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

  • wathek@discuss.online
    85·
    9 months ago

    Not at all what i said here or in the post. I speak from experience on this, there are a lot of people being influenced by the extremists that can still be communicated with. This attitude is exactly what i’m referring to as well. You put them all under the same umbrella, which, if we keep doing this, will only make the problems for people on both sides worse.

    I don’t mind the ban much, I can just make another account. But I think it is representative of an issue larger than Lemmy.

    • dodgy_bagel@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      1·
      9 months ago

      The problem is that we do not want to spend our entire life “influencing” others. The admin of Blahaj specifically made the instance in order to be a place where we don’t have to deal with that burden.

      If you want to go deal with transphobic fucktards and try to advocate for tolerance then you go right ahead. No one is stopping you.

      • wathek@discuss.online
        1·
        9 months ago

        First, i want to make it extremely clear that i am NOT advocating for “tolerance” with these people. I am advocating for communication and education. We should not simply tolerate having people hate us, especially with the level some extremists are willing to go to.

        I understand the need for a safe space. It’s a good concept. But there’s a fine line between safe space and political echo chamber. Once you start banning people for advocating for an option other than hate, it becomes problematic.