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Does Lemmy feel hostile and/or insular to you?
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Honestly, to me it feels more insular than Reddit. It feels like there's no room for nuance in opinion. So for example, if I argue against something that isn't a hard left economic idea I'll get down voted pretty heavily even though it's a pretty tame comment. It does feel like if you go against the grain here, it's actually worse than that other site.
On Reddit if I posted something against the grain there would usually be one or two people who would chime in and say "yeah. I agree with this guy." .. But on Lemmy there's no room for that.
It may depend on the topic. In my interactions it's generally seemed like nuance is appreciated, with some caveats.
Politics are a thornier subject. Starting from common ground, before moving to the area of disagreement helps. It's important to know your audience and have some idea of how the community feels. I think my typical instance may have severed ties with the more firebrand instances, which probably limits hostility.
It's not terribly different from tackling more sensitive subjects in person.
True. I've noticed this especially when it comes to any feminist content or just vaguely women-centric opinions. In particular, this is probably due to the comparatively and relatively small number of women on Lemmy
Nuance on the Internet? Not allowed, fuck off
/s cause last time I made this comment a mod deleted it