[mrbodoia]

Thank you!

This is a good suggestion, and something that other commenters have mentioned as well. I was purposefully vague about the category names because I didn't want them to be too strict. The original implementation had "liberal", "conservative", and "independent", but I realized that a) those terms are specifically American, and b) there are a lot of people who are left-wing but not liberal, or right-wing but not conservative. So I tried to back off and make the categories broader, but as you point out that leads to some confusion.

My thinking was that, at least in the US, a large portion of those who are vocal about politics would be content (perhaps even proud) to label themselves as either left-leaning or right-leaning. I figured that third category would be for those who couldn't immediately choose between those two options. So "Neither" can mean "neither left nor right", "between left and right", or "I don't know". I should definitely make this clearer on the signup page though, and I will likely incorporate some quick political orientation questions or something along those lines.

[humanrebar]

Since internationalization is a priority, it's worth noting that 'left' and 'right' don't mean the same thing in Europe and America.

The right in Europe, historically, had a lot to do with conserving a national identity, often including a monarchy of some sort. The American right was more interested in conserving a (classically) liberal Constitution and Bill of Rights.

The rise of Trump has changed American politics some, mostly by providing a focal point for big government nationalism that is fairly new to America.

To put it another way, there are very distinct camps, and very distinct echo chambers, even within the Republican party. Some of the most fervent #nevertrump people are conservatives concerned about abuse of government power.