Is anybody else worried about the lack of diverse opinion here? Just to clarify, I don’t think it’s a problem that hatred is minimal here, and I don’t just mean politics.

I feel like I very rarely see alternative opinions about anything, whether it be software, ai, news about companies, etc. it just seems like everyone universally agrees about anything with only a tiny handful of exceptions.

It makes me hesitant to believe I’m on the “correct side” and I never see any arguments from opposition. This makes me worried that I’m in some sort of echo chamber. In real life, I do see much more diverse opinions and, if I only used the fediverse for social media, would likely be weaker in defending my own since their arguments would be “new” to me.

I understand the reasons for which the fediverse has pretty collective opinion, but it does still worry me. I want to be able to see all the other people with their own thoughts (given it’s respectful) on the Internet, which should be the most capable tool to do so.

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[–] mudkip 1 points 4 hours ago

@Xylight@lemdro.id

[–] KnilAdlez@hexbear.net 14 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Listen, to any software devs on hexbear who might think like this: You are always correct, and anyone who disagrees is a dullard. You shouldn't have imposter syndrome. In fact, you're such a good programmer you probably give other people impostor syndrome.

[–] lilypad@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago

::: spoiler Thank you! Finally someone gets it!

I'll start ddossing other repos, either directly, or by gumming up their devs with many ai agents making PRs that look ok but actually break things. Then everyone will switch to my ~~shitty~~ beautiful repl&terminal based api bindings! Oh you're having issues? No there isn't auto complete, tab inserts a literal tab. What do you mean "left and right arrows insert weird letters"? Just use backspace to delete your problems. Stop asking silly questions. What you want actual line wrapping? Sorry, I didn't want external dependencies so I clean roomed readline, but its only version 0.0.6, so there's still some kinks to work out and it doesn't actually do anything yet. Wait what do you mean "how do I view a post"? You call get-post with the post ID you want, then call the post-view reader function on the response object, then call the post reader function on the post view object, then call the body reader function on the post object. And ensure the post actually has a body, calling body reader on a post without a body is undefined behavior. Oh and be sure to check that its not an error response object first, or you'll crash the client and lose your jwt token and have to redo everything.

[–] JustSo@hexbear.net 5 points 3 days ago

Thanks but its too late I've deleted the repos. I'm going to become a bean herder instead.

[–] Poutine@hexbear.net 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

builds a soundproof room to keep out outside voices

makes the inside as reflective as possible

"How come I never hear any alternative opinions? -nions, -nions, -nions..."

[–] JustSo@hexbear.net 12 points 3 days ago

"ffuuu the tankies in the walls are telling me to unionise"

[–] MayoPete@hexbear.net 4 points 2 days ago

Anyone thinking this place is an echo chamber isn't paying attention... anyway going to enjoy my Sunday bringing my cats to the creek to stack rocks ;)

[–] Enjoyer_of_Games@hexbear.net 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

this is not a bad impulse

[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago

True, but it's also not one that should be treated uncritically, since it leads to conspiratorial thinking that consensus is ipso facto a failure and a fetishization for arguing in circles without any mechanism for resolution.

[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 8 points 3 days ago

Being that self-doubting that you are affraid to accidentally join an echo chamber must suck

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago

centrist

[–] MeetMeAtTheMovies@hexbear.net 2 points 3 days ago

I’ve worried about this before. I think if I were somehow able to actually isolate from the hegemonic nonsense that makes up American culture, I’d be more worried about having a small corner of my life where I can seek refuge and don’t have to feel insane.

I almost got recruited by a cult when I was younger and generally have an aversion to high control environments because authority has not historically acted in my best interest when acting on my behalf. So I regularly check my social groups for signs of being culty.

[–] la_tasalana_intissari_mata@hexbear.net 2 points 3 days ago

because we have less hasbra bots