confirmation bias, they will tell you the wildest things are true in the same way political streams will tell you the earth is flat because when the echo in an echo chamber cant leave it gets stronger
i feel like a lot of online communities especially ones related to politics in some way tend to be very manipulative regardless of where they stand politically. Politics, Real_politics, lgbtq, furries, politicsTOO, politicsTOO_better_better 4th iteration for *insert niche political group* they all feel like echo chambers. This is coming from a bi furry. Like it's all either pointless arguing on a meme forum, complaining about pointless arguing (me), or just obvious grooming attempts. can we be nice this year?