It always amazes me how much people on the internet think the world revolves around them. "A niche server of a niche social media network? It's obviously them directly trying to thwart me!"
Not even ordinary extremism it's authoritarian extremism! Aka when you can't wait for a dictator to come so you don't have to tolerate other opinions (not unlike conservatives!)
Some of the users are real who've just drank the kool aid. There could very well be different governmental alphabet agencies feeding them propaganda to share
Its the same with all alt community's left or right everything they don't like is some kind of cia psyop against them clearly they know everything and when people see the clear evidence they will see the light