Do you think the mostly limited range of political views is a strength or a weakness of Lemmy? (For example, in terms of attracting new users.)

crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺 · 10d

Do you think the mostly limited range of political views is a strength or a weakness of Lemmy? (For example, in terms of attracting new users.)

OpenStars · 6d

True, and btw I don’t mean that there is not good/great reasons for such even - people are DYING.

I was just pushing that thought since we were initially responding to:

I just wish the top posts on the meme pages were more than just an anti-capitalist caption and a vaguely related image.

It’s creating an environment where people who can’t handle the cultural shifts (e.g. not everyone is neurotypical) are having to heavily curate their experiences.

Blaze (he/him) · 6d

It’s creating an environment where people who can’t handle the cultural shifts (e.g. not everyone is neurotypical) are having to heavily curate their experiences.

Non Americans already had to curate their experience for weeks before and during the US presidential election

OpenStars · 6d

Not everyone wants that, but excellent point about the fact that some do:-).

And there, as now, it would be nice to constrain things.

Though you mentioned the rather powerful counterargument earlier that this was a MAJOR event, and it’s understandable that it’s leaking.