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
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