Re:Paper on Reddit Migration's Impact on Lemmy (2023)
by isityettime on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @05:38PM
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> Lemmy is like all the folks that bought that paid astroturfing and continue it, but sincerely.
The politics you probably have in mind on Lemmy is mostly rooted in the traditional radical left. You probably couldn't really pay human astroturfers to do all that even if you wanted to because it's too baroque and sectarian.
Anyway the general political outlook varies heavily by instance. It's worth knowing what you're getting into when you choose a home instance (or several; federation be damned).
The politics you probably have in mind on Lemmy is mostly rooted in the traditional radical left. You probably couldn't really pay human astroturfers to do all that even if you wanted to because it's too baroque and sectarian.
Anyway the general political outlook varies heavily by instance. It's worth knowing what you're getting into when you choose a home instance (or several; federation be damned).