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Anybody else finding it hard to want to stay on Lemmy? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by locococoa9613@lemmy.world to c/reformed@lemm.ee

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I apologize if this is not appropriate for this community. But, I find the main reason I feel this way is because of my Christian faith. I've gone on Reddit twice this month to check for specific discussions or questions I had. I only ever used Reddit on a third party app, so I was upset but what was happening.

But surprisingly, I feel even more alienated and hated on here than I did on Reddit. Pro Life communities seem to be banned. I think there were one or two at some point, but I can't find any now. This community has very low engagement and content, which I understand.

I'm kinda in the middle politically, trying to let my faith guide my politics, but there doesn't seem to be a place for that here. The people here seem to be further left than Reddit and more intolerant of Christianity.

I think it makes sense. Of course the most "activist-minded" people would leave Reddit. Perhaps the most outspoken people. I left Reddit because dislike browsing it outside of RIF.

I feel myself more and more drawn to Reddit lately. There's obviously still a vast majority of people on there that my beliefs are still hated. But, there are enough people to carve out little communities of like-minded people.

Anyway, sorry for the long post. Apologies if it doesn't fit.

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[-] locococoa9613@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Thank you for your more reasonable response. Per my other comment, I wasn't trying to force any beliefs. You say being pro-life necessitates that. I'm not sure how. Perhaps by voting? Though I tend to vote kinda 50/50 either U.S. parties. Again, just trying to follow my faith.

I'm not sure that I have the resources or know-how to run my own instance. You're correct though, I could create my own community. I personally don't think they would be very fruitful at the moment though, as per my post and your point about it not getting much traffic. I understand that. I understand I'm in a tiny tiny minority here on Lemmy. I don't really want to go back to Reddit, and I don't really use Facebook. Which is why I was hoping for a bit more discussion on Lemmy.

I understand why I'm hated here. It's just that, as evidenced by this post, I can't discuss this in obscurity with like-minded people. Perhaps that's just gonna happen because of the small size of Lemmy. Perhaps I shouldn't be here. I'm sorry for upsetting people. I figured this would be like Reddit, where I could at least have discussions with a few small communities.

I'm just shocked at the reaction from my post. I'm sorry for hurting anybody. I ask you all to recognize that I'm a human, just like you. I'm just trying to find my place in this world. I'm not trying to hurt anybody. At the same time, I recognize our worldviews are entirely different and can be easily misunderstood. If I'm not welcome here, I understand.

this post was submitted on 21 Jul 2023

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