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Is Mastodon mainly for far left?

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Is Mastodon mainly for far left?

#1
Hi, I have a different view on climate change than people from left. I'm trying to use arguments with links on wikipedia, some science articles etc.

However I end up with bans (2 servers so far) and reason is something like science denial.

So I would like to ask - is mastodon only for people from far left?

Btw I'm programmer with stock market hobby. So I'm analysing things.

Thanks

Re: Is Mastodon mainly for far left?

#5
Um, it's not a "different view," it's denial of settled science and actual physical events occurring right now.

Do you claim not to believe what the overwhelming majority of climate scientists believe? Do you believe climate science is a hoax? Do you believe that current extreme weather events are just happening by chance?

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post #5

Um, it's not a "different view," it's denial of settled science and actual physical events occurring right now. Do you claim not to believe what the overwhelming majority of climate scientists believe? Do you believe climate science is a hoax? Do you believe that current extreme weather events are just happening by chance?

It's not worth arguing with people without experience in the field to evaluate this for themselves. At this point, the best we can do is minimize their impact on the decision-makers who need to make hard choices.

Re: Is Mastodon mainly for far left?

#7
No, it's mainly tech guys and people with sexual fetishes. So Libertarians, other liberals, and political narcissists.

edit: this is an old view, though. I have to assume the proportion of fetishists rose sharply after the twitter media panic, because not all fetishists were aware of Mastodon before.

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#8
Because of US left/right politics global warming has become a political topic rather than a scientific one. Most if not all science points to global warming being man made and getting worse. If you deny it then I understand why you are getting bans. Though from what I understand Mastodon was service that got traction from the US right not the US left so you getting banned from it mean you probably don't understand the science at all.

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post #8

Because of US left/right politics global warming has become a political topic rather than a scientific one. Most if not all science points to global warming being man made and getting worse. If you deny it then I understand why you are getting bans. Though from what I understand Mastodon was service that got traction from the US right not the US left so you getting banned from it mean you probably don't understand th…

Mastodon was developed in Germany.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(social_network)

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post #8

Because of US left/right politics global warming has become a political topic rather than a scientific one. Most if not all science points to global warming being man made and getting worse. If you deny it then I understand why you are getting bans. Though from what I understand Mastodon was service that got traction from the US right not the US left so you getting banned from it mean you probably don't understand th…

> Though from what I understand Mastodon was service that got traction from the US right not the US left

Definitely the US left.

When the US right tried to use Mastodon, their instances got cut off and in many cases, Mastodon apps would block connecting to them entirely.

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