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Lemmy is more left leaning because the rights popularity seen on other social media are driven by bots that are not here. (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] Mastersord@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If the platform owners are driving discussions by manipulating feeds (Facebook) or running bots to make the platform look popular (Reddit), the right-wing presence on those platforms might not be as real as we believe.

[โ€“] tesfabpel@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Well, looking at elections worldwide, the far-right isn't as small as any extremist party should be...