• awwwyissss@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    I think the extremist politics on here drive people away. I don’t even tell anyone I use Lemmy because of that.

    Hexbear is obviously the worst, but Lemmy.ml is also openly spreading propaganda.

    • Blaze@reddthat.comOP
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      6 months ago

      I see where you come from, my usual advice to new joiners is to block hexbear and to avoid news and political communities

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        6 months ago

        It’s hard… when a user blocks an instance, the propaganda still shows up when the offending users comment on other instances.

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      6 months ago

      Not just the politics, but the news threads I feel have degenerated into ragebait topics with shallow conversation. I used to find a conversation or 2 a day to participate in, but now I don’t want to touch many news or politics threads.