The more I use lemmy, the more it begins to just feel like all the same problems reddit had. It has the same problems with major communities having far left moderation standards that only apply to the right, the same hive mind users that just spam the same tired out leftist talking points over and over while refusing anything close to an actual discussion.
The only upsides are that downvotes aren’t used to punish you site wide, and the handful of non-leftist instances that exist, though they always end up defederated by all the major instances, effectively making them poor spaces for general discussion.
So what are your thoughts? Is this just the “more like under new management” from megamind? Is there hope for it to become a decent platform for everyone, not just the left?
Edit: yeah, it’s just as bad. Fuck the retarded admins and fuck the left
Lemmy is definitely left leaning like most other “communities” on the internet but its nowhere near as bad as reddit and hopefully will not turn into that. You would probably enjoy gab if you are looking for somewhere that is friendly to conservatives, religion and free speech.
The reason I raised the concern is because even though we aren’t there yet, a significant portion of the user base seems to be trying to bring the platform in the same exact direction as reddit. Personally, I want it to become a platform where everyone can, and most importantly, does, participate. If I was just looking for the right wing equivalent of what people do here I wouldn’t be posting here at all.
