That and this place being crazy crazy overwhelmingly progressive (not shade) is going to push people away. Seeing 4 or 5 of the same tankie posts in a row with little other content but politics is going to ensure nobody is able to find more sharable content.
And yes, I know you can switch. Nobody outside of the most hardcore are going to deal with multiple instances, moving identity, etc.
If the situation doesn’t get better regarding how that works, either through community or tech, I’ll move back to Reddit eventually as will most of the folks who jumped on after the failed protest.
this place being crazy crazy overwhelmingly progressive (not shade) is going to push people away.
This is a serious concern. As a moderate, I usually get fed-up with how lop-sided it is here pretty quickly.
When I first joined Lemmy, I was optimistic that there would be a good exchange of ideas and open discussions from differing viewpoints. Unfortunately, that only lasted until I found the Agora. At which point I realized I had just joined Survivor Lemmy, and was always wondering which instance was going to get voted off the island this week. I pretty much dropped my sh.itjust.works account after that.
It is amazing how toxic the environment can be towards people with differing political views. I can’t remember the last time I was here and didn’t see someone calling conservatives fascists or saying they should die. Also, it is pretty rare day when I see someone use the word communist here instead of the pejorative “tankie”. Definitely not the kind of environment to foster inclusion.
If there wasn’t such an emphasis on civility, anti-racism, anti-bigotry, and non-toxicity here then I wouldn’t expect anything and probably wouldn’t even notice, but with that emphasis it seems to stand out even more.
Nailed it.
That and this place being crazy crazy overwhelmingly progressive (not shade) is going to push people away. Seeing 4 or 5 of the same tankie posts in a row with little other content but politics is going to ensure nobody is able to find more sharable content.
Communists and socialists are not progressive. Progressivism is a liberal ideology.
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And yes, I know you can switch. Nobody outside of the most hardcore are going to deal with multiple instances, moving identity, etc.
If the situation doesn’t get better regarding how that works, either through community or tech, I’ll move back to Reddit eventually as will most of the folks who jumped on after the failed protest.
This is a serious concern. As a moderate, I usually get fed-up with how lop-sided it is here pretty quickly.
When I first joined Lemmy, I was optimistic that there would be a good exchange of ideas and open discussions from differing viewpoints. Unfortunately, that only lasted until I found the Agora. At which point I realized I had just joined Survivor Lemmy, and was always wondering which instance was going to get voted off the island this week. I pretty much dropped my sh.itjust.works account after that.
It is amazing how toxic the environment can be towards people with differing political views. I can’t remember the last time I was here and didn’t see someone calling conservatives fascists or saying they should die. Also, it is pretty rare day when I see someone use the word communist here instead of the pejorative “tankie”. Definitely not the kind of environment to foster inclusion.
If there wasn’t such an emphasis on civility, anti-racism, anti-bigotry, and non-toxicity here then I wouldn’t expect anything and probably wouldn’t even notice, but with that emphasis it seems to stand out even more.