Just to clarify, I don’t think it’s a problem that hatred is minimal here, and I don’t just mean politics.

I feel like I very rarely see alternative opinions about anything, whether it be software, ai, news about companies, etc. it just seems like everyone universally agrees about anything with only a tiny handful of exceptions.

It makes me hesitant to believe I’m on the “correct side” and I never see any arguments from opposition. This makes me worried that I’m in some sort of echo chamber. In real life, I do see much more diverse opinions and, if I only used the fediverse for social media, would likely be weaker in defending my own since their arguments would be “new” to me.

I understand the reasons for which the fediverse has pretty collective opinion, but it does still worry me. I want to be able to see all the other people with their own thoughts (given it’s respectful) on the Internet, which should be the most capable tool to do so.

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    7 days ago

    On a lot of subjects I keep my opinion to myself.

    I’ve found most people don’t want to hear it.

    As an example on reddit when Notre Dame burned I made a statement that it wouldn’t be long before a GoFundMe would be created and it would be rebuilt. I ended up with hundreds of downvotes and comments that I was wrong and stupid and stuff about the catholic church’s ownership among other things.