They do seem to be confidently incorrect often.
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Simon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Probably the userbase so far. Love the platform. The political stuff on here especially looks like it comes from people who’ve never been laid or been able to hold a serious conversation in public.
QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Are they though? Lemmy is the only social media site they complains about big issues AND does something about it (we are self hosted).
People on lemmy actually put their money where their mouth is, imo that’s better than Reddit that complain and still use the platform and help it grow.
QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’ve had people argue about a specific field I’ve been in for 20+ years and be dead wrong. So yes, often, as I said.
Zarxrax@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s the Internet as a whole.
infinitepcg@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The political ideas you can find on Reddit are much more diverse. There is usually at least a bit of pushback against some of the most deranged ideas.
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
What are some of these deranged statements?
Back in the day before the Reddit purge, you would find the most outlandishly wrong opinions in fringe sub Reddits.
SonicDeathTaco@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Eh, really depends where you hang out. Problem is EVERYONE hangs out at like the same 4 or 5 places anymore. You gotta get real niche to dodge the bullshit.
ptz@dubvee.org 2 months ago
You’re not wrong xD
1984@lemmy.today 2 months ago
Politics is always the worst communities because people are there to be little keyboard warriors and fight for their cause.
laxe@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I subscribe to very few communities and only browse my home feed. It’s been great so far.
Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 2 months ago
This and also that Lemmy has a major left-wing bias. I’d gladly take more right wingers here to even it out a little. Not that social media represents real life anyway, but being on a left-left wing platform does distort one’s reality a little. There’s a lot of views that are mainstream here but which I almost never encounter in real life.
ahornsirup@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Lemmy doesn’t have a left-wing bias as much as it has a far-left and authoritarian bias. Though this heavily depends on instance. Continental European instances tend to be far more moderate than Anglo-dominated instances, probably because at least parts of continental Europe have actual experience with real socialism.
Simon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
What if I told you the words right wing and left wing had only a marginal relevance in reality. Mind blowing I know.
Akisamb@programming.dev 2 months ago
people who’ve never been laid
That was unnecessary. I know that people with poor social skills have more trouble with romance, but implying that all virgins are socially inept is a harmful stereotype, luck is a big factor in finding relationships.
OneOfTheMicahs@rblind.com 2 months ago
Not to mention that there are entire groups of people who abstain from sex for one reason or another, and that has nothing to do with political ideology or intensity of belief.
ExcursionInversion@lemmy.world 2 months ago
100%
Had to use filters to block most of it out
yoyolll@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I think there’s a lot of self selection going on. Most people who migrated here did it based on principles (or a persecution complex), so of course they will have lots of political opinions, often extreme. Frankly, it’s getting a little tiring seeing it everywhere. Even on gaming subs it seems like every other post results in a discussion about the evils of capitalism.
misk@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
I think it depends on community, I avoid all .ml ones for that reason. Don’t get me wrong, I could go on about evils of capitalism for hours if prompted but the real issue is that most of the user base is 13 years old either in their actual age or mentally so you’re seeing same performative cynicism over and over again. I’m also getting a feeling that over last couple of months it got much worse.
GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 2 months ago
I’ve been really pleased with the feddit.uk community so far. It probably helps that a lot of us are geographically similar.
misk@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
It’s the common spaces / topic-based communities that are mostly affected by this.
Graphy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yeah I’m always glad that certain communities are thriving on here but they tend to bleed over into every single thread.
I find it most annoying when someone’s just casually venting and someone else comes in swinging. I get that it’s especially hard on the internet to tell if someone’s venting or looking for solutions.
Like at this point I think it’s safe to say everyone on Lemmy has seen the same pro Linux, fuck cars, and fuck capitalism posts a million times. I think we do without one post dogpiling on some poor dude if they’re like “man traffic sucked the big one today!”
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
So I don’t agree with fuck cars much. I do see their point and it’s valid but it doesn’t represent my views.
Am I gonna go on their sub and just argue? No. So you won’t notice me since I won’t be vocal about my opposing viewpoints.
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I agree, the issue isn’t that people here have the wrong political ideas, it’s that most post get pretty political.
Imo it’s best to keep those stuff on the political communities so people who are not in the mood at the moment can get a break.