So what’s going on here, most likely, is that the intake of new users is declining as opposed to people specifically being driven off the platform (as some users allege).

The difference, one would assume, is that on the whole, Reddit’s political biases influence more what is not shown (much like lemmy.ml banning people for any criticism of Russia, China, or North Korea, or the echo chamber in hexbear), whereas Lemmy’s tankie issue also manifests as people actively sea-lioning (e.g. Cowbee) and (especially from hexbear) overt trolling, which shows up more in people’s faces. Both are issues, neither are good.

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[–] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

One would have to imagine that the kind of person who can do extensive research for the highest bidder could earn more than the CPC could offer to post on social media. Then they'd be like "well, his motivation is political" and it's like "no shit, that's the base case. We fucking hate capitalism. Let me explain:"

[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago

Excellent point! Though I would love to be paid by the CPC to do the shitposting I do, haha.