While I long for the day when a place like lemmy becomes populous enough for it to be a fair comparison, as it stands I’d say commenting on lemmy threads is a far, far cry from irl public soapboxing. It’s more like standing up in the corner of the beatnik bar and quietly booing the poet.
You’re standing on a soap box on the street corner. My downvote is me frowning, shaking my head in disappointment, and walking away.
While I long for the day when a place like lemmy becomes populous enough for it to be a fair comparison, as it stands I’d say commenting on lemmy threads is a far, far cry from irl public soapboxing. It’s more like standing up in the corner of the beatnik bar and quietly booing the poet.