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If elon musk (or any far-right billionaire) bought Reddit, do you think there will be a mass exodus to alternatives like Lemmy, similar to the twitter exodus to Bluesky? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 5 points 1 week ago

Reddit already saw the effects of letting rampant political content run wild in the 2016 election, people will comment in subs that do not want their political opinion and engagement becomes very negative fast.

The few open ones try to present themselves as moderate when possible, even if they are anything but.

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