• Pigeon@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    It also doesn’t account for the difference between what the anonymous mass of lurkers want, and what the people who actually post and comment and contribute to the sub want.

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      This conversation reminds me of difficulties in real life politics, especially on the local level. Something that always struck me in how it’s spoken about is that the preferences of the “lurkers” are often presented in opposition to the “active users”, when the entire problem is that it’s hard to tell what the mass of people want.

      I suppose it’s different here though. On Reddit, the lurkers can be assumed to be okay with the status quo, but in politics, people who don’t vote or engage with politics may be the complete opposite