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.
Since I left Reddit, ive seen tons of diverse opinions. I’ve seen debate. I can’t understand why this wouldn’t be the case unless you’re looking to see thoughts right of center, in which case, I’m perfectly happy to never see that type of thought. It’s pervasive everywhere else.
There’s plenty of diversity here. Loads and loads. I see it in every single thread.
But it’s different than the diversity on other platforms. The diversity on other platforms is like “should we feed the homeless or should we bomb another country?”. And the diversity here is more like. “Obviously we need to feed the homeless, that’s not a question, but we differ on how we accomplish that goal”.
If you’re looking for that other sort of diversity, you need to find a site with more sociopaths.
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.
I see plenty of diversity without adversity. But there are also just some opinions that are indefensible and the majority agrees that the people with those indefensible opinions shouldn’t be allowed at the table.
Yeah it absolutely would benefit from a wider range of opinions. That’s why a large portion of my comments are “against the grain”, I don’t see the value of reinforcing prevailing opinions in an echo chamber. I hope that as Lemmy grows we will see more diverse opinions, but what I think is more likely is that the hard-core leftist part of Lemmy will sort of secede and defederate so they can preserve their echo chamber while the rest of lemmy gets taken over by “normies”
You are not a normie, you are the problem.
I believe that AI including chatgpt and genAI are a good thing and they bring us one step closer to where humanity should be going.
I also think that feminism was instigated by the CIA, that Israel is losing the Iran war on purpose, and what else can i tell you? Lots of diverging opinions.
I just rarely bother to formulate them because all it will cause is lots of people categorically saying “no you’re wrong” and i don’t really get anything from that.
You don’t have opinions, you have a conservative fear of the truth.
No. I see idiots arguing about the tiniest possible things on here. Actually no clue what you are on about.
