What do you think Lemmy is most biased about? Which opinions do you think differ most from the general internet?
(Excluding US politics, due to community rules)
Commonly mentioned biases:
| Subject | Mentions |
|---|---|
| Pro-Privacy | 2 |
| Left-Wing | 9 |
| Anti-Capitalism | 5 |
| American | 5 |
| Older | 2 |
| Pro-Linux | 3 |
| Tech people | 5 |
| Anti-Ai | 4 |
| Pro-LBTQ+ | 3 |
| Anti religion | 3 |
| Pro-Communism | 3 |
Bonus: Gaming Biases
| Subject | Mentions |
|---|---|
| Nintendo hate | 3 |
| Pro-SteamDeck | 1 |
| Anti-GOG | 1 |
| PC over console | 1 |
Depends where you look. I also have no idea whats that ‘general Internet’ you mention. I mean, what are its biases?
I’ll go first.
- I think there is a strong pro-Linux bias. It wouldn’t surprise me if 40+% use it on here.
- People from the US seem over-represented, but less so compared to Reddit
- There is a far stronger anti-capitalist sentiment on here than other social media
- The average age seems to be much higher. I joined when I was 16 and feel quite young unlike on other social media.
I’ll add:
- AI bad
- Piracy ok
- Political posts are more frequent (Bias towards political expression)
- More tech enthusiasts
“AI bad” overrides “Piracy ok”, though. I’ve seen threads in the main piracy community where the general consensus seemed to be that copyright should be used as a weapon against AI.
People before profit.
Cities should be walkable
AI as we know it was unethically developed and is more marketing than solution.
Trans rights are human rights. Even more, gender is a spectrum, so everyone really, is a tiny bit trans.
Fuck Israel.
Punch fascists.
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It is very left, sometimes infuriatingly so when the people here defend autocratic countries such as Iran.
Or communists defending the CCP seemingly entirely due to their name
Wait til they hear the CCP is more capitalist than actually communist, of course they don’t read up on history
Always will be that way, too.
IIRC, Lemmy.ml was the first instance; the ones who built Lemmy. We’re kind of the “normies” who’ve invaded their space.
I appreciate them for building Lemmy and letting it remain free (“freedom” free). Still, I’ll argue with people who are saying crazy stuff like NK being a good place for its citizens to live…
- anti religion.
- full of leftists or liberals
- people are more concious about their personal data.
More leftists, fewer liberals.
In no particular order: Anticapitalist, pro LGBT+, lots of stoners, most users from Americas and Western/Central Europe, lots of computer nerds, some anarchs, some tankies, anti religion
Honestly similar to leftist parts of Reddit BUT with the voice of reason usually coming out on top in the comments. That means in comparison it’s less alarmist, less extreme in general and just more nuanced.
One topic that I think is a blind spot is the anti religion part. Many users don’t distinguish between anti religion and anti spirituality, the latter frankly being none of their business. It’s oddly accepted to be aggressively atheist here. Another blind spot is the prevalent defeatism. It’s not everyone but I don’t think people are aware of what they’re doing to their own mind when they only focus on bad news all day.
American bias, millennial bias, left wing bias
Clearly a severe leftist bias. Not just in the context of US politics.
It’s not a bias if you’re right
correct, but I hope you(or anyone else) deeply reflected on limitations of your ideology
No, we’re left, please pay attention 🙃
Thinking we’re better than everyone who’s still on Reddit
It’s not bias if you’re right
