Comment on Me watching someone on Lemmy getting cooked for having the same opinion as me:

• Signtist@bookwyr.me ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yeah, I understand that frequently arguing with people isn’t ideal, but if you’re not field testing your opinions against someone who’s actively trying to disprove them, then how can you really know they’re right?

  There are plenty of things I was sure about until someone argued with me well enough to make me think harder about it and come to a different conclusion. Isolating yourself with only people who agree with you is convenient, but stifling; community is uncomfortable.

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  • Tja@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I know, but some people over here seem to be afraid of any dissent.

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• one_step_behind@quokk.au ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  What a stupid argument. Some people are obviously trolls or commenting in bad faith. Blocking people like that does not build an echo chamber. If this person had said “block every person who disagrees with you” then yeah, you’re going to end up with an echo chamber.

  Personally, I think it’s important to avoid blocking people so that I can see them spreading false information and that they get challenged on their BS. But plenty of people are coming to social media/ forums/ whatever you consider Lemmy to engage with other people who share a similar hobby. Not everyone needs to deal with assholes fighting over (usually American) politics.

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  • Tja@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I have been labeled a troll many a time, for:

    • arguing against adblockers
    • arguing for YouTube premium
    • saying the USSR killed a bunch of people (and many other historical facts)
    • saying not voting for Kamala carries responsibility for what trump does
    • saying that the average voter prefers moderate democrats
    • condemning treatment of Uygurs

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    • Hacksaw@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Arguing against adblocker and for YouTube premium is the most center of the bell curve IQ meme take I’ve ever heard.

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      • vga@sopuli.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I use adblockers and pirate stuff, but I don’t try to fool myself into thinking that it’s an ethically sound thing to do.

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      • Tja@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Adblockers are a pain in the ass for many reasons. Small websites can’t realistically fund themselves with other sources, big players like newspapers end up putting paywalls limit access to quality journalism or selling themselves to billionaires who can run them at a loss in exchange of influence on the reporting. You end up with billionaires controlling all media and no way for small shops to compete with them.

        YouTube premium: YouTube ads are fucking annoying, adblocking on TVs is unreliable at best, impossible at worst, I want to support the people who create the content I enjoy and the price for a whole family, for a whole month… is one third of the price of going to the movies once.

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• Ghostie@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I like to jokingly refer to it as “improving the acoustics”

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• Karl@literature.cafe ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’ll echo in your momma’s chambers

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  • Tja@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    But that’s just because my momma so fat that… wait…

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• Lumidaub@feddit.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Tja.

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  • Tja@programming.dev ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Machste nix.

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• Addv4@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  There are many more trolls on the Internet than people actually arguing in good faith. Lemmy is no exception, just hasn’t been around long enough to get all of the trolls like reddit has.

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