I’m done, I’ve been banned for expressing a different opinion (without insulting or personally attacking anyone), I’ve been accused of evading a ban with multiple accounts (this is my only account I’ve ever had on any lemmy instance), I’ve had people selectively ignore my comments and accuse me of things which I never said, and I’ve had people ignore valid criticisms and keep attacking me.

Reddit has many issues with trolls, one-sided discussion, and just general bullshit, but many Lemmy instances are way worse. The newfound freedom of Lemmy has attracted many extremists, from both sides, and many of them are moderators, who are more than happy to remove any contrarian opinions. This results in discussions being echo chambers

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    9 months ago

    I try to avoid politics in Lemmy whenever I have an opinion that doesn’t match the community’s agenda because I know I’ll get banned in a second.

    … And then they complain about Elon Musk doing the same in Twitter.

    It’s like their irony detection system is faulty.

    I wouldn’t be surprised if I get banned for this comment.

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      It wasn’t even in a blahaj sub. But they did nuke the account. I’m not about to censor myself regardless though, if I can’t have the less restrictive reddit I was promised on lemmy, i might as well be back on reddit. I refuse to contribute to more echo chambers. If something is a bad take, i will point it out. if someone points out my reasoning is faulty, i learned something. If we can’t have that, we’re just sitting behind our computers, patting ourselves on the back about how right we are about everything.