Grievance Politics vs. Policy Debates: A Cross-Platform Analysis of Conservative Discourse on Truth Social and Reddit
International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media, California, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri, 27 - 29 Mayıs 2026, ss.1-19, (Tam Metin Bildiri)
- Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
- Doi Numarası: 10.1609/icwsm.v20i1.42758
- Basıldığı Şehir: California
- Basıldığı Ülke: Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-19
- Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
We present the first large-scale comparative analysis of Truth Social and the most popular conservative Reddit communities, r/Conservative, r/conservatives, and r/Republican. Using topic modeling with FASTopic and LLM-assisted refinement, we analyze topic prevalence, toxicity, and temporal dynamics across these communities during the first eight months of Truth Social. We find clear contrasts: Truth Social centers on grievance and narrative-driven content, while Reddit focuses more on policy debates. Toxicity is higher on Reddit and peaks in cultural and leader-focused topics. Despite similar event-driven participation shocks across platforms, Truth Social shows higher baseline proportions of users engaging with political topics. Our findings contribute to understanding how alternative right-leaning platforms reshape online discourse.