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r/RedditAlternatives doesn't like a Reddit Alternative (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yeah reddit is already a tiny bit of an echo chamber (tech savvy, frequently online folks). Lemmy is worse (every other post is "big tech bad, Linux good, privacy ftw). Not that these are necessarily bad things, they're just not representative of the general population.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I would love to get the opinions of people who fall for Nigerian Prince scams, or people who actually click the ads that say "There are hot singles in your area" just to diversify my niche online social group.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

they're just not representative of the general population.

Good. If I wanted the general population, I'd scroll Facebook

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The general population:

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Reddit has echo chambers in the different subreddits, and they can be about as vicious or more than Lemmy instances.