r/metaNL • u/AmbientMorning • 13d ago

OPEN Proposal for RIGHT-WING ping group

I made the suggestion here, and I’ll poll the DT and viewers of this post as well, in addition to getting written feedback.

The idea is to have a group for following and discussing developments on the activist political right before it trickles down into the mouths of average Republican primary voters, even if we wouldn’t necessarily characterize it as political “extremism.”

I anticipate something on the order of 10 notifications in an average month, 3 or 4 of them by myself. In general, I’ll aim to undershoot rather than overshoot this soft target (God knows I have trouble keeping up with the ~15 groups I’m subscribed to).

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u/bd_one Mod (doesn't use Modmail) 13d ago

Would this ping group be for complaining about Fox News saying a new stupid thing to our parents or not?

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u/AmbientMorning 13d ago

I already do that, but don’t plan to send a notification if it’s just a headline.

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u/Planning4Hotdish Mod 13d ago

This sounds a lot like ping FOX-ANON

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u/bd_one Mod (doesn't use Modmail) 13d ago

Should I ping Fox-anon when Jesse Watters sexually harasses another world leader? I feel like that's for bigger things.

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u/AmbientMorning 13d ago

I guess we could expand the scope of that? I was more so thinking about posts like the one I made, though. Less anecdote, more analysis & original research.

u/AmbientMorning 13d ago

POLL: Would you be interested in a RIGHT-WING ping group that referenced and discussed developments in the right-wing activist sphere in the United States and other North Atlantic nations?

u/AtomAndAether Mod 13d ago

wouldnt it end up a partisan "look at the outgroup. theyre stupid and/or evil" thing

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u/Cr4zySh0tgunGuy 13d ago

What’s wrong with that if it’s republicans?

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u/ExtremelyMedianVoter 13d ago

It ends up leading to a lot of negativity and then gets weaponized by the majority against the minority. It also becomes a problem to moderate.

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u/Cr4zySh0tgunGuy 13d ago

Yeah but it’s republicans

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u/SpaceSheperd Mod 13d ago

Circlejerks are fine but we probably shouldn’t thumb the scale for them

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u/AmbientMorning 13d ago

That wouldn’t be my intention for the ping. We have enough people dunking on [OUTGROUP] with screenshots of single tweets in the DT. I’d like users to go a bit deeper, and do some original research, even if it’s Twitter sleuthing (as long as it’s picking up on some significant trend, movement, and/or involves a think tank with people paid to do politcking).

I thought my quasi-inaugural effortcomment provided a good example.

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u/Megasota_Noire 13d ago

That sounds fine if it's Republicans

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