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What do you think Lemmy is most biased about? Which opinions do you think differ most from the general internet?

(Excluding US politics, due to community rules)

Commonly mentioned biases:

Subject Mentions
Pro-Privacy 2
Left-Wing 9
Anti-Capitalism 5
American 5
Older 2
Pro-Linux 3
Tech people 5
Anti-Ai 4
Pro-LBTQ+ 3
Anti religion 3
Pro-Communism 3

Bonus: Gaming Biases

Subject Mentions
Nintendo hate 3
Pro-SteamDeck 1
Anti-GOG 1
PC over console 1
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[–] Schwim@lemmy.zip 16 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Since the rules preclude it, we can't discuss what Lemmy is most biased about. The remaining biases tend to be in the tech/nerdcore genre, which makes sense, since many average Joe users have problems navigating the registration/instance selection process, keeping their numbers down on the platform.

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Im still pretty unclear on the whole instance selection thing. I just tried a few until one worked.

If in doubt, just try it until it works. If it still doesnt work either learn why or give up.

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[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I haven't seen much Zionist propaganda here (unlike major subreddits, for example) and, when it is posted, it's e-boo'd with downvotes. 👍

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Holy shit, what aren't? It would be a shorter list.

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 8 points 4 days ago

In no particular order: Anticapitalist, pro LGBT+, lots of stoners, most users from Americas and Western/Central Europe, lots of computer nerds, some anarchs, some tankies, anti religion

Honestly similar to leftist parts of Reddit BUT with the voice of reason usually coming out on top in the comments. That means in comparison it's less alarmist, less extreme in general and just more nuanced.

One topic that I think is a blind spot is the anti religion part. Many users don't distinguish between anti religion and anti spirituality, the latter frankly being none of their business. It's oddly accepted to be aggressively atheist here. Another blind spot is the prevalent defeatism. It's not everyone but I don't think people are aware of what they're doing to their own mind when they only focus on bad news all day.

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