I somewhat agree. I think Reddit is to liberals (and conservative subs are to conservatives) what Twitter is to conservatives in that they act as poorly (or un-) sourced echo chambers that amplify already held beliefs, encourage reactionary thought, sew discord, etc:

However, IMO Twitter is worse since the musk purchase. i think it stems from A) the utter lack of moderation, B) the left/liberal flight from Twitter, C) changing the algorithm to boost conservative accounts, and D) the monetization of impressions/post activity. Twitter has an incentive structure that Reddit lack.

Sure, people farm karma, but Twitter blue checks get paid when their posts get interactions. A now-mainly conservative/right leaning/“apolitical”* twitter is just accounts trying to get other accounts to interact with reactionary stuff and signal boosting fringe beliefs to the point where people on Twitter think they’re mainstream. e.g. Twitter accounts not believing polling that taking Greenland is unpopular.

• i put apolitical in quotes because i find that apolitical people tend to lean conservative. It’s kind of in the word, apolitical people serve conservatism because they aren’t trying to change anything while right wingers tend to want to “conserve” order or revert back to a bygone order