ClinicallydepressedpoochieBeen browsing reddit since the start of the election. With kamalas loss I'm noticing right wing voices start to emerge. Reddit is going to transition to a right wing platform right before our eyes.
NotSteve_I noticed the exact same thing. So many comments either celebrating Trump or just saying that everyone is being dramatic and Trump will be fine. I’ve also seen a lot of comments calling reddit an “extreme left echo chamber” which is just funny
RixonomicI find it difficult to defend the idea that Reddit is not a leftist echo chamber. I love Reddit, but it’s not a place you go for open and honest discussions between people from both sides of the aisle. Even non-political subreddits will meet right-leaning and conservative ideas with hostility. You can browse the front page of Reddit every day and never see a single thing even remotely pro-Trump or pro-Republican. That’s not a knock on Reddit. That’s just the truth.
ɯᴉuoʇuɐbut it’s not a place you go for open and honest discussions between people from both sides of the aisle
Where do you go for such discussions anyway?
BuelldozerWhere do you go for such discussions anyway?
The closest I’ve ever found was a heavily moderated sub on Reddit. I have no idea if its still any good or not because I haven’t been there in over a year.
Well, it was the birthplace of t_d… not like it didn’t have lots of right wing voices before.
Not the first time, same thing happened in 2016
2016 was an absolute shit show on Reddit. It was a dogfight between the Bernie Bros and the Trumpers until Bernie got knocked out of the primaries then knocked off Reddit by CTR. Then it was a dogfight between the ShillDawgs and the MAGAts with the t_d’ers eventually coming out on top because of their willingness to endlessly game the Reddit algorithm.
JackbyDevRemember how furious people got that they removed a subreddit entirely dedicated to bullying fat people?
Yes I do.
The US is already transitioning to a right wing society right before you eyes. Reddit as well as all mainstream media are just following this movement.
ThirdWorldOrderI wouldn’t have agreed with you a week ago but I think you’re right. I live in Loudoun county Virginia which is quite blue. My oldest kid who is 15 asked me if I was really voting for Harris, because he and his friends like Trump more. Then my second oldest who is 11 also told me he likes Trump more than Harris.
My family is Dutch Canadian so it’s not like anyone in my family was speaking positively about Trump. Quite the opposite actually.
They are getting all these ideas online and conservatives are absolutely crushing the digital landscape with podcasts and YouTube. They are making connections with the youth that the dems just aren’t offering right now.
This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥Bruh, tell your kids why they’re wrong.
And control what they’re watching.
ChozoSpez has been trying to emulate Elon as much as possible, sucking up to him whenever he can. He sees Twitter as the goal for Reddit to reach.
You're going to see the same thing happen on just about every major corporate social platform real soon. Meta's platforms, TikTok, YouTube, Twitch... They're all hurting for cash now that they've mostly dried up all their VC funding from the 2010s and are 100% going to appeal to the Right, who have promised to give businesses more rights and legal protections than ever before.
Sunshine (she/her)1% of Reddit’s political contributions went straight into the Republican Party. It will only get worse from here.