It is objectively a lot more male than Reddit or other social media. Reddit has many issues, but lack of women is not one of them.
It is objectively a lot more male than Reddit or other social media. Reddit has many issues, but lack of women is not one of them.
I wonder if that’s ‘force of habit’ carried from other places, like Twitter, Reddit, etc., and will ultimately fade as those users start to realise Lemmy (etc) isn’t like those places?
I think it’s the exact opposite. Lemmy is worse than those other platforms in this regard. There you atleast have normies around to even things out where as on here the userbase is almost exclusively ex-redditors who are ideological/principled enough to switch platforms. It seems rather undeniable to me that this place was destined to become a massive echo chamber since the day one.
People do this IRL all the time. It’s how people are. They aren’t kind and thoughtful.
I have people jump down my throat and start lecturing me about myself on weekly basis IRL. I even have them harass me while I’m minding my business reading a book in a cafe… because it’s an ‘bad’ book.
I also regular have people try to start arguments with me while I’m walking my dog on the street.
Where do you live?