![]() ![]() That these communities are different will not be news to anyone who has used them. The most common meme on Reddit, for the period studied, was Manning Face, a photo of Peyton Manning looking disgruntled in a balaclava. But Reddit is also home to less political jokes. ![]() That’s particularly true of The_Donald, the Reddit page for Trump superfans. It shares some of the alt-right tendencies of /pol/, with many Pepe memes high on the list. Reddit lies somewhere in between 4chan and Twitter. On /pol/, over 10% of all memes are Pepe-related, the study shows. The memes on these platforms are mostly alt-right iconography, like Pepe the Frog, MAGA, and the anti-Semitic Happy Merchant. Gab is similar to Twitter in how it works, but like /pol/, Gab is mostly for trolls and alt-righters who think their hate speech will be “censored” on other platforms. ![]() pol/, or “politically incorrect,” is best-known for being light on moderating content and heavy on racism, sexism, and alt-right politics. ![]() On the other side of the spectrum is 4chan, an anonymous message board, and its /pol/ community. ![]()
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