this post was submitted on 12 Oct 2023
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I disagree with this defederation but it's how online political communities work unfortunately. Whatever views the most people generally agree with will become the most visible, that means milquetoast and agreeable "good" points of view will always dominate, ie centrist liberal stances. The communities also become over-paranoid of outside infiltrators, the idea that the space is in some way authentic and pure and needs to be protected.
Over time as things happen in the world and the acceptable view is established, more views become cleaved away until it just becomes an agreeable and boring comment section of people rewarding each other for also having the correct opinions on everything.