Do you think the mostly limited range of political views is a strength or a weakness of Lemmy? (For example, in terms of attracting new users.) (feddit.nl)

submitted 6 days ago by crimeschneck@feddit.nl to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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Sure, there are always outliers and you can correct me if I'm wrong, but that's just the overall impression I have.

(I wasn't sure if !asklemmy@lemmy.world or this community would fit better for this kind of question, but I assume it fits here.)

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[-] timestatic@feddit.org 4 points 4 days ago

I think its one of the reasons reddit will never reach the mainstream like reddit. For one people find it confusing to find a community which I disagree with, you just need to take a slight effort to understand that you have a choice of community and in return you get great freedom. Since its mostly for more techies I and its overwhelmingly like left, people with moderate right views will feel like they're completely out of place.

Im also sad that many of the bigger communities like ml have unhinged mods that ban for anyone disagreeing with them. For example some calls for violence being overwhelmingly onesided on here made me feel sick at times. But I don't feel like sparking that debate over here.

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago

Pro-Tip: do NOT tell people irl that you use Lemmy. 100% of the times I've done this, I get the most horrible looks from them. It took me a long time to figure out why, but the short explanation is that the Alt-Left is here, so it's equivalent to saying that you use Truth Social, just on the other side.

[-] Blaze@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago

I've told people I use Lemmy several times, I only got neutral or positive reactions.

Lemmy is quite obscure, so most of the people have no idea what it is.

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago

The top Google hit to an instance isn't "here" but rather Lemmy.ml (DuckDuckGo chooses Lemmy.World, but as long as we are talking normies here...). Lemmy.ml's default method of showing posts is Local, rather than All. Combined, this means that a mainstream normal person will see first primarily the Alt-Left propaganda machine pushing for the violent overthrow of capitalism and Western society, and then will NOT see so much of all the cute cartoons and Star Trek memes and such. Especially prior to the USA election, there was very much an obvious bias promoting the idea that BoTh SiDeS sAmE.

Your approach used on Reddit of pointing to a highly specific instance recommendation, especially one that has defederated from Lemmy.ml, is carefully crafted to avoid the scenario I outlined above from happening. And irl it's helpful to do the same: don't say that you use "Lemmy", bc that has a very pronounced reputation.

[-] Blaze@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago

don’t say that you use “Lemmy”, bc that has a very pronounced reputation.

People really don't know about it. Maybe it's my environment, but at this point I would almost be happy if people could talk to me negatively about Lemmy rather than just no know what it is

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

Not me, I'm salty about it:-) 😔 😭

[-] Blaze@feddit.org 1 points 4 days ago

Im also sad that many of the bigger communities like ml have unhinged mods that ban for anyone disagreeing with them. For example some calls for violence being overwhelmingly onesided on here made me feel sick at times. But I don’t feel like sparking that debate over here.

For people interested on that topic, !meanwhileongrad@sh.itjust.works is a dedicated community