Hello, Im kind of new here and trying to get used to Lemmy and I was wondering about if this is true since I am considering donating on this site to support alternative projects but wanted to hear other users before doing so. That being said, what have been your experiences?

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[+] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (8 children)
  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago

    10 hours ago over in lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world you saw a picture that you rather liked but that was getting a lot of downvotes and you didn't know why. You were told by @breadleyloafsyou@lemmy.zip that "lemmy doesn’t like AI"

    Also 10 hours ago over in nostupidquestions@lemmy.world you said "I know its an unpopular opinion, but I don't agree with punching Nazis. It makes them look like a victim, and violence never works." You got a bunch of downvotes for that yourself.

    Just a couple of examples of situations where an opinion that was against the consensus view of the community got "punished."

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    Lemmy.world, so the largest general 'bubble' so to speak. You're on the generalist, relatively moderate instance.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago* (5 children)

    I feel like when people describe anything as moderate on the fediverse, they're really taking about the middle ground between centrism and true communism. And somehow that's still icky for some people's tastes. Lol

    I would never in a million years describe myself as moderate and I find myself agreeing with the great majority of opinions I come across. That's how the general vibe of the entire instance feels, and it's still not leftist enough for some folks, somehow.

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  • [–] -2 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

    the point of being a extremist is nothing is good enough for you. it's a quest for ever more extreme views to feel superior/purer than the unwashed non-ideological masses.

    the 'drug' of extremism is that it makes feel people feel 'special'. ONLY they know the TRUTH.

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