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I experience Lemmy as a reflection of many of the problems in the world; there seems to be little effort to understand and respect different viewpoints. Instead of being curious about opinions one disagrees with, the community often feels almost aggressive. People end up in their own trenches. What about trying to be more open and curious about our differences instead?

Apparently we believe in freedom of speech—so long as the speech is something we agree with....

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[–] rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

it's giving a chatbot, your pfp is genai slop, and by now i think you've been reliably informed that fedi in general is generally anti-ai. there is a couple of very good reasons why things are this way. if you don't like this, you are free to fuck off to linkedin, lobsters, hn or some other corporate hellhole

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[–] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

This is the thing I like least about Lemmy. So many people have no friends or life experience, hate everyone, and want to constantly argue or insult others that it's difficult to avoid them. I block as many as I can, but it takes a lot of the fun out of meeting people and having discussions.

[–] anotherpos@feddit.online 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I posted something on !libertarianism@lemmy.world and got downvoted by many whilst I always upvote my opposition so the discussion doesn't get buried. Lmao.

[–] bluGill@fedia.io 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

There is no algorithyn. There needs to be but the cultrure is opposed and has made downvote not a useful signal. Downvote here means 'I disagree with this insightful comment'. Most other places downvote means 'this is trash just one step above so bad the mods should delete it'

some of the mods (.ml) are famious for their delete anything they desagree with.

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[–] OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I grew up in the 2000s and the internet has always been like this, just more censored now. Seems to me it's just how most people are. Life moves fast and its quicker to read the headline, if you know what i mean

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