Been on the lemmygrad for four years. Was banned simply for my alternative opinion that a guy who was rejected by a girl should exclude her from his life if he retains feelings for her. Didn’t break any rules, but the idiot in the moderators didn’t stop it. I used to think lemmygrad was a cool place for leftists. But it turns out it’s an echo chamber for online morons. I regret that I ever defended this place.

  • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world
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    Everywhere is an echo chamber for people. Lemmy is generally an echo chamber for very politically Left people, but there are people in the Fediverse that are on the opposite end of the political compass as well.

    The internet is kinda like the American Justice System:

    • Anything you say can and will be used against you

    • Most of the time there is no real justice

    • Lots of people complain about it, but nobody has actually been able to fix it

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      I think a lot depends on the moderators. There are normal ones who give freedom of speech and opinion. Punishing only for breaking the rules or real thrash posting. In such cases it is hard to call the community an echo chamber. And there are some assholes, like on lemmygrad, who will ban you forever for the slightest deviation of your opinion from their own. In such a case, the community is doomed to degradation. As we can clearly see from my ban without any explanation, respect and fair punishment for the real rulebreakers.

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    I’ve only been here for a few months, but my impression is that lemmy isn’t “a” place, it’s a bunch of places that connect. Quality of moderation varies a lot; you don’t judge humanity by the worst people you meet, same applies here

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      My bad. I was of course referring to Lemmygrad, on which I was banned and which has become disgusting echo chamber full of libs and hypocrites. I wasn’t talking about the whole lemmy space.

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        Lemmygrad isn’t full of libs, it’s full of shills, bots, and a handful of useful idiots spreading authoritarian propaganda to undermine democracies and enable the Kremlin’s barbaric war in Ukraine.

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          I don’t have issue with their position about ukro-reich. It’s a a garbage right-wing regime that has no place on earth. Believe someone who has watched his degradation since the first maidan. I have a problem with their neoliberal western ethics, in which even the slightest idea of looking at situations from a different realistic perspective, the slightest deviation from the line of radical feminism, invites the wrath of the soyjaks. They don’t realize that the world of relationships is far more complex than their meaningless, chatgpt level takes about “rEsPecTing boUndAries”. They don’t even want to realize it. Colonist mentality as it is. It’s scary to imagine how these “comrades” would interact with people from the middle east and non-first world countries.

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    Lemmygrad has always been a toxic shithole. As soon as my instance updated to 0.19, I blocked them entirely. Lemmy is a much better place now.

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      Sadly. And there is no alternative for leftists. At least I don’t know about it. I guess I’ll have to stay on lemmyworld.

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        Lemmy itself is overwhelmingly left, I don’t feel like you need any specific instance to be in a solid majority.

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    No idea what you posted, but the replies make your comments sound pretty toxic, so… 🤷‍♂️