The platform right now is lacking actual discussions.
I keep promoting the non-memes communities every time I can (usually on !newcom@lemmings.world ), after a while it just seems like most of the users do not actually even want to discuss that much, just look at memes (which is also fine)
lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 2 months ago
Unfortunately, the Lemmy community copied opinion downvoting from Reddit.
There are good reasons to downvote, but a different opinion is not one of them. This just leads to echo chambers.
There are 3 options: upvote, downvote and the 3rd one is just not clicking anything.
1984@lemmy.today 2 months ago
Literally all my downvotes are from people with different options. This is a huge echo chamber. I never insult anyone and I’m always polite. I don’t believe vaccinations are safe for everyone since there are side effects, and I think each person should make their own decision about them. I don’t think gender issues are the most important thing in the world.
These are controversial opinions on this platform. :) And I get a lot of downvotes for those opinions when they show up. Not that I care, because I just ignore it. But in the larger picture, it makes people leave the platform.
Why should they stay? I think Lemmy needs to have a good reason to be used. Memes won’t be enough.
GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I downvoted you