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Is Lemmy worse than Reddit/Twitter? (aussie.zone)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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When I was on reddit I wasn't exposed to so many people with extreme absolutist views who will stop at nothing to maintain the echo chamber.

Very few people here are able to make concessions.

I just feel like every time I get on here I go away angrier. We won't attract new users if we're like this

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

If you ever think you're not in an "echo chamber", it's because you have internalized the ambient point of view as Truth.

It's a rather healthy thing I think for communities to maintain boundaries, and that includes ideological ones. When you enter into a community you must accept the responsibility of understanding that community not only from your current perspective but also on it's own terms. If you cannot reconcile this new point of view with your own then your simply in the wrong place.

Also, as anyone here should be able to tell you, it is not the goal of Lemmy to grow, it's goal is to exist. Growth as a goal is it's own ideology, and in any case Lemmy's ability to exist and grow in so far as it has is proof of the general correctness of it's ideals this far.