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
I’m mostly here because I think social media shouldn’t be owned by a corpo.
I have no illusions as to the quality of the people or discussion I end up engaging with.
Being able to let strangers be wrong on the Internet and let it go is just what is required of us if you want to preserve your sanity while keeping an Internet presence.
The unfed troll dies.