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you did not answer the question. did reddit change? or is it you? what’s “moderate”? would you describe yourself “moderate”?

• scarab92 2y ago
  Reddit changed. It’s a natural artefact of the voting systems it uses for recommending content. These tend to result in echo chambers because political extremism results in more engagement, and thus more extreme users vote more and have a larger influence on what is shown. This is then amplified by the echo chamber effect, which distills the user base into ever more extreme positions as the moderate users find their opinions outside the evolving fringe of acceptable opinion. The reason I class it as far-left now, even though I wouldn’t in the past, is two things: Firstly, it is now plagued with extremist content, including calls to violence, which are tolerated by users and moderates alike. Secondly, the opinions expressed have a left bias relative to other members of the left. There are plenty of moderate democrats, including people like Obama, who would quickly find themselves banned from many default subreddits for their more moderate tolerant opinions.
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