• scp_1404@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The alt-right is having a great time right now on Reddit. Tons of their posts from r/conservative on the front page.

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      Yes I went there for a peek and it’s so angry. Compared to the positive vibe here, reddit felt oppressive. I’m not going back. Let it simmer and boil. I love this place. It’s so refreshing at lemmy. Such a positive vibe. Like the internet was before it all became centralised. Lemmy is the real Web 3.

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      r/Canada was taken over by alt-right a long time ago. r/OnGuardForThee had to be made in response to that. I feel like Reddit in general is going that direction. The sheer volume of bot activity on most major subreddits is insane.

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        Right? Nothing like a festering pile of bigotry & ignorance to get the advertisers signing up.

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          You joke but it’s not exactly wrong.

          People like that love to buy dumb shit. After a time Reddit will be nothing but my pillow, t shirt companies, colonial penn life insurance, and reverse mortgage ads.

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            True, but they’re not exactly swimming in disposable income, usually. Trump’s base is mostly non-college-educated whites. Not exactly a rich vein to mine.

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              True, but that’s the same base for the mega churches, and those fucks aren’t hurting for private jets.

              Trump raises a few million bucks every time he tells his supporters to donate. A LOT of companies want in on that

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                True enough. As the saying goes, no one ever went broke underestimating the American consumer. Or something along those lines.