There are lots of types of people with different opinions and backgrounds on Lemmy. However, most of us in the core user base came to Lemmy either because we were pushed out of other online spaces, or left out of protest. This means that Lemmy is tends to have a bit of a bias against big tech, authoritarian governments and corporations, etc. Lemmy is also open source, so there is also a strong do-it-yourself sentiment here. Lemmy also attracts folks who remember Web 1.0 when information was decentralized, with no top-down control. There are still users and whole communities that disagree with the majority of Lemmy users, but you have to look for them because they are in the minority and are thus not raised by the voting-based systems that Lemmy uses.
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Iconoclast@feddit.uk 5 days ago
I’ve been here for over 2 years and it still remains unclear to me what the average Lemming stands for, but I sure know what they’re against. It’s just wild to me how much some people seem to build their identity around the things they oppose - that opposition sometimes seems to be the only thing people here have in common with each other.
tomcatt360@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Remember webrings? I want to bring those back.
PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 3 days ago
People are usually “against” things that are opposed to the things they “stand for”, a little logic will tell you what you want to know.
diaphragmwp@discuss.tchncs.de 5 days ago
It’s not inherently a bad thing to have differing opinions. It’s not always just “fuck {insert company}” that’s common among people, there are DIY communities, software ones, gaming, shitposts…