I think it’s kind of the inverse of what you see on platforms like TruthSocial or such. Everyone goes to those to be racist assholes. Similarly, many people go to Lemmy to escape racist/capitalist/etc assholes, and because they’ve been effected by racist/capitalist/etc assholes or their policies, they spend a lot of time discussing them.

You almost need a population of normies (sorry) to act as a ‘buffer’, maybe? Idk, thinking out loud.

Pixelfed is really quite positive despite the similar context, but it’s a little… “cocktail party” vibes sometimes. Not enough weird people for me, but that’s why I try being weird there.