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.
this was a long good read, I think I’ve done the same in terms of curating my online diet but with maybe an order of magnitude less intention lol
thanks for writing it!
in terms of db0 signups, I don’t remember there being a “short essay” but I was asked to share my beliefs and my favorite anarchist. so I’m not sure if they’ve changed what you’re referring to or if your memory of it is a bit off but it did get me thinking more than any other web sign up probably ever.
i especially appreciate your recognition of the diversity that’s already here, I agree.
We actually never asked to share beliefs. Just favorite anarchist/FOSS/pirate/tool and two small anti-LLM riddles
ope, sorry for misrepresenting it I must have misremembered too!
ill add a correction to the comment o7
It was several years ago so in regard to dbzer0 signups I bet it’s my memory, lol. Thank you for the correction!