Lemmy is a bigger echo chamber than reddit (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by willis936@lemmy.world to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world

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I find the quality and variety of discussions on the fediverse to be lower than what I had on reddit. Lemmings have strong preconceived notions and little interest in changing viewpoints from new information. I think I'll be switching back.

Edit: you'll find that most of the comments deny any shortcomings of the culture and go directly to invalidating my opinions via character assassination. If lemmy was a community that actually stood for the ideals which it espouses it would take constructive criticism in the spirit in which it was intended. QED.

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[-] qooqie@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

So lemmy is somewhat an echo chamber sure, but I feel if you word it nicely and approach with an open mind you can have really good conversations if you don’t agree with a topic and want to understand more. Whereas on Reddit I find it extremely difficult to have actual conversations

Also sorry for the huge run on sentence

[-] Aux@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

You can't approach Nazi and tankie incels with an open mind.

[-] qooqie@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Fair, but who even would want to?

[-] ElcaineVolta@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago

bye!

[-] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

A few topics that can not be discussed on Lemmy unless you agree with the hive mind:

Israel/Palestine

Crypto

Antidepressants

The Death Penalty

Literally anything related to Elon Musk

Hollywood using diversity to hide low quality writing

Modern cars/city infrastructure

(This is not a complete list.)

[-] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Don’t forget Apple. Even if you don’t own any Apple products, you have to talk shit about Apple products and anyone who uses them or you’ll lose your Lemmy card. Talking positively about Apple or their products is an immediate downvote and owning one of their products is treason.

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[-] Dhrystone@infosec.pub 3 points 10 months ago

Don’t forget Brendan Eich/Brave.

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[-] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

The niche topics are expanding on the fediverse but it’s not quite there yet.

The general topics on Reddit are full of uninteresting posts and comments. Quality community members have definitely left.

I can’t tell if you think it’s an echo chamber because there are too many like-minded people here, or if your opinions generally fall apart under scrutiny. You may want to evaluate this.

[-] PanoptiDon@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Agreed, but(t) fuck Spez.

[-] lntl@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

Yes. In addition, there's a lot of hostility towards different viewpoints. Little acceptance that different takes are valid.

I'm not switching back, but I might not stay here either.

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[-] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah Lemmy is extremely self-righteous. Though I think they were worse in the early days.

[-] Yerbouti@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

You might want to try Hexbear or The_donald if your goal is to discuss "strong president".

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