Lemmy is by and large populated with ex-Redditors, who bring with them some of the same hivemind on certain topics. Eg: Lemmy is very anti-AI or nuanced discussions thereon. Nuclear is bad, etc. Makes bad faith discussions on certain topics almost certain.

As everywhere else - there’s too much “you’re either on my team or your against me” - though notably less than in other spaces

Upvote / downvote counts: these should be yeeted into the garbage pile of history.

Things Lemmy does well

Less performative engagement.

Less American

Despite it all, a measure of civility still exists.

You can create your own instance and be ungovernable :)

No algorithmic engagement bullshit (so far)

I personally find Lemmy a great deal more pleasant to interact on, with strong pre 2010 forum vibes and I feel that’s a good thing. YMMV

Upvote / downvote counts: these should be yeeted into the garbage pile of history.

Still not exactly sure what “yeeted” means, but I like how upvotes & downvotes tend to bring quality content to the fore, and I even like them as a permanent record. They’re not very useful of course, but having the motivation to permanently increasing my totals is useful for sharing good content and communicating in good faith. At least for me.