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[–]Wahwah 14 insightful - 2 fun14 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I think Saidit is 2 years old (?), in most of its quiet existence it has drawn right wing redditors who were persecuted or censored on that site. So they have been merrily thriving here, therefore that dichotomy of 'righty reddit' is promiment to newcomers. Good thing is that Saidit appears to be much less restrictive in terms of content and speech, so you can populate these subs with the content you like. Since this site is kind of lonely still, you have to step up to bring the change.

[–]Raavan 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think most sane people (have right wing ones if you like) on the site won't mind people having different opinions, especially when it's not "lmao Trump is a crybaby! Look at the retarded dipshit! Hes so redarted!" kind of BS you get on r/politics. That's likely why we have the debate pyramid - to debate. Or to just not say anything instead.

[–]rdh2121 13 insightful - 3 fun13 insightful - 2 fun14 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Saidit is whatever we make it. I've been through /new/ whenever I have free time to try to counter some of the crazy propaganda coming through, especially the bigger, more important subs like /s/politics and /s/Coronavirus, but I can only do so much.

If you want Saidit to be a balanced place with free discussion from all directions, please post yourselves, and comment on extremist posts pointing out their flaws so that newcomers to Saidit know that we want open dialogue and don't brook propaganda.

[–][deleted] 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

At least it's not Trump train nonsense. Amirite? But seriously, post what you want to see. SaidIt has been so small that we are just transitioning into things being in their proper subs.

[–][deleted] 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

The creators* and original community come from /r/conspiracy, iirc. People are right that there are a lot of righties that flee to here, but this site also picks up the ones that don't just want what's on voat or poal or /pol/.

There are at least a few "well I was liberal back when it wasn't crazy" people here too. The creators seem pretty liberal imo, fwiw.

Feel free to bring more left-leaning people in, I think it would be neat for us to all actually talk to each other as the site is designed to facilitate.

[–]EY_SCOOF[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I'm not interested in bringing in more of anyone based on political ideology.

I just want less of it in the more general subs like videos

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I guess you could make a general appeal to people to post those videos in /s/USpolitics. Or comment on such videos and pics with a polite request for next time. Or make a new sub for non-political videos and pics. Or block all the users who post stuff like that to those subs. Or just hide the posts you don't like as they come up.

[–]MLK 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

I feel this way too but I promise it's better than reddit. I'm just waiting until I can create a sub or two about things I really like, that have no political affiliations.

[–]m68k 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It may seem righty, since those are the people Reddit kicked off its platform first. As more get kicked from Reddit, it'll become more like the way Reddit use to be.

[–]PencilPusher55 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

I just notice that people are a lot nicer on here. I guarantee that if hard core lefties posted their opinions on here, they would not be met with anywhere NEAR the same level of malice that right wingers are met with on reddit.

Regardless, I am beginning to post more in non-political subs.

[–]Dragonerne 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Leftists want me censored, bankrupted, murdered and my kids raped. I can't promise to be nice to them when they threaten my existence.

[–]kallyr 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I've seen some lefties (even hardcore lefties) who quit Reddit precisely because they are ashamed to have their ideas associated with cancel culture.

[–]Dragonerne 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I guess it depends on how we define leftism but even then if they support the same policies their intentions don't matter to me in this climate.

White people are getting genocided, hunted down, silenced, jailed, lawfared etc. so anyone who is okay with the current situation and does not actively oppose those issues is not someone I can easily discuss civilized with.

[–]Optimus85 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Saidit is what you want it to be. Create the subs you like and post content you find insightful. The World is your oyster. Be respectful and argue topics in good faith. This is why I've enjoyed this platform so far.

[–]quipu 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

In time I'm sure more non-political content will come in. Right now people are venting after years of censorship, and a bunch of them are right-leaning. If you want to help fix it, contribute some non-political content.

[–]marmorsymphata 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The issue is that there is no real reason for leftists who are waited on hand and foot by reddit to move on.

It's a real shame. PoliticalCompassMemes is on thin ice, but I don't think it could ever manage to reform here in its natural state.

[–]NorfolkTerrier 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm gonna try to post non-political content.

I'm noticing that at least some of Gender Critical has moved here, so hopefully radfems will balance out righties and start creating a spectrum of interesting beliefs, rather than just another circlejerk.

[–]LarrySwinger2 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yes, right-wingers flock here, but not exclusively, and left-wing folks can establish themselves here. There are subs like /s/LateStageCapitalism and /s/GenderCritical.

[–]Countach_3D 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Even LSC is full of rightoid bullshit, though.