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I had a fun time trying to explain why I voted for stien, I had to tell people the president part of the ballot is the one I have the least impact on and If people were to convince me not vote stien that is leave that part blank
Yeah so you'll generally find lemmy users to be quite hostile to your political position. I'm grown up enough not to be "hostile" but to be frank I think your voting choices are very poorly considered.
To your broader question. Lemmy is just like any other platform. If you say silly things people will rebut you. There is no respect for contrary opinions.
I've found that lemmy communities tend to be very homogeneous and in many threads if you offer any insights which are not breathless support you'll be heavily downvoted and get vitriolic responses, or banned.
For example, saying anything critical of China in a .ml thread will result in a ban.
Lol I can see it's controversial that I voted for stien, but I'm not ashamed, I'm proud that I did.
But I'm not afraid to be who I am and I don't want to have to conform for other strangers just to use a service. I'd rather we be ourselves and celebrate that we are here on this app
Yeah that's not really how lemmy or any anonymous platform works really.
If you espouse a position that others disagree with they will tell you.
If your position is ridiculous then you will be ridiculed.
Personally, I find Lemmy to be a lot less respectful in this way than other platforms. As I said in my earlier comment any opinion that is less than absolutely supportive of the common opinions is heavily ostracized.
A good example would be the situation with Luigi Mangioni. The vast majority of users want mangioni to walk free, and as a result there's blind support for "jury nullification". This is obviously a complex issue with legal, social, and historic ramifications, but any opinions other than breathless support for jury nullification in his case will be heavily ostracized.
Yeah I can definitely say Lemmy can get toxic. I thought with Redding your karma was a status symbol and indicated to other redditors on how to treat you or even if they wanted to engage with you. Along with you account age
It's like you had to post animal pics for a week before you got any recognition.
Here people look at your post or comment likes and decide how to engage with you. There's definitely approval addicts