Do you think the mostly limited range of political views is a strength or a weakness of Lemmy? (For example, in terms of attracting new users.) (feddit.nl)

submitted 6 days ago by crimeschneck@feddit.nl to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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Sure, there are always outliers and you can correct me if I'm wrong, but that's just the overall impression I have.

(I wasn't sure if !asklemmy@lemmy.world or this community would fit better for this kind of question, but I assume it fits here.)

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[-] Docus@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

For me, it’s neither strength nor weakness. I’m a boring old fart, I’m not here for politics.

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[-] Takapapatapaka@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

For people saying it's a weakness because it causes or is caused by censorship from the mods, are you directly experiencing it? If yes, on which instance?

I got involved in a few heated discussions with members, but I was never bothered by any moderator/admin. I'm not sure if this is due to my views (anarchism / libertarian communism) but I don't think so since they are not the ones of the main instances I roam (.world which seems quite soc-dem to me and all the tankies one).

To me all of this seems like an overall positive thing : the lack of hardcore far right dudes is a big plus, and I don't think the political views can really influence the quality and quantity of content you can propose otherwise (which is to my eyes why there is not that much people here). Like I don't think rightwing people will flee from Lemmy because of the political thing, but like i think most people do: mostly because there is not that many people and therefore that many content to begin with. But there again, I never directly experienced or witnessed political censorship or exclusion, and it seems a common experience so i might not have the best point of view.

[-] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 5 points 6 days ago

I was banned on slrpnk because I said that Trump coming to power would be a dangerous thing for the world, people in Gaza included, and asked some questions about the point of view that was being expressed.

https://slrpnk.net/post/14823401

https://ponder.cat/modlog/2765?page=1&actionType=All&userId=201449

To me, the issue isn't that we need to make a safe space for MAGA. Those people tend to be so obnoxious that there doesn't even need to be a special rule for them to keep them out. The issue is that a lot of moderators seem to be nominating themselves the bosses of which are the permitted ideologies for people to talk about. Slrpnk does this, lemmy.ml does this. A lot of the niche "leftist" communities do it to anyone who's a mainstream liberal.

Some of the big lemmy.world communities also do their own brand of bad moderation, but it's usually not ideological, it's just stupid.

[-] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 6 days ago

Oh. The mods on that "anarchist" comm are bad faith actors and I doubt that they are actually anarchists - more likely authoritarian wreckers. The only things that they liked before the election was spreading tankie, anti-Biden, and anti-electoralist/accelerationist propaganda. For example, they would post anti-Biden op-eds then ban anyone who disagreed or pointed out that accelerationism has literally never had a positive outcome in recorded human history for "electioneering".

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[-] MyDogLovesMe@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Mixed opinion these days often reads more like outright polarization vs balanced discussions.

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