Lemmy would be so much cooler with the politics turned down a few notches. Kinda reminds me of when r/atheism was dethroned as a main sub on Reddit because they were too agro for new users.
Yes but you see the same nearly everywhere. Like political videos are typically the mose upvoted in [email protected] nearly anywhere I am there’s a few trends on Lemmy. Very pro LGBTQ, furry friendly, very pro China and very pro socialism.
Of course not every single last location or post but it’s very noticeable across the platform. Not all of that is bad but the nationalism and politics is like religion2.0 aka it’s unquestionable and anything not extremely in agreement is heresy (no matter which group it is). This place would be so much more enjoyable with the extreme nationalism and religiously dogmatic political affiliations turned down a few notches.
I know it’s concentrated on particular servers but by the nature of federation it really doesn’t stay there.
Damn, I think you nailed the feeling. The degree of performative “stretch absolutely anything into being a metaphor for our pet topic, even if it’s wildly unneeded” feels exactly like the heyday of the rationalist/atheist movement on reddit. Ron Paul for prez, anyone?
Lemmy would be so much cooler with the politics turned down a few notches. Kinda reminds me of when r/atheism was dethroned as a main sub on Reddit because they were too agro for new users.
This is a comm specifically for politics, man.
Yes but you see the same nearly everywhere. Like political videos are typically the mose upvoted in [email protected] nearly anywhere I am there’s a few trends on Lemmy. Very pro LGBTQ, furry friendly, very pro China and very pro socialism.
Of course not every single last location or post but it’s very noticeable across the platform. Not all of that is bad but the nationalism and politics is like religion2.0 aka it’s unquestionable and anything not extremely in agreement is heresy (no matter which group it is). This place would be so much more enjoyable with the extreme nationalism and religiously dogmatic political affiliations turned down a few notches.
I know it’s concentrated on particular servers but by the nature of federation it really doesn’t stay there.
Good news it already is.
I mean do you seriously think this Community is the mainstream?
We also have open source comments, if that’s more your thing.
Damn, I think you nailed the feeling. The degree of performative “stretch absolutely anything into being a metaphor for our pet topic, even if it’s wildly unneeded” feels exactly like the heyday of the rationalist/atheist movement on reddit. Ron Paul for prez, anyone?