Ironically I think the left (communism not liberalism) does better on reddit than on Twitter.
As a format, I'd agree. One reason why I think Hexbear is fun while any kind of Leftist Mastadon channel disappoints.
But as an organization, I think Reddit's done a much better job of squashing anything resembling leftist community building. While Twitter remains far more freewheeling and wild, Reddit's turned itself into a series of Walled Gardens and taken the pruning sheers to the good shit. Musk's biggest problem has been playing wack-a-mole with the thousands of different organizations and activists running amok across the platform. Musk will be wrestling the Twitter Tiger until he sells it or shuts it down. The Walled Garden approach to organizing content makes the process of gutting things you don't like far easier, which is why it only really works with good Leftist admins.
Which brings me back to why my diet of social media is almost exclusively Hexbear (and various leftist Discord channels) atm.
As a format, I'd agree. One reason why I think Hexbear is fun while any kind of Leftist Mastadon channel disappoints.
But as an organization, I think Reddit's done a much better job of squashing anything resembling leftist community building. While Twitter remains far more freewheeling and wild, Reddit's turned itself into a series of Walled Gardens and taken the pruning sheers to the good shit. Musk's biggest problem has been playing wack-a-mole with the thousands of different organizations and activists running amok across the platform. Musk will be wrestling the Twitter Tiger until he sells it or shuts it down. The Walled Garden approach to organizing content makes the process of gutting things you don't like far easier, which is why it only really works with good Leftist admins.
Which brings me back to why my diet of social media is almost exclusively Hexbear (and various leftist Discord channels) atm.