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lol on your lack of self awareness
but to answer your question: but there's plenty of doomers here. the only people pulling me back from the brink of despairing nihilism are the commies who want me to believe in their utopian vision of the future, but at least we can agree the present sucks.
lol i think the inference here is that I point to the group who enjoys their echo chambers as I hunt for my own? Well my hope is that this is not an echo chamber and that I can get actual feedback. I don’t even want to wade in nihilism but I’d appreciate a conversation where someone highlights an issue and doesn’t blame it on a color of politics with no tangible connection.
Exactly that!
I think it's generally more lefty here and perhaps more pessimistic than other places.
The real difference is that there are just FEWER people, so conversations aren't so liable to get into votebaiting and there is a broader range of discussion. You can still get downvoted, but your comment won't disappear under a hundred of other comments within minutes, so you don't have to be so performative.
Anyway, here's a pretty typical conversation: https://sh.itjust.works/post/65630392
Thank you! I agree that the smaller user base does make for a less chaotic experience. I look forward to engaging further and appreciate your reply. If you have any suggestions for a new user id be open to checking them out
I found using an app, like Voyager, got me over the hump, but I'm finally comfortable with the desktop web by now.
Other advice: three main categories are suscribed, local, and all. Go to local because first, because it's kinda fun to run into the same people all the time, and susbscribe to what interests you. Then when you run out out of subscribed threads, look for more groups you can subscribe to in all. And I'm pretty aggressive about blocking groups I will have no interest in.
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