A new study links partisan activity on the Internet to widespread online toxicity, revealing that politically-engaged users exhibit uncivil behavior even in non-political discussions. The findings are based on an analysis of hundreds of millions of comments from over 6.3 million Reddit users.

Politically-engaged Redditors tend to be more toxic – even in non-political subreddits::A new study links partisan activity on the Internet to widespread online toxicity, revealing that politically-engaged users exhibit uncivil behavior even in non-political discussions. The findings are based on an analysis of hundreds of millions of comments from over 6.3 million Reddit users.

  • @HelixDab2English
    41•5 months ago

    See also: hexbear, lemmygrad.

    • @Yerbouti@lemmy.mlEnglish
      8•5 months ago

      AkA Chappo Trap House. I’ve never received so much hate from a community (expept on the_donald maybe). My crime? I think South Park is fun.

    • Something Burger 🍔English
      -9•5 months ago

      Far right spaces in general.

      inb4 hexbear and lemmygrad are far left

      They are not. Tankies are far right.

      • @HelixDab2English
        6•5 months ago

        Tankies are far left authoritarians. The left/right spectrum refers primarily to economics.

        • @SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2•5 months ago

          There are political traditions that see the left/right spectrum as a “How hierarchical do you think society should be” question, where being sexist or intolerant of LGBT would be inherently right-wing because they’re positions that are advocating for forms of social hierarchies, and therefore would claim that an anarcho-capitalist, even if still right-leaning, is much less right-leaning than a nazi.

          • @aidan@lemmy.worldEnglish
            0•5 months ago

            But where is the basis for defining it that way?

            I think a more clear and commonly excepted interpretation would be basically more collectivist vs more individualistic. The issue with that for some people is that would make Nazism left wing, and nobody wants the bad guys on their side.

            • @lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
              4•5 months ago

              It matches the historical usage of the terms. As far as I can tell the definition has barely changed in modern times; a lot of people have just tried to redefine them based on their own misunderstanding.

        • Something Burger 🍔English
          1•5 months ago

          Tankies aren’t leftists. They defend genocidal and authoritarian regimes, which are inherently right wing.

          • @HelixDab2English
            0•5 months ago

            Tankies are leftist because the oppose private property and favor the state controlling the means of production rather than individuals or corporations.

            You’re confusing authoritarian communism with social democracy and anarchism. Stalin was a leftist, he was also genocidal and authoritarian.

        • @webadict@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2•5 months ago

          Authoritarianism and enforced heirarchical structures (as well as support for such regimes) are very much a right-wing philosophy. They also espouse the same “both sides” philosophy that conservatives push (which is a justification for maintaining the status quo, and another right-wing position.)