Lemmy was released as an open-source fediverse alternative to Reddit.
Just over a year after launch, r/ChapoTrapHouse, moved across after being banned from Reddit. This is likely what you’re referring to. It had well over 100,000 active users on Reddit, so represented a sudden sizable influx of users.
I’d wager the biggest influx of people by far, though, occurred when Spez upset a majority of mods and many users by banning third party apps.
People looked for an alternative, and Lemmy was it.
But why are so many people who lean left politically? Because the Venn Diagram for “people who like the idea of a decentralised platform that supports everybody and is free from the machinations of millionaires”, and “people who would like society that supports everybody and is free from the machinations of millionaires” is nearly a circle.
That’s what I thought as well. No ads. No one tracking you. No one profiting off your data. Sounds like leftist ideals to me. Freedom from corporate bullshit.
Well, all the data is available for anyone on the internet to use as they please…
Wasn’t it also built by Marxist-Lennists?
There’s also the people who got pushed out by right wing admins/mods. I personally switched after I got banned for saying riot police should quit their jobs en masse following RvW. I still stand by that statement.
decentralised platform that supports everybody and is free from the machinations of millionaires
Hum… Isn’t that part of the “Freedooomm!!!” dreams that comes bundled with minimum state and individual empowerment? I’m pretty sure it is.
No, I hate the term as it’s usually used as a pejorative and is so reductive as to be essentially meaningless. I’m a democratic socialist.
Not everyone. But it’s definitely very overrepresented here, including some large communities of extremists that I don’t typically see elsewhere.
Overrepresented may not be correct, the majority of the english speaking world is far to the left of the US. Even the US population is like 60-70% left leaning, it’s just that the left has lower voter participation rates.
Left leaning Americans are still on the right compared to most countries.
Lemmy definitely has a super majority of people who are politically left. Lemmy also has a very large amount of extremely politically left people. I am not sure why this is the case.
However, not every Lemmy user is politically left.
Because most intelligent people understand and feel empathy and compassion. And most nerds know what it feels like to be bullied and marginalized.
I am. I think you’ll find we’re mostly on a leftist spectrum relative to America’s Overton Window.
They are pretty common here yeah, lemmy was built by communists
This is our social platform!
The peoples platform
Most, but not enough.
Not enough people or not leftist enough?
Both
I disagree.
I disagree with your disagreeing.
I disagree with your disagreeing of my disagreeing.
My disagreement yoinks your disagreement, and yeets it into the cringe abyss of cringement. Based.
You are mistaken my friend, for it is I who holds the privilege of “Based”. However, I am afraid that, as a consequence, you now hold but the rank of cringe.
I don’t know. I’m mildly left by normal standards, a Nazi by Lemmy standards and a communist by conservative standards.
I tried my left hand. Its just not the same.
Yes and no? The humans, probably. The accounts created to keep tabs on the leftist humans? Maybe not…?
Just kidding, NO conservative or government groups have EVER silently infiltrated ANY leftist groups, and me suggesting any account here is a propaganda bot or whatever is TOTALLY outrageous!
Post anything you want here, it’ll NEVER get screenshotted & linked back to you or your job in some giant hack in 5 years 🥳🤩😎
No.
deleted by creator
They are retarded and woke
