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.
yes, that’s admittedly valuable, this is why I’ve spent so much time studying Christianity and talking to Christians about their beliefs; but the OP put me in the mindset of thinking about diversity of viewpoints to ensure an accurate or correct viewpoint, which is a separate goal or concern - so I thought it was being implied that reading /r/conservative views is a valuable exercise because it helps us develop more accurate or better views (which I don’t think is likely)