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 argue with people on here a few times a week. Im liberal but nowhere near to the degree the majority here seems to be. So, I argue when people say shit I feel is off the wall. Unfortunately typically it comes down to “if you dont share my opinion you’re a nazi, sociopath, bootlicker, monster, fox news guy, psychopath etcetera” which I guess is everywhere but the perceived moral high ground seems to be particularly high here. I could list some of the things I’ve gone to bat for that seemed reasonable but got me called some of the wildest shit. It’s a diversity in the sense its common left to extreme left to extra extreme extremist.
Imma guess it’s like 10% common left, 30% extra extreme and 60% extreme. And then there’s the whole Hexbear thing which is like an unrelated axis of belief or disbelief.
That’s probably pretty accurate.