Reddit & Digg: Where's the Right?

[barts]

Part of my daily news fix includes Reddit and Digg. Both, as most volconvites likely know, are sites where people post links that, in their view, others should check out. They are not controlled by the "liberal media", but are the voluntary postings of people on the 'net, and so must be a true reflection of the political views of people on the 'net. Under political topics, both sites are overwhelmingly dominated by pro-liberal, progressive, Democratic links. Where's the Right? Where're the Conservatives? Where're the Evangelicals? There's no censorship, so where are these folks? Perhaps, they're not on the 'net.

Thoughts? Comments?

[Devil's Advocate]

They have better things to do than browse the 'net?

[Diogenes]

They are not controlled by the "liberal media", but are the voluntary postings of people on the 'net, and so must be a true reflection of the political views of people on the 'net.

Sorry...but very wrong...there's been a lot of well reported very bias meddling at Digg...groups pushing their Diggs and spamming other Diggs...chances are slim ( but not entirely impossible ) if you're not in one of those groups your Digg will never see the front page...and on places like that the front page is the only page that really matters.

As for political bias:

MediaShift . Social News Fracas:igg Puts Focus on Politics, Bringing Charges of Liberal Bias | PBS

[barts]

Quote by: Diogenes Sorry...but very wrong...there's been a lot of well reported very bias meddling at Digg...groups pushing their Diggs and spamming other Diggs...chances are slim ( but not entirely impossible ) if you're not in one of those groups your Digg will never see the front page...and on places like that the front page is the only page that really matters. As for political bias: MediaShift . Social News Fracas:igg Puts Focus on Politics, Bringing Charges of Liberal Bias | PBS

Diognenes, the article suggests that the reason Digg seems to lean Left is because there are more Left oriented users on the 'net. That's not bias, that's reality.

[Diogenes]

That's not bias, that's reality.

Which amounts to the same thing...whether it leans left because of this or that doesn't matter...

it still leans in that direction, regardless of the reasons.

[barts]

Quote by: Diogenes Which amounts to the same thing...whether it leans left because of this or that doesn't matter... it still leans in that direction, regardless of the reasons.

So should Digg or Reddit do anything about it, in your view? For example, make sure more Right Wing articles appear? Affirmative action for conservatives? Your thoughts?

[Sockem]

Never heard of Reddit, but I know Digg buries stories.

YouTube - BURIED BY DIGG -- VIACOM VS YOU

Heres an account of a very important story being buried on Digg.

[Diogenes]

I can't really speak about Reddit...but Digg is a lost cause...far too many clics Digging each other's stuff to ever be the egalitarian site it was meant to be.

[kn0thing]

I saw your question about the dearth of right-leaning social news sites and wanted to recommend that you try creating your own public reddit. reddits/create

You'll be the admin and can pick moderators as well. This will give you a blank slate on which to create the social news site you have in mind.

Email feedback at reddit if any issues come up and we'll do our best to resolve them.

cheers,
Alexis

[Rortykiller]

There is a website for real conservatives, infowars.com and prisonplanet.com by alex jones. those are real conservatives though, so be prepared to have your world rocked.

[Jack]

My perception is that these services are used heavily by younger people (18-30), people who aren't as political and are often more liberal in general than their parents. Even on a service like Friendfeed, the people I follow, mostly geeks in their 30s and early 40s, are pretty liberal as a whole when it comes to social and political topics.