Bro people have been following me around and down voting everything
You sure? Because your entire comment history is about going against the grain and endlessly complaining about “you people”. Tbh, you don’t sound exactly friendly.
You really think I give a shit about “taking Ls?”
Clearly not with the endless quarreling lol Could it be a personality disorder? Not being mean, it’s a genuine question, having been diagnosed myself and having had worked through things
Doesn’t change how bad of an echo chamber this website is
The absence of a large conservative user base does not necessarily make it an echo chamber. If anything, the conservatives around here act just like you picking fights with everyone, but also post tons of misinformation in typical conservative fashion. Literally the only ones. You’re essentially asking us diners why they’re such cucks for not taking a plop of shit to our dinner plate and blaming us for poor diets. Like, c’mon, dude. Do you understand what you’re asking for? How can you be so apologetic to venomous conservative antics?
And before you accuse me of being another monkey in a chamber, consider that I spent 15+ years arguing with dissenting, hard-headed voices online in all types of diverse forums, including conservative and conspiracy groups. And after all that, I’m done with that mind-numbing shit having to explain basic aspects of life to people who flunked out of school. If Lemmy is an occasional echo chamber but at least rubs their braincells together and still believes in integrity, then so be it. I’m happy I don’t need to interact with stupid often. Lemmy is sophisticated and self-aware enough of its own perils for the simple fact that it’s largely educated. You’re not the first to notice or raise your points, nor will you be the last. But at least walk two moons in our shoes before you descend with derision and judgement as to why we’re here in the first place. We’ve been there, we’ve done it, and nothing good came out of it. Stop pretending you know the answers to problems we don’t have.
but most users here absolutely do not have an ounce of outside perspective
I wouldn’t be so sure of this, at least not with the current user base. Most Lemmings are painfully aware, just like they’re painfully aware of propaganda, bias, misinformation and all that matters. Those are all actively discussed all the time in many forms. For example, were you here for the Media Bias Fact Check bot debacle? It was centered around the role of fact checking unintentionally perpetuating biases. You can’t ask for a better hallmark of a considerate, educated and actively concerned user base.
Like I said before, there have been many other commenters before pointing out how Lemmy sometimes feels like an echo chamber because it can be of your only concern is excluding the right. But is it really an echo chamber if you look at the other side of the political spectrum? We have anywhere from moderates to anarchists to goddamn tankies here, and part of that came about because the right hasn’t had the chance to dominate and polarize this site into only two bands. Isn’t that a win on its own?
Majorllama@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You sure? Because your entire comment history is about going against the grain and endlessly complaining about “you people”. Tbh, you don’t sound exactly friendly.
Clearly not with the endless quarreling lol Could it be a personality disorder? Not being mean, it’s a genuine question, having been diagnosed myself and having had worked through things
The absence of a large conservative user base does not necessarily make it an echo chamber. If anything, the conservatives around here act just like you picking fights with everyone, but also post tons of misinformation in typical conservative fashion. Literally the only ones. You’re essentially asking us diners why they’re such cucks for not taking a plop of shit to our dinner plate and blaming us for poor diets. Like, c’mon, dude. Do you understand what you’re asking for? How can you be so apologetic to venomous conservative antics?
And before you accuse me of being another monkey in a chamber, consider that I spent 15+ years arguing with dissenting, hard-headed voices online in all types of diverse forums, including conservative and conspiracy groups. And after all that, I’m done with that mind-numbing shit having to explain basic aspects of life to people who flunked out of school. If Lemmy is an occasional echo chamber but at least rubs their braincells together and still believes in integrity, then so be it. I’m happy I don’t need to interact with stupid often. Lemmy is sophisticated and self-aware enough of its own perils for the simple fact that it’s largely educated. You’re not the first to notice or raise your points, nor will you be the last. But at least walk two moons in our shoes before you descend with derision and judgement as to why we’re here in the first place. We’ve been there, we’ve done it, and nothing good came out of it. Stop pretending you know the answers to problems we don’t have.
Majorllama@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I wouldn’t be so sure of this, at least not with the current user base. Most Lemmings are painfully aware, just like they’re painfully aware of propaganda, bias, misinformation and all that matters. Those are all actively discussed all the time in many forms. For example, were you here for the Media Bias Fact Check bot debacle? It was centered around the role of fact checking unintentionally perpetuating biases. You can’t ask for a better hallmark of a considerate, educated and actively concerned user base.
Like I said before, there have been many other commenters before pointing out how Lemmy sometimes feels like an echo chamber because it can be of your only concern is excluding the right. But is it really an echo chamber if you look at the other side of the political spectrum? We have anywhere from moderates to anarchists to goddamn tankies here, and part of that came about because the right hasn’t had the chance to dominate and polarize this site into only two bands. Isn’t that a win on its own?