First off, I want to say that I love what the people here are doing but I do have a problem. There is never any conversation about posts. There are tons and tons of links shared but most of the time they’re just articles that someone found interesting. I never see any true, meaningful discussion the way I do on reddit. Does anyone else have a problem with this or am I just shouting at the clouds? Is there anything we can do about it?

  • natecox@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Secondly, I think many of the users who have come to this platform are tired of shitty bigoted and hateful speech that they’ve seen on so many huge platforms

    I think lemmy itself contributes to this as well. I know I nearly bounced off of lemmy when I signed up for lemmy.ml, and saw so many… unsavory comment threads.

    • Lost_Wanderer@beehaw.orgEnglish
      5·
      2 years ago

      Same. I quickly ditched my lemmy.ml account once I discovered Beehaw. Still sub to a few communities from lemmy.ml, but a handful of their power posters are straight up propogandists. Beehaw defederating with lemmygrad was the biggest selling point when looking at another lemmy instance.