It feels like this is very intense here compared to other social media services/protocols.

Why is that?

  • realitaetsverlust@piefed.zip
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    3 days ago

    I think it’s moderation. If you have a differing opinion from the mainstream, you’ll get banned from the current community and any other community that mod is moderating. It’s absolutely insane.

    That quite obviously leads to a chilling effect where people aren’t willing to discuss their political stance, unless of course it’s the one mods have.

    I like piefed and Lemmy, but this is by far the worst place for any political discussion

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      19 hours ago

      on reddit i got banned.

      on lemmy communities I just got told I’m a troll. or to cite my sources. and if I cite them, then I’m a troll.

      It couldn’t possible be there are legit points of view and opinions that are different than the predominant one…

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      2 days ago

      That has not been my experience. There are a number of times I’ve had fundamental differences with the zeitgeist and I’ve been largely down voted before, but never banned. I don’t think I’ve ever even had a comment removed, and some of them have been pretty borderline.

      Maybe it’s due to other issues besides your opinion? Idk. Hope you find communities that fit you.