I apologize if this is not appropriate for this community. But, I find the main reason I feel this way is because of my Christian faith. I’ve gone on Reddit twice this month to check for specific discussions or questions I had. I only ever used Reddit on a third party app, so I was upset but what was happening.
But surprisingly, I feel even more alienated and hated on here than I did on Reddit. Pro Life communities seem to be banned. I think there were one or two at some point, but I can’t find any now. This community has very low engagement and content, which I understand.
I’m kinda in the middle politically, trying to let my faith guide my politics, but there doesn’t seem to be a place for that here. The people here seem to be further left than Reddit and more intolerant of Christianity.
I think it makes sense. Of course the most “activist-minded” people would leave Reddit. Perhaps the most outspoken people. I left Reddit because dislike browsing it outside of RIF.
I feel myself more and more drawn to Reddit lately. There’s obviously still a vast majority of people on there that my beliefs are still hated. But, there are enough people to carve out little communities of like-minded people.
Anyway, sorry for the long post. Apologies if it doesn’t fit.
I’m not Christian, and I’m not pro life (I saw this post on the main feed), however I do understand this sentiment.
I feel like Reddit, due to its size, allowed a much wider diversity of opinions. As much as I personally disagree with yours, I do think this platform suffers due to the lack of such opinions.
I’ve seen some genuinely hateful comments on Lemmy which didn’t seem to be challenged, and some well articulated comments with interesting perspectives which didn’t get any attention (or only negative attention).
Honestly, when it comes to certain topics, Lemmy feels like much more of an echo chamber than Reddit ever was.