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While HN has a left-lean to it, that’s more due to the userbase being from mostly left-wing areas. I have seen quite a few users voicing what would be considere

While HN has a left-lean to it, that’s more due to the userbase being from mostly left-wing areas. I have seen quite a few users voicing what would be considered right-wing opinions, even just yesterday or so. Unfortunately some particular people view HN as an extension of Reddit, however, so there can be some leakover from there (which I would argue is an objective echo chamber due to the sheer amount of censorship regarding dissenting opinions and the fact that there are so many “supermods” with similar political leanings). I cannot speak for MetaFilter, but Wikipedia has a long-standing history of denying factual information in favor of the “accepted view”, particularly on social issues, and uses its “only accepted sources” to abstract this bias away (despite the double standard application of said rule).

Jensson 2y ago
One side being the majority doesn't make it an echo chamber though, every forum will have one side that is more prevalent than the rest but as long as the other sides are still allowed to post and get upvoted to the top when they make good points it isn't an echo chamber. I see both conservative and progressive points get upvoted to the top in different threads, that is strong evidence that this isn't an echo chamber. On r/politics I never see right wing opinions get upvoted to the top, and on r/conservative I never see progressive opinions get upvoted to the top, that suggests those two are echo chambers unlike here.