More national diversity. Lemmy is dominated by Americans and Germans, then a handful of worldwide Anglosphere, and Europeans. Asians, Middle Easterners, Africans, Latin Americans, Indians, etc. are practically nonexistent.
Spirituality and religion are barely talked about.
I 100% agree here, it feels like a microcosm of Reddit which already leans quite left, but even more radical. I left numerous times on the fediverse due to it’s huge political echo chamber, it’s something really frustrating as the platform is meant to be for everyone but it seems to be mostly populated by one viewpoint and nearly always Americans or Europeans.
Most mainstream platforms do have these sorts of demographics and politics yes, but even they have quite sizeable communities for ethnic, political and religious minorities where they can have their own space. The fediverse doesn’t really have that and it kinda sucks.
I really feel you with the lack of religious talk here, Reddit has tons of it for every major rellgion out there, and Lemmy has… nothing? As a Indian Muslim on here, I’d like to have a space to talk about my beliefs with others, but the Islamic communities on here are all ghost towns. Reddit on the other hand, is very populated with Muslims and has discussions daily on those sub reddits.
I am a American citizen but I’m was born in China and I feel like my anecdotes just stand out so much lol… like remember being in a US classroom and I was the only Asian there… that’s how I kinda feel like… The only other ethnic Chinese here are like 2 HongKongers and like 1 Mainlander in Europe and like 1 Taiwanese
The Asian Diaspora comm has like checks notes yea it’s in the single digits… like 3 members of the diaspora I think. (shameless promo: !theasiandiaspora@piefed.social)
As for spirituality… sometimes I mention the idea of reincarnation as a hypothetical and feel like some atheist is gonna be like “ur stupid”
I mean I’m not gonna wait for help if there’s a flood, not gonna be that guy that “waits for god to save him”, but I still think about reincarnation a lot… it’s kinda just part of the philosophy of the environment/culture I grew up in… its like I grew up with a weird mix of Chinese culture stuff at home… (like… as a kid I used to watch a lot of Cantonese and Mandarin tv shows…), then also the western (American, to be specific) stuff outside of home and on the internet.
But I’m so glad the fediverse doen’t have the bullshit like “Omg u don’t have enough karma / your account too new / we find your account doesn’t meet our requirements, your post has been automatically removed”
More diversity of opinion.
More national diversity. Lemmy is dominated by Americans and Germans, then a handful of worldwide Anglosphere, and Europeans. Asians, Middle Easterners, Africans, Latin Americans, Indians, etc. are practically nonexistent.
Spirituality and religion are barely talked about.
I 100% agree here, it feels like a microcosm of Reddit which already leans quite left, but even more radical. I left numerous times on the fediverse due to it’s huge political echo chamber, it’s something really frustrating as the platform is meant to be for everyone but it seems to be mostly populated by one viewpoint and nearly always Americans or Europeans.
Most mainstream platforms do have these sorts of demographics and politics yes, but even they have quite sizeable communities for ethnic, political and religious minorities where they can have their own space. The fediverse doesn’t really have that and it kinda sucks.
I really feel you with the lack of religious talk here, Reddit has tons of it for every major rellgion out there, and Lemmy has… nothing? As a Indian Muslim on here, I’d like to have a space to talk about my beliefs with others, but the Islamic communities on here are all ghost towns. Reddit on the other hand, is very populated with Muslims and has discussions daily on those sub reddits.
I feel like I stand out so much lmao.
I am a American citizen but I’m was born in China and I feel like my anecdotes just stand out so much lol… like remember being in a US classroom and I was the only Asian there… that’s how I kinda feel like… The only other ethnic Chinese here are like 2 HongKongers and like 1 Mainlander in Europe and like 1 Taiwanese
The Asian Diaspora comm has like checks notes yea it’s in the single digits… like 3 members of the diaspora I think. (shameless promo: !theasiandiaspora@piefed.social)
As for spirituality… sometimes I mention the idea of reincarnation as a hypothetical and feel like some atheist is gonna be like “ur stupid”
I mean I’m not gonna wait for help if there’s a flood, not gonna be that guy that “waits for god to save him”, but I still think about reincarnation a lot… it’s kinda just part of the philosophy of the environment/culture I grew up in… its like I grew up with a weird mix of Chinese culture stuff at home… (like… as a kid I used to watch a lot of Cantonese and Mandarin tv shows…), then also the western (American, to be specific) stuff outside of home and on the internet.
But I’m so glad the fediverse doen’t have the bullshit like “Omg u don’t have enough karma / your account too new / we find your account doesn’t meet our requirements, your post has been automatically removed”
You do to me, lol
Every time I see your flag I immediately recognise you
I‘m happy you are here.
As a Romanian, I’m doing my part!