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In my limited experience with Lemmy I would say the problem here is worse, but different due to the whole instance and decentralized thing.
I definitely don't think Lemmy has much ground to stand on in terms of looking down on reddit for the echo chamber they created.
Agreed. When I first came here I thought Lemmy would be open to all points of view.
To me the Bitcoin and crypto subs were a really weird place. Like 1 in 10 are long term investors and the rest are like "lol just wasted my grandparents savings I'm done. And just 20."
Best comic.
I'm all in for discarding opinions. As long as who post them can argue in a civil maner, show souces and accept objective data.
Totally agree. As soon as you see name calling you know the person is a clown. And "I think" or "I feel" is not undeniable facts. I will disagree with "objective data" which sounds like not accepting the source. Forget the source. Something is either true or it isn't.
Lol, tell that to the hexbear and .ml servers. My God, they're worse than anything reddit ever did.
I visit .ml and while I do occasionally get cross threaded with them they are, overall, not terrible. Yes some of the people associated with their instance can be over the top but by and large they are just people with a different viewpoint.
I tried to do the same with hexbear but ultimately couldn't, which may be my problem more than theirs.
I'm fairly left on the political spectrum, probably further than most, but hexbear and a lot of .ml are left to the max, as in they're tankies. I can't stand right-wingers much, but tankies are worse by a large margin.
Shit, they attempted to harass and dox me when I offered an opinion that didn't agree with their very rigid worldview. I kept poking at their stubbornness then they banned me. I'm a stubborn SOAB myself.
Now I'm questioning if I should continue to use this platform. I've definitely started using it less since then, knowing that this platform is run by tankies.
agreed
Reddit nurtured /r/jailbait, r/coontown /r/rape and /r/thedonald. Just sayin'
Fatpeoplehate was also a trip to watch play out
Oh yeah, that one was unbelievably toxic. Most fascinating was that many of its posters were self-hating overweight people.
creepshots, incels in general like that whole community, redpill, etc.
Incels were wild to watch playout (theyd get brought up in comments occasionally and id go peek), they had woman in the group originally but then they said femcels werent real, then some dudes tried hookers and even they rejected them becuase of like hygiene issues, like bro not taking a shower isnt involuntary
like bro not taking a shower isnt involuntary
Ouch 😅
I mean specifically before seeing a prostitute, be depressed at home in peace you can miss a day lol
No no, it's fine, I just found it funny how spot on you were
True, but it also reminds us what happens when someone on Lemmy gets downvoted, reported and banned for having their own valud standpoint, which is not accepted by the majority of us.
We should keep in mind that we are prone to making the same mistake.
In many ways Lemmy is so much worse the echo chamber than Reddit ever was.
That happened to some people in a community I used to run then I moved it to !news_summary@hilariouschaos.com where the rules are different. We are decentralised so if people get censored in one place they can move to another. The fediverse is a true embodiment of freedom and the marketplace of ideas.
I'm banned from about 180 subs because a mod here decided he didn't like my version of reality.
Everytime I post and I'm told I'm banned from whatever community I never posted in before I block that sub.
Why would I want any part of a sub that blindly and aggressively censors opinions they don't agree with? That would be stupid, so I leave them to their bubble
Lemmy and any social media platform that bans or censors because the post or comment contradicts the majority is wrong. By majority I mean those using that specific social media platform. In many cases that majority opinion is actually NOT the majority opinion of society as a whole.
In many cases on social media the "majority" opinion is crafted by external entities.
Except for Luigi. They couldn't control that one.
We are, but at the same time having parallel communities helps with that
!world@lemmy.world mods are regularly featured in !yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com , which leads more and more people to alternatives like !world@quokk.au
Lmao it's like the ancient https://www.reddit.com/r/KarmaCourt/ except real, i love it
Enjoy, lot of things happening there
We are, but at the same time having parallel communities helps with that
Does it though? Seems to me that we just end up with two echo chamber communities where there's no cross pollination of ideas and no challenges to our viewpoints. It's good that people still have a place to interact but self segregation along ideological lines isn't healthy for anyone over the long term.
As an example it's why I'm still subscribed to communities over on .ml. They challenge my base reality and expose me to viewpoints that I wouldn't consider on my own.
You can always join (or even create) a different instance that federates in a way more aligned with your values.
As an example it’s why I’m still subscribed to communities over on .ml. They challenge my base reality and expose me to viewpoints that I wouldn’t consider on my own.
So it's working?
I wonder what percentage of your comments are about pushing people off of LW.
LW mods generally don't have more than one major community. It's not a rule, but we have made a bit of an effort to avoid reddit-style supermods.
But yeah, sure, keep pushing an agenda while !world@lemmy.world is featured in YPTB every week:
don’t have more than one major community.
Same mod on