No. I had an account when the instance was first set up, but I got banned for getting into an argument with a power-user. I wouldn't say it's always been like this, but this is definitely what it's like normally.

We mutated out of a band of subreddit refugees from r/ChapoTrapHouse, but I feel like the current community doesn't fully live up to what it used to be.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I think it was, by its nature, susceptible to compromise as described above, witch has been capitalized upon. Whatever it was, or pretends to be, has pretty clearly been manipulated into a deliberately obnoxious parody that, functionally, obstructs left unity and overwhelmingly benefits neolibs.

[–] brain_in_a_box@hexbear.net -5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Or, maybe, people just hold different beliefs to you.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

"People" can engage in civil discourse to discuss those beliefs. That's not what I'm seeing, what I'm seeing is immediate strawmanning, insults, and overall cartoonish disrespect. That's not someone with a different belief, that's someone presenting the most obnoxious possible parody of someone with that belief.

What's funny is those beliefs aren't even that different, I'm pretty far left. This is just hivemind soundbite nonsense.

[–] MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago

found the fed