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Why do anarchists stay on reddit or other corporate-run platforms? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/anarchism@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I know these federated communities exist as well as raddle, but it still seems like most people will stay on toxic and corporate-run platforms like reddit or Twitter. I'm far from perfect myself and I still use reddit sometimes, especially for more niche communities, but when it comes to ideologically strong communities like the anarchist ones, it just feels wrong that the majority still hang out on reddit. Or you know, moving to something like Bsky when Twitter became too toxic but which is still run by a large, for-profit corporation (if they moved in the first place). What are your thoughts? Is there any justification for this?

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[–] Walk_blesseD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 3 months ago

A bunch of anarchists who do end up leaving Reddit use Raddle, a different alternative to Reddit. This is probably why there's so few of us on Lemmy.

As for why so many do stay on corporate social media like Reddit, it's a similar reason a bunch of socialist orgs organise on Facebook: that's where the people are.