This is a huge problem on Lemmy because there seem to be far more radical and opposing political opinions on here than on Reddit. You can only ever be a Nazi, or oppose capitalism and finance entirely.
I get that people may be bored of politics, this is legitimate.
I disagree that it is a Lemmy’s problem though. Imho, decentralization and leaving Reddit are political decisions, opposing the up hand of big companies on social medias. So it seems to me that it is in the nature of Lemmy and Fediverse to be politically oriented.
And even if you disagree that it is in their nature, maybe we can agree that it is logical that they tend to gather politically motivated peoples, as apolitical folks will probably stay on mainstream medias.
I don’t disagree with your message, but this isn’t about being politically motivated against a platform. Many people are, but most people on most platforms don’t purely occupy both extremes of the spectrum. It is not a problem with the platform, but with the users that make the platform divisive for those that wish to interact with it. This isn’t a problem with Reddit, and as someone that spent 15ish years posting on Reddit I can safely say I experienced less vitriol there than on Lemmy.
That may be partly due to there being less hate or divisiveness on niche subs, but the point remains that if people can’t be civil it acts as a negative for Lemmy as a userbase.
This is a huge problem on Lemmy because there seem to be far more radical and opposing political opinions on here than on Reddit. You can only ever be a Nazi, or oppose capitalism and finance entirely.
I get that people may be bored of politics, this is legitimate. I disagree that it is a Lemmy’s problem though. Imho, decentralization and leaving Reddit are political decisions, opposing the up hand of big companies on social medias. So it seems to me that it is in the nature of Lemmy and Fediverse to be politically oriented. And even if you disagree that it is in their nature, maybe we can agree that it is logical that they tend to gather politically motivated peoples, as apolitical folks will probably stay on mainstream medias.
I don’t disagree with your message, but this isn’t about being politically motivated against a platform. Many people are, but most people on most platforms don’t purely occupy both extremes of the spectrum. It is not a problem with the platform, but with the users that make the platform divisive for those that wish to interact with it. This isn’t a problem with Reddit, and as someone that spent 15ish years posting on Reddit I can safely say I experienced less vitriol there than on Lemmy.
That may be partly due to there being less hate or divisiveness on niche subs, but the point remains that if people can’t be civil it acts as a negative for Lemmy as a userbase.