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I joined reddit on the tailwind, so it was all echo chamber, we hate newcomers, gatekeeping, automod frenzy, too many rulebreakers, too many rules, etc I could be wrong, but thats what I imagine it used to be like.

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[–] atomicfox@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago (36 children)

And Lemmy isn't an echo chamber? Try posting any conservative opinions around here and see how many downvotes you get.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (9 children)

To be fair, the GOP has shifted so far Right, that conservative opinions nowadays are less "We need to be more fiscally responsible and try solutions outside of throwing money at problems." and more "So lemme tell you which minorities don't deserve rights and the specific reasons why they don't... the short version is it's all of them.. except my asian wife and my black friend... for now.."

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