Quote (bogie160 @ Feb 7 2021 02:35pm)
This doesn't tell us anything on its own. Conservative voices are more popular on Youtube / Facebook because they're more popular overall. In addition, conservative voices have often made a concerted effort to grow on these platforms.
Whether or not conservative = liberal or any comparison like that is a red herring. Leftist viewpoints are marginal on those platforms because they're marginal with the mainstream.
It's not nearly that simple. What is allowed in the algorithm becomes the mainstream over time. Just look at the Q bullshit and the election fraud claims. YouTube's algorithm has been, for a long time, focused on watch time and engagement. Videos by conservatives making people mad over conspiracies is prime for that environment.
If you look at polling on an issue-by-issue basis people are far more liberal than the people they elect, and the rest of the world is far more liberal than that, so it's pretty controversial to say that conservatism is more popular in the mainstream.
Quote (TiStuff @ Feb 7 2021 02:36pm)
ya right you people are so full of bullchit..they closed down but "psssst hey buddy could you hang out with us we not really closing" FU
Then the Republican lawyers would have alleged that. Or are they in on the conspiracy?
This post was edited by Thor123422 on Feb 7 2021 02:44pm