Thank You Everyone For Rejecting The Fascists/Bigots At The Door
After years of reddit/twitter/facebook propping up fascism/bigotry with algorithms & bots I'm honestly surprised and relieved to be in an online space that clearly rejects their ideology.
They can have reddit/facebook/twitter. AFAIC the only way to reach some of these people is to leave them alone long enough to realize on their own.
I gave it a try when I was going through my "absolute free speech" phase. I thought it was alright for a couple weeks, but after the people from "/r/coontown" came, i started to question my beliefs. Place immediately went to shit.
There were a few subreddits that got the axe along with some of the nsfw and hatemob stuff that were neither. Man it was awkward watching Voat rapidly spiral with that massive imbalance. Lemmy seems cool so far, and even if it doesn't end up top of the list, at least viable alternatives/competition is starting to gain ground on reddit.