• mortemtyrannis@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    Looks like a lot of people of the conservative end of the political spectrum who can’t handle the leftist nature of Lemmy generally.

    There’s an interesting thesis in this somewhere; conservatives respecting authoritarian power structures. Seems like they enjoy the boot of reddit.

    IMO as Lemmy continues to grow those people will eventually find their way here. Conservatives love it when something is established and no longer new and scary.

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      10 months ago

      I think it’s more an international thing. There was a thread a while back saying post where you’re from. Way less American dominated here, hence less American conservatism and ‘leftism’ and more balanced global views rather than the excessive america centredness of reddit. Federation helps with that too. No American corporate entity shaping the culture.

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        10 months ago

        Except when users complain that a channel called “Politics” at lemmy.world shouldn’t be exclusive to US politics. Then it’s American exceptionalism all the way down, baby.

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            10 months ago

            Didn’t follow r/anime_titties, but there’s definitely userbase that would be interested in a channel dedicated to the discussion of various global political topics. I don’t have the energy to moderate what that could become, though.

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              10 months ago

              Yeah, me either. It sounds way too much, like an unpaid full-time job. Could only really work with a bunch of good moderators.