I find the quality and variety of discussions on the fediverse to be lower than what I had on reddit. Lemmings have strong preconceived notions and little interest in changing viewpoints from new information. I think I’ll be switching back.
Edit: you’ll find that most of the comments deny any shortcomings of the culture and go directly to invalidating my opinions via character assassination. If lemmy was a community that actually stood for the ideals which it espouses it would take constructive criticism in the spirit in which it was intended. QED.
A few topics that can not be discussed on Lemmy unless you agree with the hive mind:
Israel/Palestine
Crypto
Antidepressants
The Death Penalty
Literally anything related to Elon Musk
Hollywood using diversity to hide low quality writing
Modern cars/city infrastructure
(This is not a complete list.)
This is an allowed topic on [email protected], as long as it is part of a discussion thread related to a specific film or show. Feel free to create a thread if the film or show you want to discuss doesn’t have one yet.
Don’t forget Apple. Even if you don’t own any Apple products, you have to talk shit about Apple products and anyone who uses them or you’ll lose your Lemmy card. Talking positively about Apple or their products is an immediate downvote and owning one of their products is treason.
One of the biggest communities on Lemmy is a pro-Apple community. (Shoutout to [email protected]!)
Don’t forget Brendan Eich/Brave.