @ChrisGrey Oooh yes. I used to like Lincoln Project. And Tom Nichols. Just for a different perspective. They'll get here eventually ...
Show threadMartin Vermeer (not Jesus)Mar 7, 2023

@ORIOliver @oldladyplays Yes, Tom Nichols too. All these folks are here as bot mirrors from twitter (which should tell you something about demand!), not good enough for me.

They defend hanging on on twitter as "fighting the good fight" where the followers are, a train that IMHO left a while ago. They could be in both places with only limited extra work, offering continuity to migrants and preparing for the non-zero likelihood of twitter's total loss.

Show threadJacob T. LevyMar 7, 2023
@martinvermeer @ORIOliver @oldladyplays (For whatever it's worth, I'm only here; I've quit twitter.)
Show threadMartin Vermeer (not Jesus)Mar 7, 2023
@jacobtlevy @ORIOliver @oldladyplays You almost deserve to be double counted for that 😇