Sure, there are always outliers and you can correct me if I’m wrong, but that’s just the overall impression I have.

(I wasn’t sure if [email protected] or this community would fit better for this kind of question, but I assume it fits here.)

  • flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    Weakness, definitely. The range of “permitted” ideas is way too narrow.
    I tend to agree with most common political stances on Lemmy, but still I feel I’m self-censoring occasionally.

    Many instances intentionally want an echo chamber. Posts and comments are often deleted even if they’re not abusive, if they are ideologically opposed.

    • fxomt@lemm.eeEnglish
      8·
      3 hours ago

      The problem doesn’t seem to be that instances want to cater to a unique political group (that’s why we have federation) It’s that most instances cater to the same or similar groups. I think in general it’s better that instances are differentiated by political beliefs. For example, i don’t like Hexbear. I just block it. But if hexbear and solarpunk were a single instance, i wouldn’t be able to separate the good and the bad.

      But i agree that separating yourself too much from other ideas is bad, and echo chambers are bad in general.