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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 [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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 [email protected] or this community would fit better for this kind of question, but I assume it fits here.)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (2 children)

It's definitely a weakness. There is an entire spectrum of personal beliefs, but wherever you are, if yours don't align with the mods you get censored. Reality is every new users first week is finding out where they 'belong' and this both discourages new users, and creates detrimental echo chambers.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago

If your "personal beliefs" entail persecuting others for their ethnic origin, sexual orientation or gender identity, you can fuck right off. Otherwise you won't have any trouble fitting in here.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

In my experience, there's only been a handful of mods and an equally small number of instances where I feel that is likely to happen, but for the most part it seems most mods have a pretty light touch. I've only had one negative experience with a mod, personally, and I post quite a bit.