I have been on reddit for just about 12 years now. Something I’ve noticed over time is just how hateful the place has become. A complete outrage machine. Every single sub became filled with it. I’ve filtered so many subreddits over the last few years, it’s insane. I don’t know enough about this place to be sure, but I do hope it doesn’t become the same type of echo chamber of anger.
Yes! Honestly, when people on the political right started throwing tantrums when Twitter blocked Trump, their “but muh town square”-rage felt like “finally they’re getting it!”, our marketplace of ideas should not be controlled by privately owned companies!
I think it’s really important to our democracies, that truly democratic means of communication be available online. Lemmy, Mastodon, the entire Fediverse is really one big toolkit to place the control over our data, our communication and thus, our political dialogue back in the hands of the users.
Sure, admins and instance hosters have a lot of power here, but way less than, for example with Big Tech.