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.
I had to do the writeup to get on the DB0 instance, I even stayed I’m not an anarchist but I think it has interesting aspects, and they accepted me ☺️
I love dbzer0 and have an account there, it’s a really well-run and well-moderated instance with a LOT of thriving diversity, but they are also very pro-AI and I am very not, so I didn’t move completely. But I keep that account open just in case. It’s a great place.