General Discussion

rog

(880 posts)

25. That appears to be mostly true. I only do a couple of gardening ...

Mon Sep 15, 2025, 02:50 PM

Sep 15

... subreddits. Every once in a while ... even in something like gardening ... a disruptor shows up. Unless they're super obnoxious it seems the strategy is pretty much to ignore them, and they flame out before too long. There may be other subs that are less forgiving, but I don't know. I'm not doing any political stuff on Reddit.

The idea of moderation was addressed pretty heavily in the study, but it's sort of heavy reading if you want to check it out. They determined that the mods were slightly more left-leaning than the membership. The study was interesting in that they were able to access the posts that had been deleted by the mods and factored that into the data. The gist of the study seemed to be that user volunteer moderation skews the political orientation slightly to the left. Fine with me!

I do very little social media (no FB, no IG, no TikTok, no X, no Bluesky, no etc, etc) but Reddit seems to be a pretty good resource for the things that interest me, like growing hot peppers. Definitely not the Dark Web®, though!

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

36 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Utah gov. says the motive in Kirk shooting is not yet certain but the suspect was on the left [View all] spanone Sep 15 OP

poor guy...he prayed the shooter would be agingdem Sep 15 #1

WOW....................... Lovie777 Sep 15 #2

He directly called out Reddit ... actually, there was a recent study on Reddit. rog Sep 15 #14

Reddit is also pretty heavily moderated at several levels JCMach1 Sep 15 #17

Agreed mvd Sep 15 #19

That appears to be mostly true. I only do a couple of gardening ... rog Sep 15 #25

Reddit skews younger so the slight left lean is not surprising JCMach1 Sep 15 #35

The killer was raised in a right-wing republican Emile Sep 15 #3

Yep. And it sure would be pretty damn simple to ask the father and mother what the political leanings of their son were. W_HAMILTON Sep 15 #26

Also, wasn't it he who said the family and friends were saying just the opposite? travelingthrulife Sep 15 #36

Why does ent he just shit up talking until all of the information comes to light Iris Sep 15 #4

Those dark corners of the Internet are 100% RWNJ Republicans and their fellow-travelers. nt eppur_se_muova Sep 15 #5

I seriously doubt he was on the left sboatcar Sep 15 #6

They are mixing up left-right politics with internet insanity Renew Deal Sep 15 #7

To be fair, Reagan, Eisenhower, Nixon, Bush Johonny Sep 15 #8

That's correct Renew Deal Sep 15 #10

Even if he had moved to the left, the gun culture of his family is a factor karynnj Sep 15 #9

I think videogames had more influence on his idealogy exboyfil Sep 15 #11

No Guv, Robinson was dancing with the girl (maga-ism) that brought him to the dance. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Sep 15 #12

So like, corporations should pay taxes, universal healthcare, protecting the environment? What "leftist ideology"?? still-prayin4rain Sep 15 #13

Absolutely! You may be interested in my post above ... rog Sep 15 #15

Reddit, 😂... FFS there are almost as many JCMach1 Sep 15 #16

We don't know why he did it, but we can confirm it is entirely the fault of the entirety of "the left." still-prayin4rain Sep 15 #18

That governor sure has changed his tune mvd Sep 15 #20

Gosh, they want him NOT to be one of THEM in the worst way! bluestarone Sep 15 #21

Governor Cox is very ignorant and has created his "leftist ideology" theory on Quiet Em Sep 15 #22

"deep, dark internet, the Reddit culture, and these other dark places on the internet" Dave says Sep 15 #23

He seems confused. (Not really - he's just a liar) Wiz Imp Sep 15 #24

the republican pretzel problem RANDYWILDMAN Sep 15 #27

What is considered "leftist" by a Utah Mormon Republican is probably anything less extremely right-wing Ocelot II Sep 15 #28

This dude could have MAGA tattooed on his ass and we'll be told he's "on the left" Takket Sep 15 #29

He was indoctrinated and raised in a republican gun culture. Nixie Sep 15 #30

"I know this because the president calls me 8 times a day to make sure I say it" Bristlecone Sep 15 #31

And we believe him? Why? MineralMan Sep 15 #32

Don't believe him for a second, that's why this was posted. spanone Sep 15 #34

No, he was not. Cox and others are slaving like stevedores... keep_left Sep 15 #33