I joined Lemmy a few days ago and have been reading around. 90%+ of the content I see, even on non-politics related communities, is political in some way. I have no interest in that, so it’s tiring, especially when it’s inserted in the comments of completely unrelated posts.
First: allow me to welcome all new members of LEMMY.
Seriously, whatever flavor you are federating from. And pardon me I have not read this entire thread of replies but I hope it is full of nothing but welcome!
Not all of Lemmy is political. A lot is though, so I can imagine that it may seem charged.
But what’s really happening here is that everything is… transparent. That’s why I’m here. If there is bias, it’s visible.
The trouble with the corporate alternatives is that their hidden bias is: control. Pardon the politics even here, but the fact is our society has never reflected a situation where one group exercises dictatorial control over almost everyone with complete immunity.
Because with all their creepy animated emoji things and predictive analytics they are putting folks asleep. Wake, work, isolate, Sleep. This is the bias of corporate social media. Emphasis on isolate.
So… welcome…
And enjoy. It’s nice to be a part of a place where people are more awake.
But under all interactions should be the vibe that we all in this together.
So welcome. Enjoy. Find you place and your people. Ignore posts that alarm or annoy you.
It’s because Lemmy mainly consists of hyper-frustrated leftists who treat it as their safe space echo chamber.
It’s always been political, you were just in a more comfortable for you political space. Typically you don’t notice the politics when that’s just life and your own values.
First, That’s what happens when you’re living under a dictator.
Second, even in normal times, everything is political. How much you get paid, and how your boss treats you, and how banks work, and how the roads look, and everything else you see is the result of a political choice.
The world is political.
Especially now.
Despite everything people here says, you’re probably not going to get a community without politics
Lemmy was born from politics, grew from politics and the largest communities are about politics
Your best bet is to leave if you’re sick of it (Lemmy is essentially stuck with politics forever) or get used to it and use some filters to prevent the worst
Filter out the politics, and join a bunch of other forums instead.
[email protected] is no politics! We’re a trans+ inclusive women’s only group though.
???
Trans rights aren’t political?
Women’s rights isn’t political?
They’re only political because one side insists somehow they are.
Left-handed rights aren’t political.
Thanks for this, joined! :)
Glad to have you 😃
Its not. We have cat pics as well.
We need more active guitar forums, but it’s still better than Reddit has become.
And porn!
Well I would push for a gunpla and modelmaking sub, but… people all over the world are dying to conservative political stances and authoritarianism.
So, do we talk about building plastic models or the death of innocents? Some would say both, but many of us know it’s hard to focus on hobby topics when it seems like Revelations might kick off at any given moment.
"Look what I made!-
PALESTINIAN GENOCIDE
RAMPANT FASCISM
“n-nevermind…”
Welcome to 2025
remove all of the news communities from your feed and try again
Well you can filter them out, ya
Keyword filters my guy
Welcome to the internet.
Everything is political. You’re just not aware of how the things you like are political.
This is a time where it’s hard to be away from politics. I switched to all tech news after the U.S. election, and the tariffs are strongly influencing the supply and demand, and the convict is skewing crypto ponzi schemes in his personal favor which has a lot of influence on hardware. He has Musk that’s trying to influence hard on AI which also impacts a lot of our hardware.
Can’t fucking get away from it, really.
