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> It was by far the largest online conservative community, and it funneled people into even more extreme communities. a) This is such a stretch and you have n
by at-fates-hands 6y ago
> It was by far the largest online conservative community,
and it funneled people into even more extreme communities.
a) This is such a stretch and you have no evidence to support your claim.
b) I'm pretty conservative and know a large number of conservatives and exactly none of the people I know even like Reddit, or consider it a viable "conservative community" at all.
- dredmorbius 6y agoThere is a surprisingly large literature of academic literature on Reddit an TD specifically, at least some of which mentions radicalisation, though I've yet to find specific bits. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=reddit%20the_donald&btnG=Search&as_sdt=800000000001&as_sdtp=on https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=reddit%20the_donald&btn... Work elsewhere certainly expresses and substantiates that narrative: Kate Starbird, Renee DiResta, Samuel Wooley, Kara Swisher, Zynep Tufekci, among others.