Just to clarify, I don’t think it’s a problem that hatred is minimal here, and I don’t just mean politics.
I feel like I very rarely see alternative opinions about anything, whether it be software, ai, news about companies, etc. it just seems like everyone universally agrees about anything with only a tiny handful of exceptions.
It makes me hesitant to believe I’m on the “correct side” and I never see any arguments from opposition. This makes me worried that I’m in some sort of echo chamber. In real life, I do see much more diverse opinions and, if I only used the fediverse for social media, would likely be weaker in defending my own since their arguments would be “new” to me.
I understand the reasons for which the fediverse has pretty collective opinion, but it does still worry me. I want to be able to see all the other people with their own thoughts (given it’s respectful) on the Internet, which should be the most capable tool to do so.
With the caveat that I’ve blocked all news and politics communities… not saying you’re wrong, but can you give a practical example of the kind of opinion you’d like to see voiced here?
To me the Lemmy userbase seems rightfully distrustful of corporate curated talking points and it’s easy enough to see those by going to any social media platform. I don’t know who you’re talking to in real life, but after meeting hundreds of AI tech bros (and many others too polite to vocally disagree with them) that seems like a breath of fresh air.
I could do without the endless barrage of guillotine references though. Anyone who thinks of the French Revolution as the ideal model for societal reform would be wise to take a moment to read up on it.