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Unpopular Opinion

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Lemmy is not immune to trolls, bad fait actors or propaganda - in fact, despite how bad reddit is, a lot of Lemmy instances are worse (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by random9@lemmy.world to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
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I'm done, I've been banned for expressing a different opinion (without insulting or personally attacking anyone), I've been accused of evading a ban with multiple accounts (this is my only account I've ever had on any lemmy instance), I've had people selectively ignore my comments and accuse me of things which I never said, and I've had people ignore valid criticisms and keep attacking me.

Reddit has many issues with trolls, one-sided discussion, and just general bullshit, but many Lemmy instances are way worse. The newfound freedom of Lemmy has attracted many extremists, from both sides, and many of them are moderators, who are more than happy to remove any contrarian opinions. This results in discussions being echo chambers

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[–] sramder@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Shout outs to all my homies in; l/ithinkbikesarenifty and all the losers in l/carssuck. I miss chatting will each and every one of you…

I think this is the new normal bud, at least here in America (god bless)… the Age of Enlightenment has passed. Find your corner and tune up your yelling voice.

Thing is, I don’t think anybody ever actually wants discussion or debate, we just all want to win our share of arguments. Sometimes with good open debate minds accidentally get changed, but that’s not what we show up for, more of a happy accident.

[–] PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don’t think anybody ever actually wants discussion or debate,

I do!

[–] Orbituary@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

No, you don't.

[–] Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

I came here for an argument! Not just simple contradiction!

[–] PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That assumption is often what keeps productive discussion and debate from happening, in my experience.

[–] Orbituary@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

No it's not!

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think this is the new normal bud, at least here in America

We're all living in Amerika, Amerika ist wunderbar.

[–] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Coca cola, sometimes war

[–] sramder@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

And pork chops on Thursday.

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm hoping we're just pre-renaissance at the moment

[–] sramder@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I know the admin team here has been struggling diligently against pestilence :-S