It is objectively a lot more male than Reddit or other social media. Reddit has many issues, but lack of women is not one of them.

  • SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago
    1. Lemmy is by and large populated with ex-Redditors, who bring with them some of the same hivemind on certain topics. Eg: Lemmy is very anti-AI or nuanced discussions thereon. Nuclear is bad, etc. Makes bad faith discussions on certain topics almost certain.
    2. As everywhere else - there’s too much “you’re either on my team or your against me” - though notably less than in other spaces
    3. Upvote / downvote counts: these should be yeeted into the garbage pile of history.

    Things Lemmy does well

    1. Less performative engagement.
    2. Less American
    3. Despite it all, a measure of civility still exists.
    4. You can create your own instance and be ungovernable :)
    5. No algorithmic engagement bullshit (so far)

    I personally find Lemmy a great deal more pleasant to interact on, with strong pre 2010 forum vibes and I feel that’s a good thing. YMMV