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.
And also, there’s the platform bias. The fact that you are on Lemmy here and not on Reddit asking this, also gives a lot of information what your opinions are, and by that you already share a lot in common with most people here. Sharing a lot in common also means less things to argue about.
Until the last man, people will find reasons to disagree and kill each other.
A brief disagreement by Steve Cuts.
Maybe we don’t even need a reason.
While not directly related hapiness is also good.