Is Atlas significantly less ideologically diverse than it was 10-15 years ago?

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I don't want to start a sh*t show here, but in observing the action in the Cave, while "perhaps" there is some bias in the moderating decisions against, well let's characterize the cohort as more "edgy" right wingers/MAGA fans/culture warriors, etc., when it comes to actual sanctions, I find both YE and Virginia make a conscious effort to try to be fair and not be biased against those with whom they might disagree ideologically. Another way to put it, is that I have not taken any exception to their sanction decisions since my return.

I think that's broadly accurate, and that most of the frustration with "the mods" recently stems out of the individual deletion of posts on a handful of boards (especially when deleted with no record) rather than any disagreement with YE or Virginia's decision-making. But when it's a busy and important board being moderated in that manner, that can still have the effects PSOL & Shua are talking about.

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It is interesting to note the results of the Atlas mock-election results. In 2008 it seems John McCain won a landslide. Now, obviously, the Democrat wins a landslide. I doubt that is all attributable to ‘NeverTrumpers’.

Looking at some old threads, it seems that there were far more right wing or libertarian figures than there are now. Perhaps this is because characters who spent a lot of time online back then are rather different from those now.

I wouldn’t say there is a lack of viewpoint diversity here, but certainly standard American left wing positions get the most applause and much is centred around a broadly large d Democratic perspective.

In 2008 the link got posted somewhere (Free Republic?) and those users bombarded the site to vote in the mock election. Same thing happened in 2012 with some libertarian site, which is why Johnson won. Neither should be considered representative of where the forum was at the time.