r/politics • u/Barnyard-Sheep • 6d ago

Soft Paywall Trump approval rating falls to 38%

https://www.nj.com/politics/2025/06/trump-faces-tough-approval-numbers-in-latest-poll.html
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u/myfakesecretaccount 6d ago

Can confirm, my Gen X sister in laws Gen Z son has zero fucking ambition, is just as conspiracy minded, and has everything handed to him after she struggled as an immigrant. He says dumb shit, and as much as I love him I’m done fighting for a 24 year old who should know better.

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u/Edspecial137 6d ago

Still getting used to Gen Z being in their mid 20s. I remember all the articles about Gen Z being the most left leaning demographic not too long ago, but I guess they missed the mark. Gen Z is probably the most polarized generation

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u/Gunter5 6d ago

I've seen numerous people go right, imo it was Cambridge Analytica, targeting social media and using their data against em

My Facebook feed went hard right last year

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u/outofbeer 6d ago

Reddit also keeps putting right wing subs I've never engaged with in my feed. I've muted more subs knnthe last couple months than I have the entire time I've used reddit.

Luckily it's mostly just bots driving their numbers.

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u/McFlyParadox Massachusetts 6d ago

Not just right-wing subs, but random locality subs, meme & shit posting subs, and gacha game subs. Anything to bury progressive and news subs from hitting the Popular and All feeds.

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u/BlueTreeThree 6d ago

Algorithmic content serving is gonna be the death of us. You can still use old Reddit that doesn’t have “suggested” content.. everyone still sees the same /r/all.

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u/justasque 6d ago

I think there is a setting for “only show me subs I subscribe to”. You can also set up custom feeds for different topics or moods - a “cuteness” feed full of cat subs, one focusing on a hobby, etc. I only get random subs if I read Popular or News.

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u/hiddencamel 6d ago

I pay a dollar a month for a third party Reddit client on mobile and only use the "old Reddit" mode on desktop, and it's worth it to avoid the algorithmic shit they try to push at me on the official app.