Lemmy is no different than any other social media platform that thrives on hate
💯Lemmy is dominated by leftist extremists and insufferable Linux advocates. Then there’s a large section of the mentally unwell. And a whole category of communities filled with automated copies of Reddit posts and zero comments.
Happy healthy well adjusted and successful people are not Lemmy. It’s mostly the lunatic fringe.
The modding of communities into echo chambers is more extreme than on Reddit even. Productive political debate is impossible here.
I’m pretty happy but not that healthy from a chronic illness so maybe you have a point.
Idk I’ve had I would say a majority good interactions on lemmy, I’ve definitely seen people being cringe and rude but that doesn’t seem to be the norm. Maybe it’s just because I qualify what I say a lot to not be misunderstood idk
I mean, you don’t have to be on here. Go make your own instance with blackjack and hookers.
It’s not really surprising that self hosted decentralized open source platforms became popular with the Linux crowd, and it’s not really surprising that the Linux crowd are leftists.
But they were nice enough to let you use their work for free so you can make your own little part of the Internet that has the things you want
Honestly, my experience is that the Linux crowd are some of the most wholesome people on here, but otherwise I mostly agree with you. I was very quickly disillusioned about this platform being any better than all the social media shit I had just left behind. There are still good people and instances here and I hold on to the ones I have found, but the rest of my Lemmy experience has been very disappointing.
There is no perfect social media experience. Politics can and will and have always been a part of people interacting online, but it used to be more balanced where people would also talk about their interests and geek out about things that makes them, you know, happy.
Lemmy has plenty of potential to have that balance, but politics bleeds into everything and when I say politics I mean the most angry, vitriolic and hateful version of it. There are ways to talk about politics where it is fruitful, interesting and enlightening. On Lemmy it is none of those things. It is just angry people projecting their misery onto everyone and everything around them. It doesn’t get dumber than that and I want no part of it, so I block it.
💯Lemmy is dominated by leftist extremists and insufferable Linux advocates. Then there’s a large section of the mentally unwell. And a whole category of communities filled with automated copies of Reddit posts and zero comments.
Happy healthy well adjusted and successful people are not Lemmy. It’s mostly the lunatic fringe.
The modding of communities into echo chambers is more extreme than on Reddit even. Productive political debate is impossible here.
I’m pretty happy but not that healthy from a chronic illness so maybe you have a point.
Idk I’ve had I would say a majority good interactions on lemmy, I’ve definitely seen people being cringe and rude but that doesn’t seem to be the norm. Maybe it’s just because I qualify what I say a lot to not be misunderstood idk
Some examples:
me raising a point counter to the post and generally nice replies
friendly discussion on lemmys user numbers
Me responding slightly rudely to someone discrediting protestors
I’m wondering what you think makes people “unwell” here, specifically. Care you explain?
I mean, you don’t have to be on here. Go make your own instance with blackjack and hookers.
It’s not really surprising that self hosted decentralized open source platforms became popular with the Linux crowd, and it’s not really surprising that the Linux crowd are leftists.
But they were nice enough to let you use their work for free so you can make your own little part of the Internet that has the things you want
Honestly, my experience is that the Linux crowd are some of the most wholesome people on here, but otherwise I mostly agree with you. I was very quickly disillusioned about this platform being any better than all the social media shit I had just left behind. There are still good people and instances here and I hold on to the ones I have found, but the rest of my Lemmy experience has been very disappointing.
What would make it better? What would a perfect social media experience look like?
There is no perfect social media experience. Politics can and will and have always been a part of people interacting online, but it used to be more balanced where people would also talk about their interests and geek out about things that makes them, you know, happy.
Lemmy has plenty of potential to have that balance, but politics bleeds into everything and when I say politics I mean the most angry, vitriolic and hateful version of it. There are ways to talk about politics where it is fruitful, interesting and enlightening. On Lemmy it is none of those things. It is just angry people projecting their misery onto everyone and everything around them. It doesn’t get dumber than that and I want no part of it, so I block it.