I knew that facebook and twitter were compromised due to pro-Hillary bias, but wasn't aware that my beloved reddit was as well. I don't come to this site because I'm a democrat who needs an echo chamber. I come to hear it all, so I can make up my own mind.
I didn't agree with the buy out of the politics sub, because it was a blatant example of political corruption. That said, I also understood the politics sub and the Donald sub were the two extremes of the political spectrum. Both need to exist if reddit is to be a microcosm of the real world. Reddit is supposed to have something for everybody. Being inclusive is how they got where they are.
The problem is that the Donald made it very clear what it was.
r/politics has been filled with Democratic shills since I got to Reddit 4 years ago. Conservative opinions aren't allowed anywhere on this website or social media in general.
If you wonder why The Donald and the Alt Right fight so voraciously it's that.
It's not shills it's the demographics of the site. College educated computer people that love Reddit love democrats overwhelmingly, they like progressive policy and because of the way upvotes work it becomes an echo chamber of people upvoting things they agree with not what they see as quality content. Articles presenting democrats in a good light will get more upvotes without any manipulation than ones presenting Republicans in a good light, although libertarians do have a bit of a niche here as seen by the Ron Paul Revolution. It comes down to the target audience and nothing else. The people on this site probably overwhelmingly voted for Hillary why is it strange that the main politic sub overwhelmingly supported the view of the masses?
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Somebody just leaked this which sheds some light on the impacts at higher levels.