Yeah I dunno man. Ever since I made my account, half the posts I've seen have been complaining about whatever the hell tankies are, and almost all the rest are jokes about arch linux. The politics stuff seems more niche than just "left", but I haven't dug too deeply into it. There are other active communities if you dig around. Mostly I dig on star trek memes and programmer humor and it's a good time.
Depends on what you consider left wing. It seems shitlibs are taking over, they are not left wing.
I'm just here because I hate capitalists.
I also hate stalinists, so the joke is on me I guess.
I see a bit of everything on here, but I do like that voicing leftist ideals (not sure about left wing) doesn't get you shot down immediately from all sides (as it would in a lot of other places).
I imagine that in general leftists exist, but avoid posting in other places due to the abuse they'd receive for doing so.
ActivityPub and most of its connecting software is open source, so naturally you'd get a lot of people who are drawn to that. If you'd draw a Venn diagram, then there would be simply quite a bit of overlap of left leaning people, techies, open source advocates, etc.
A lot of people have pointed out inherent ideological components of this platform, but I would also suggest that the lean is likely in part from network effects.
How did each of us find our way here? Someone likely mentioned the platform on another social site, or linked a meme, or shared other content.
If the site has lots of left leaning content that gets shared by left leaning people in places where such people gather, it's going to bais the new arrivals in a similar direction. This is true of most social spaces, I think. And it's good! I want right wingers to hang out in right wing spaces like Twitter, just like I want them to hang out at their own bars and clubs, away from me.
To be honest this is why I asked! I came across this platform through a source that I would consider much further right wing than my personal politic views. I was expecting a cesspit, and I was pleasantly surprised to find the opposite :)
That's fascinating.
Well, I guess these things are complicated.
Because demographics
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