Just to clarify, I don’t think it’s a problem that hatred is minimal here, and I don’t just mean politics.
I feel like I very rarely see alternative opinions about anything, whether it be software, ai, news about companies, etc. it just seems like everyone universally agrees about anything with only a tiny handful of exceptions.
It makes me hesitant to believe I’m on the “correct side” and I never see any arguments from opposition. This makes me worried that I’m in some sort of echo chamber. In real life, I do see much more diverse opinions and, if I only used the fediverse for social media, would likely be weaker in defending my own since their arguments would be “new” to me.
I understand the reasons for which the fediverse has pretty collective opinion, but it does still worry me. I want to be able to see all the other people with their own thoughts (given it’s respectful) on the Internet, which should be the most capable tool to do so.
Diversity of opinions isn’t automatically good for its own sake. I’m sure with a little imagination, you can come up with all sorts of objectively stupid opinions. Are those what you want to sift through? If you have a space where you allow all opinions no matter what, you’ll end up overwhelmed by the stupidest ones. If you moderate at all, you will always be accused of bias by someone. If you doubt any of this, just start hosting your own server!
tl;dr: different places have different vibes. That’s OK. Not everywhere has to contain all opinions.
Not all opinions are valid and should be validated as well. If it breaks the social contract it deserves to die.