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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by PM_me_your_math on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @10:31AM (#34709406)
These companies are already in the dark deep of hyper partisan censorship. Take reddit for example. Nearly every sub is a left wing echo chamber, with essentially the same comment being made, and opposing viewpoints hidden, shadow-banned, or deleted under the guise of 'disinformation' even if they are factually accurate. Some of it is partly driven by liaisons within US and other governments, and supported by media. That is both problematic and terrorizing. Media was always supposed to be a counter-balance to government over-reach, but today, media is in on the scheme.
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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by andybak on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @11:41AM (#34710635)
Except you can start your own subreddit and choose your own moderation policies. The inaccurately named /r/conservative has a lot of traffic and there are many more.
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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by zaroth on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @12:26PM (#34711438)
I think some people tried that once…
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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by PM_me_your_math on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @12:32PM (#34711530)
That's a funny joke considering 99% of subs which don't carry water is eventually banned for "misinformation" and is filled with bad actors and sock puppets.
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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by atlantic on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @12:43PM (#34711703)
Being able to start a subreddit is meaningless, when right-leaning subreddits are systematically shut down, or restricted to the point of becoming inoperative, as soon as they pass a certain threshold popularity.
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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by anigbrowl on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @01:26PM (#34712421)
In practice, the threshold of popularity seems to be that where the members of the subreddit feel comfortable raiding others.
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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by andybak on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @01:18PM (#34712268)
Citation needed
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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by mensetmanusman on Thursday February 09, 2023 @12:00AM (#34719961)
Many were banned.
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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by geysersam on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @12:41PM (#34711675)
That depends where one finds oneself on the political scale. A communist is only going to find neoliberal semi fascist conservative consensus where someone on the extreme right finds a socialist echo chamber.

What reasonable viewpoints do you perceive are being deleted and accused of being disinformation?

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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by 8note on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @04:15PM (#34715282)
Reddit is pretty right wing overall.

Stuff like /r/shitredditsays exist/existed to point out reddit being misogynistic, and capitalism is the name of the game for all the large subreddits.

I don't think you'll find a large subreddit that is actually leftist. It's just centered on what the population thinks, both for overall trends and for the reddit user base.

This doesn't match US politics because US politics don't match popular opinion, driven instead by the arbitrary layout of states and congressional districts

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