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

  • echo64@lemmy.world
    1295·
    9 months ago

    Lemmy (and reddit to a degree) is not like other social networks where you are lumped into one giant community. It’s many communities, and you’ll find that you are welcome in some and not welcome in others. That includes your politics and your views.

    I don’t think I’d be very welcome in a community of conspiracy nuts, especially when I counter everything they say. I think they would remove me from that community at some point, and that’s okay, self policing of communities is okay. Sometimes you aren’t welcome.

    • ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
      332·
      9 months ago

      Yes and that’s what I like about Lemmy. Each community decides what it’s about and how it’s members behave. It’s not much different from communities in real life.

    • Daft_ish@lemmy.world
      38·
      9 months ago

      What if they block you but coin themselves “the last bastion of free speach.”

      • chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz
        10·
        9 months ago

        I’m not sure what you’re getting at. This happens all the time and they’re just plain old hypocrites about it.

      • KISSmyOS@feddit.de
        31·
        9 months ago

        Then you were most likely blocked from a far-right-wing instance. Take it as a badge of honor.

      • Norgur@kbin.social
        294·
        9 months ago

        I do since I have watched those outstanding documentaries on history channel! Did you know that everything back in the past was either a landing spot or a battery? I mean, those brown people in the past clearly could not have chiseled those blocks, fucking barbaric tribespeople. They were ancient people and colored no less! It must have been aliens, right?

      • A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world
        6·
        9 months ago

        Not OP but, I think if space is as big as we think it is outside the observable universe, it’s very likely that they exist. I think it’s not very likely that they’ve visited us.