I've pointed a couple folks to Lemmy.world and it's uhhh, pretty hard Left for them (as one girl, who volunteered for the Democrats said "I just got yelled at because I can't be Left wing unless I want to destroy capitalism? Which feels weird.") We're much farther Left than reddit which itself was definitely Left of centre...

I don't know if decentralized open source social media actually attracts many mainstreamers but assuming we want to grow the fediverse, I'd like to have somewhere I can point people to without feeling very nervous for them.

Thanks!

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[–] inv3r5ion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lemmy world left???? Lol they’re milquetoast liberals and capitalism is garbage. Your friend needs to grow up.

[–] Lauchs@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, this is exactly the childish annoyances and unpleasantness I'm talking about.

[–] inv3r5ion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sorry not sorry. The world is falling to fascism thanks to the conditions created by capitalism and your friend needs to grow the fuck up and read some history. Lemmy world is centrist lib shit takes, if your friend thinks that’s “left” then maybe they should go to a fascist platform like meta or x where they belong.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Mate, you're not going to deconvert libs by pushing them towards the fascists. You don't have to be so antagonistic all the time.

[–] inv3r5ion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

As a queer person I’ve completely lost my patience with shit libs. They’re fascists.

Also if they’re that easily pushed to fascism they had it in them all along and were never an ally and don’t belong on lemmy.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fine, you don't have to have patience with them, but that doesn't mean you have to jump in and start flaming when they're not even making reactionary statements. There's others who do have the patience to help deconvert them.

[–] inv3r5ion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago

Calling lib shit lemmy world “too left” is reactionary

[–] Lauchs@lemmy.world -4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you are making alternatives to republicanism more unpleasant and unappealing to the people whom we need to persuade, well, it seems like you are aiding fascism...

[–] inv3r5ion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

If it’s that easy to support fascism you’re a fascist all along. Typical liberal.

[–] Lauchs@lemmy.world -4 points 23 hours ago

You're missing the point.

By being wildly unpleasant at people, you're making it less likely they'll read the news you agree with, read the same books and come to the same conclusions...

"Oh good, that person who called me a fascist is recommending something! I'll definitely read that!" - said no one ever.