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Look - I don’t disagree that Reddit has a strong leftward bias. But at the same time, despite my disagreement with many of those left positions, I have to ackno

Look - I don’t disagree that Reddit has a strong leftward bias. But at the same time, despite my disagreement with many of those left positions, I have to acknowledge that Trump and the current MAGA movement are what truly extremist looks like, not typical Reddit content. To contrast X and Reddit, I’ve not seen content on Reddit that advocated for invading allies, passing illegal tariffs that as Americans, justifying accepting jumbo jets from other nations, shooting citizens in the streets, denaturalizing citizens of different ethnicities, or numerous other examples. Bias side, also consider that discussions about Trump on Reddit are just current events and not something unexpected, since that’s just today’s news. On the other hand, apart from extremist content, on X I also see extremist users. The replies on many topics and profiles are absolutely vile, and that’s what makes me think there must be a large number of bots. It’s an echo chamber because normal people can’t tolerate that type of toxicity, but it’s an echo chamber with massive reach apparently.

user34283 10mo ago
If we're going to the worst examples, let me say that on Reddit I have seen content openly glorifying terrorist groups, particularly in some Arabic subreddits. This sort of content is illegal in some EU jurisdictions and after I reported it, it took Reddit days to take it down, with no action on the subreddit's moderation who participated in it.
- ImPostingOnHN 10mo ago
  If we're going to the worst examples, let me say that on twitter I have seen content openly glorifying terrorist groups, particularly in some right-wing threads. Indeed, some terrorists have active accounts there. Some of that content has been posted in the comments here on this HN submission. This sort of content is illegal in some EU jurisdictions, and post-elmu era, after I reported it, twitter never took it down at all.
  - user34283 10mo ago
    Note that on Reddit I also had to fill some separate "EU illegal content" form, it was not removed via the regular reporting system.
    - ImPostingOnHN 10mo ago
      Note that on twitter it is never removed. Indeed, it is embraced.

user34283 10mo ago

If we're going to the worst examples, let me say that on Reddit I have seen content openly glorifying terrorist groups, particularly in some Arabic subreddits. This sort of content is illegal in some EU jurisdictions and after I reported it, it took Reddit days to take it down, with no action on the subreddit's moderation who participated in it.

ImPostingOnHN 10mo ago
If we're going to the worst examples, let me say that on twitter I have seen content openly glorifying terrorist groups, particularly in some right-wing threads. Indeed, some terrorists have active accounts there. Some of that content has been posted in the comments here on this HN submission. This sort of content is illegal in some EU jurisdictions, and post-elmu era, after I reported it, twitter never took it down at all.
- user34283 10mo ago
  Note that on Reddit I also had to fill some separate "EU illegal content" form, it was not removed via the regular reporting system.
  - ImPostingOnHN 10mo ago
    Note that on twitter it is never removed. Indeed, it is embraced.