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> This is different on a public platform like Twitter where everyone can see everything. Aren't subreddits public, too? You can also ping people; T_D famously

• Karawebnetwork 4y ago
  They can be public but there are also private invitation-only subreddits. Often they have websites as a front to manage new users. Some use forms, other are managed through emails, Discord bots, etc. But even the public ones, usually they are so distant from each others that they might just as well be different websites. People interacting in a right-wing one will not encounter the posts of left-wing users unless they directly seek those posts and vice-versa. On Twitter, you could be scrolling your feed and see "The far left hates everyone, themselves included!". As a left-wing user, this could be distressing and put you off. Meanwhile on Reddit you would have to go out of your way to go on a specific subreddit. This lessen the impact of having people at different extremes of the political spectrum being together in the same platform. I think of it like a house. If I do not enjoy my uncle's political speech at Christmas, I can simply move to the living room and gather with people who share similar beliefs as me. However if I feel like having a debate, I can stay in the room where the uncle is and talk through our differences (similar to going on the "all" page or going directly on the subreddit of the opposite party). On twitter, it's a single large room.