It feels like this is very intense here compared to other social media services/protocols.

Why is that?

  • Gorilladrums@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    Because it’s an echo chamber. You have communities that are modded by a small group of people who can control narratives through censorship, the community is very hostile to any differing views from their own, and the existing communities are so devoid of internal criticism that they start to purity test each other, which leads to more extreme views and develops a herd mentality.