I mean, depending on which instance they joined they could’ve just as easily stepped into an even smaller echo chamber. Lemmy as a concept isn’t magically free from them.
Yes, but also no. I could have an account on hexbear and still see things from lots of other places. The beauty of federation is that it’s a lot harder to quash dissent from an administrative level.
I mean, depending on which instance they joined they could’ve just as easily stepped into an even smaller echo chamber. Lemmy as a concept isn’t magically free from them.
Lemmy has a ton of echo chambers. It’s a real problem.
Yeah, but the problem isn’t inherent to a platform. It’s inherent to humanity.
Yes, but also no. I could have an account on hexbear and still see things from lots of other places. The beauty of federation is that it’s a lot harder to quash dissent from an administrative level.
Maybe only read Local and was a bad fit for the server. You know, any sane server.
I’d pish if they leapt from reddit to hexbear
You can’t even post a youtube link on there without a socialist bot scolding you for not instead using some janky commie tube alternative.