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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I don't disagree that the voting system (specially karma) plays a role, but I think that Reddit embraces oversimplifications a bit too much, and that's part of the problem - because then you get both sides discussing if 2+2 is 3 or 5, and if you say "it's 4" nobody will bat an eye (except to screech at you).

In special, three types of false dichotomy:

  • no gradation: 50 is either 0 or 100.
  • no third category: since apples and bananas are different from each other, then grapes must be either a type of apple or a type of banana.
  • no superset or subset: if all bananas are fruits, then all fruits are bananas.

You do see those things in Lemmy too, but nowhere as much as in Reddit; and it has consequences everywhere, including political discussion. Or in 4chan - as much as their userbases hate each other, they fall for the same logical traps.