I was always a lurker on reddit because every time I spoke my mind I would get silenced/banned/whatever. Literally every time I ever tried to say anything that wasn't 100% in lockstep with the hive mind, shut down, so I stopped bothering. So far Lemmy has been great in that regard!

[–] lightnegative@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The thing is, it made for some hilarious trolling opportunities.

And occasionally you'd find someone also going against the hivemind that shared your views

[–] average_internet_enjoyer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Curious me here, how would you troll?

[–] lightnegative@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

For example, in the r/newzealand Reddit which is full of bleeding heart social justice warrior lefties, I would post comments in support of one of our minor parties that sits more centre-right on the spectrum (there is an election on at the moment)

That really riles them up, I get a heap of downvotes but also a couple of supportive comments from the 2% of other people on that sub that dare have a different opinion from the hivemind

[–] average_internet_enjoyer@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

omg this is just poking the bear. I love it

On other unrelated things, this is why political groups should be not reserved, leaves an echo chamber that traps people

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I'm trying to keep my disagreements and discourse that way as much as I can in my own responses. What we don't have in completeness of software, we (hopefully) have in community and heart.