And here on Lemmy/kbin I'm starting to see the same patterns I saw back on Reddit. The same hivemind opinions are establishing themselves in the same communities, and shooting down opposition in the same way. It's not really surprising, I suppose - people are the same people no matter where they go. Disappointing, but not surprising.
I suppose the main hope I have is that the Fediverse has more fragmented forums than Reddit did, so there are more opportunities for different hiveminds with different opinions to establish themselves. I suppose that'll have to do for "balance" for now.
Arotrios@kbin.social 1 year ago
I agree - the Mastodon platform, while much better than Twitter, still makes it difficult to find good communities, and a lot of the ragebait gets pushed to the top due to engagement. It takes some active curation of your feed to make it worthwhile.
I recommend using Kbin. It reads both Lemmy and Mastodon, and can classify Mastodon toots based on tagged topic. Additionally, if you're in a community / magazine, Kbin also looks for Mastodon Toots based on moderator assigned tags to that community, and posts it in their Microblog section.
Jackthelad@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Using Tusky for Mastodon I never see those “trending posts”, which are almost always political in nature. I got sick of politics being pushed at me all the time on Twitter so I want to get away from it as much as possible on Mastodon.
As a result, my experience of Mastodon is altogether calmer.
Oyster_Lust@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The last place I look for political opinions is social media. The most ignorant, on all sides, rise to the top.