Old, but unfortunately more relevant than ever
The effect of Right-wing bias in Australia's media
Submitted 1 year ago by unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone to australia@aussie.zone
Submitted 1 year ago by unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone to australia@aussie.zone
Old, but unfortunately more relevant than ever
Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 1 year ago
This is why i like Lemmy, and less centralised, but robust, power structures in general. Right wingers can be on here, i’m sure theres a few somewhere. But their unsubstantiated claims aren’t going to be coddled by a friendly platform or news outlet.
Nath@aussie.zone 1 year ago
We are insignificant and irrelevant. This community, with subscribers outside the aussie.zone instance still numbers 3k users, 10% of which visit per week.
Even if we were politically aligned (we aren’t - at all), we wouldn’t matter to anyone.
Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Of course. That we’re big or influential in any way wasn’t my point. My point was i’m glad theres a space that isn’t captured by those interests.
“Politically aligned (We aren’t at all)”, you remind me of a funny story i heard about a US national anarchist movement meet up. I think it was from Steven Keen on the debunking economics podcast.
They decided to all meet together for a two or three day conference and begin a more organised push for their political aims. By the end of the time not even a Chairperson had been decided on due to disagreements. And this is just a section of the so called ‘left’.
Its a bit pithy i know but i thought, the original telling at least, was funny.
I’m assuming we can agree there is a progressive bias in the commentary, and types of content shared here, otherwise the story makes no sense.
Salvo@aussie.zone 1 year ago
They also aren’t being promoted by an Algorithm optimised to increase page views by encouraging outrage.
Because Lemmy relies on active users seeking out things they are interested in, there isn’t as much traffic as curated (and algorithmically curated) media with passive users.
This is a good thing for users who are active, and results in a more positive experience, but it also requires maintenance; no one is going to find things that might interest you for you so you must seek them out yourselves.
There is also the risk that a community could become an echo chamber. This is not a problem if the community has a positive outlook and creates a positive feedback loop, but if a community has a negative outlook, it could create a negative feedback loop too. The opposite of an enthusiast is an extremist.
Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Yeah absolutely agree with your points, the echo chamber point is less worrying though because the active users will likely find points of difference more often.
I really enjoy the process of discovery, a more appropriate label for what i do is ‘shit-finding’, so i suppose the lemmy/fediverse system naturally suits my online behaviours.
I’ve only seen the Negative and Positive moniker of a feedback loop used in reference to the direction in which addition or subtraction is occurring and it multiplying due to previous addition or subtraction. albert.io/…/positive-negative-feedback-loops-biol… .