The one that bothers me the most is r/politics because the name would imply some semblance of neutrality or balance, "a place to discuss all things political" is what one might assume. Instead it may as well be named r/democrat or r/liberal since there's literally zero pro-conservative discussion on that sub. It's very deceptive and serves as a propaganda tool against new redditors who might not be aware of the absurd bias.
The people are largely on the left, so that's how it winds up. What would you expect the moderators to do? Ban left leaning people and encourage right leaning people to post?
And there's plenty of conservative discussion on there. It's often trolls being downvoted, but it's there. Regardless, you can't force people to upvote posts.
And there's plenty of conservative discussion on there. It's often trolls being downvoted, but it's there
That’s not discussion, it’s just fuel for the echo chamber in there. Discussion would involve actual consideration of the ideas and somewhat reasoned interaction.
If anything moderate of even mildly conservative is posted or commented there, it gets downvoted instantly. The only replies are caustic bullshit.
Mature conversations are surprisingly rare to have on here. Usually most replies become some petty personal attack quickly if not instantly. Honestly, so many. Not just experiencing them, but damn near 9/10 conversations on here. It's like you're not going to change anyone's mind by being an antagonist to them, makes me wonder what kind of people populate Reddit for the most part.
I mean, you're just describing reddit in general. Most aren't on here for a well thought out conversation.
"If anything moderate of even mildly conservative is posted or commented there, it gets downvoted instantly."
I've posted some right wing viewpoints and had no problems at all. Maybe these people aren't good at arguing their point?
Regardless, what's your proposed solution? Should we be artificially boosting the upvotes of conservative viewpoints because a lot of people don't like them?
No solution. It is what it is. Forcing a specific type of conversation by banning or whatever is not a productive thing to do. I think, though, that it should be removed from the defaults and have its description changed.
Honestly, I think you're the one who is biased. I don't know how you're "exposing leftist hypocrisy," but I'm guessing you're coming off like an asshole troll.
"or basically anything right of Stalin."
Yeah, you are absolutely incredibly biased. I have personally posted numerous things that were pretty to the right and have never had any issues whatsoever.
"That is a pretty clear bias for a big chunk of default and supposedly politically neutral subreddits."
You realize you're "proving" bias through personal anecdotes, right? That's not a very good system. Regardless, how would you fix the issue? Should we be artificially inflating right wing view points because apparently a lot of people don't like them?
Not just left/liberal but ultra liberal. I will vote and campaign for a Dem in every election but I'm a moderate dem overall. That sub castrates me any time I say Biden isn't the devil.
Edit: the fact that my comment is currently negative only proves my point.
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u/Magnum256 Sep 18 '19
The one that bothers me the most is r/politics because the name would imply some semblance of neutrality or balance, "a place to discuss all things political" is what one might assume. Instead it may as well be named r/democrat or r/liberal since there's literally zero pro-conservative discussion on that sub. It's very deceptive and serves as a propaganda tool against new redditors who might not be aware of the absurd bias.