{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "It's been recognized that much of what drives a site's culture is its mechanics--Reddit's pseudonymity, mod dictatorship and...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/181858584898/", "html": "<div class=\"question\"><strong>Anonymous</strong> asked: It's been recognized that much of what drives a site's culture is its mechanics--Reddit's pseudonymity, mod dictatorship and voting system creates a lot of petty fiefdoms of hivemind behavior and groupthink. Going off this, Tumblr and Twitter have very similar mechanics--people make posts which can be reposted to their follower's followers. Yet while there are hundreds of different Twitters--Catholic Twitter, Econ Twitter, NeverTrump Twitter--Tumblr has a strong left monoculture. Why?</div>\n<p>I\u2019ve been in proximity to \u201cgrey tribe\u201d LessWrong-diaspora tumblr and the \u201cAxis of Evil\u201d that pioneered \u2260 as a rightist symbol and Monetizeyourcat\u2019s neomarxian salon before it went full moon mom cult, and back when Sady Doyle was on here she was in a circle with ethiopienne and blackamazon and karnythia before they went all twitter and important</p><p>You just aren\u2019t paying attention</p>"}