• Cowbee [he/him]
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        42 months ago

        Not a fan of the takes the average visitor from more right-wing instances brings, sometimes it’s nice to deliberately pick a smaller instance with like-minded people.

        Social media becomes less addicting and less debatebro-ey.

        • @eldavi@lemmy.ml
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          32 months ago

          i don’t like seeing it either, but cocooning yourself into an echo chamber doesn’t help thing at all.

          • Cowbee [he/him]
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            52 months ago

            I disagree, actually. I never have productive conversations regarding Marxism, for example, with liberals. Opinions being diverse does not necessarily mean they add value to conversations.

            Still, I have multiple accounts of the same name, I use when I want to talk to different people.

            • @eldavi@lemmy.ml
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              22 months ago

              i never expect the conversations to be productive, especially with liberals; but i don’t find that the discourse forces me to re-evaluate my views and it usually strengthens them.

              • Cowbee [he/him]
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                42 months ago

                Sure, and that’s fine. For me, it usually results in frustration and phone addiction, so it helps me not do it quite as much, even if I have a long way to go.

                • @eldavi@lemmy.ml
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                  12 months ago

                  frustration should be expected and i think that the only way to get something positive from it is to keep your cool.