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I know the real answer is reddit but I really don't want to go back now that I've already grown used to life without it. I was hoping for Lemmy to be a viable substitute but it isn't. I can see how this place is wonderful for the certain type of person but that person is not me. My experience during the past 6+ months has been a net negative and I'm pretty much ready to move on. I just don't know where else to go.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago (4 children)

I don't think there is one, unfortunately. I agree that lack of ideological diversity is a problem with the Fediverse in general, but it's a problem that likely won't go away unless the Fediverse becomes mainstream.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What kind of ideology would you like to see more? I mean I've stumbled onto the whole left-right spectrum here? Few/no fascists, ultra conservatives I guess?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Not really interested in discussing things with fascists, but I've rarely seen anyone here who's to the right of, like, a milquetoast social democrat.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There's a few of us further right than that, but when I was forced to cut back on reddit I realized that political discussion online was deleterious to my mental health. I resolved to not seek out or sub any political discussion communities on the new platform. A spontaneous discussion, sure, sometimes, but I can't do it every day.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

And if that eventually happens, other problems will follow.

I kinda like it the way it is. I also use Reddit, so that kinda balances things out I guess.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It’s a problem with humanity.

We naturally silo ourselves into separate groups.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

That is true, but I did find a lot of people on Twitter and Reddit who I could have productive and interesting disagreements with, even though I naturally mostly followed and subscribed to people and things I did agree with.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 6 months ago

Nah, anything else (even free speech instances) will always get defederated from the "popular" ones.

We're stuck like this forever.