Political shift in the other site's userbase?
After more than 1.5y I have been browsing the other site again, and I have noticed that most assholes have disappeared.
Take for example [this section](https://redlib.catsarch.com/r/unitedkingdom/comments/1tjcvae/phillipson_to_ban_trans_women_from_female_toilets/) about recent developments in anti-trans bathroom bans in the UK, to which someone said:
> As a queer trans woman, I'm pleasantly surprised by this comment section. Thank you to everyone who is an ally.
Well, I don't remember this being the case on the other site. I have seen a similar progressive user base manifest itself in other "thorny" threads as well.
I wonder what has actually happened since the Exodus. I swear I have seen more shills and trolls here, than I have seen in the few weeks I have been browsing the other site.
So I entertain different propositions. One is that a lot of bad faith actors have stopped being paid for it. Or they have naturally moved to Xitter as their natural habitat.
Some of my theories get weirder, like some of the worst people on the other site were so mad at spez that they were part of the Exodus and ended up here organically. Or that the Fediverse is in the eye of bad faith entities and some of the operations were moved onto Lemmy, possibly infiltrating the very same political spaces that are now targeted as "extremist".
What are your own pet theories about where the fuck the overwhelmingly transphobic portion of the other site did go?
Take for example [this section](https://redlib.catsarch.com/r/unitedkingdom/comments/1tjcvae/phillipson_to_ban_trans_women_from_female_toilets/) about recent developments in anti-trans bathroom bans in the UK, to which someone said:
> As a queer trans woman, I'm pleasantly surprised by this comment section. Thank you to everyone who is an ally.
Well, I don't remember this being the case on the other site. I have seen a similar progressive user base manifest itself in other "thorny" threads as well.
I wonder what has actually happened since the Exodus. I swear I have seen more shills and trolls here, than I have seen in the few weeks I have been browsing the other site.
So I entertain different propositions. One is that a lot of bad faith actors have stopped being paid for it. Or they have naturally moved to Xitter as their natural habitat.
Some of my theories get weirder, like some of the worst people on the other site were so mad at spez that they were part of the Exodus and ended up here organically. Or that the Fediverse is in the eye of bad faith entities and some of the operations were moved onto Lemmy, possibly infiltrating the very same political spaces that are now targeted as "extremist".
What are your own pet theories about where the fuck the overwhelmingly transphobic portion of the other site did go?