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Sure, there are always outliers and you can correct me if I'm wrong, but that's just the overall impression I have.

(I wasn't sure if !asklemmy@lemmy.world or this community would fit better for this kind of question, but I assume it fits here.)

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[–] MyDogLovesMe@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

Mixed opinion these days often reads more like outright polarization vs balanced discussions.

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 4 points 6 days ago

It is a weakness.

[–] limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Maybe lemmy will grow over time to include more types of people.

Social unrest may evolve this network faster than expected, in particular ways that are not foreseen. So, in my mind there are two paths for lemmy. A stable growth or chaotic .

Edit : unrest in any country that has a lot of lemmy users if alternative social networks clamp down or are unsafe to use

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[–] Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win 7 points 6 days ago (2 children)

It's definitely a weakness. There is an entire spectrum of personal beliefs, but wherever you are, if yours don't align with the mods you get censored. Reality is every new users first week is finding out where they 'belong' and this both discourages new users, and creates detrimental echo chambers.

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[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Huge strength.

The alternative is Reddit or 4Chan if you want centrist or right wing takes. I know which of the 3 platforms I want.

Seeing this place run by individuals with a commitment to creating a better social environment is also a huge plus. You wouldn’t get that under a non-leftist platform.

[–] nasi_goreng@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

"Left" or "Right" grouping is Western centric tho.

From my perspective as Indonesian, it's weird that Westerner lump politics into separate group instead working together for a solution that caters to everyone.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

So you would say PDIP and Gerindra both represent the same thing?

And I know for a fact you’se spent most of the mid 20th century killing “communists” in your borders. So there certainly was a left in Indonesia.

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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 6 points 6 days ago

There is a bunch of angry brigading here for any of a multitude of reasons, and that shear wall of vitriol thrown at people doesn't help lemmy grow.

[–] Hello_there@fedia.io 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Sit at a table with Nazis and you just make more nazis

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[–] solrize@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

On Lemmy.world it's a weakness. Your instance may vary

[–] Docus@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

For me, it’s neither strength nor weakness. I’m a boring old fart, I’m not here for politics.

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[–] WatDabney@fedia.io 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I guess it could be counted as a weakness as far as attracting new users go, but I think it's a strength overall.

It would be sort of nice if there was a stronger right-wing presence here, but at this point in our history, the right is overtly toxic. They've completely lost touch with honesty, empathy, integrity and simple human decency. Their entire identity at this point is built on hatred, bigotry and callous disregard for anyone other than themselves. They poison everything they touch, so the fact that they can't gain a foothold here is very much to our benefit.

If we survive this era of Trump/Putin/Netanyahu/Polievre/Le Pen/Modi/Meloni/Hanson/etc., then hopefully the right will reconnect with reality, integrity and simple decency enough that they can take part in a community without turning it into a cesspool of hatred and lies, but unless and until that happens, this place is absolutely better off without them.

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