I'm a leftie and can't stand tankies, but lemmy is becoming a really intolerant place. On reddit we were all united against u/spez no matter our other disagreements. Here, after only a few months we're talking about blocking instances and communities instead of just joining and viewing the ones that Interest us...

Perhaps it's time to let this experiment run its course.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago

Or maybe, just maybe, I grew tired of seeing genocide apologia and the defence of authoritarian governments in my feed.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I just want a news feed that doesnt constantly anger me and convince me to argue. I'd wanted to block TwoXChromosomes on reddit forever because I wasnt its target audience and got nothing out of it. So I'm personally enjoying actually getting some control over my echo chamber for once

Edit: Also, nuanced takes I disagree with? I dont block those. Its the batshit/extremist ones that I block, I dont feel they are really adding much to my life anyways

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Guess what. I never saw two chromosomes unless I browsed by r/all. You have an ability to curate what you see, both here and on reddit. Blocking and defederating achieve nothing. Unless of course it's an echo chamber you want to live in.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Lmao, I like how you started off your counterpoint talking about what blocking and defederating achieve, and then end your point with "it achieves nothing" as if that erases what you just said. I'm using blocking and defederating to curate my feed. While people are entitled to their opinion, it doesnt mean their opinion is correct, nor are they entitled to have me listen to them.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Mate I've only been here like a week and I can promise you that most people here are left-wing

Edit: reddit was united with everyone hating each other lmao

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The mods of a certain pair of tankie instances a few months ago were talking about taking over all other instances of Lemmy while the userbases became increasingly hostile towards users who disagreed with the idea that Stalin/Lenin did nothing wrong and that China is a perfect country who can do no wrong and has never done anything bad.

People have the right to not be harassed and take action to prevent said harassment.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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