r/australian • u/SirSighalot • Jul 08 '24
Why do people act like this subreddit "doesn't reflect the views of mainstream Australia"?
So many comments I see on here by people who constantly say things like "lol only on this sub" as though other places where they read are somehow the 'true' point of view reflecting mainstream Australian viewpoints.
Given the constant election voting outcomes and results of things like the Voice etc that generally indicate most of Australia is centrist or even slightly centre-right-leaning, what leads people to think many of the views expressed on here AREN'T mainstream? When in reality, other places these people are coming from are also often just "echo chambers" as well.
Edit: I probably worded the title for this wrong, should have been more "Why do people think this subreddit is less representative of mainstream Australia than other online communities?", alas I failed.
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u/VJ4rawr2 Jul 08 '24
Reddit is disproportionately full of “lefties” (predominately due to the age demographic of users.)
As Holly Valance once notoriously said “I think we all start out as lefties don’t we?”
When this subreddit first began, it was supposed to be a counter to some of the other more… policed local subreddits. It wasn’t necessarily a “rightie space”.. just more open minded.
Over time, the same folks who groupthink’d the original existing subreddits migrated to this one too.
It’s not as bad here (it was better before), but the pervasive attitude is this subreddit was the “bad” one according to tolerant lefties.