I was wondering if there is an alternative platform such as Lemmy and Reddit that has these networks of discussion based forums with wide ranging topics but with more free speech/less censorship and a userbase that more realistically represents the actual people of the world.

I noticed that Reddit and especially Lemmy lean extremely far to the left and therefore have a pretty unrealistic bias for things which doesn’t accurately reflect how most average people would see things.

I’m someone who is very open for all kinds of viewpoints and I’m looking for a place where I can get answers that more accurately reflect peoples view.

For example as someone who’s interested in American politics and culture it is basically impossible to learn about it on this platform since everyone here including Americans themselves seems to have a deep hate towards America and the values it stands for.

I also noticed that even though it’s better than on Reddit there are still moderators here who will remove discussions just when people don’t agree on a topic. And I’m looking for something that is not censoring content unless it’s illegal to be able to freely express oneself.

The problem with platforms such as X is that they’re structurally drastically different from something like Lemmy or Reddit. Even though X does have communities, they’re not as wide ranging in topics and don’t focus on more in-depth discussion. Instead X seems to mainly promote prominent individuals opinions over the quality of content itself. Furthermore there also seems to be a character limit for X posts which basically only gives you a few basic sentences as a title without having a more detailed body section (unless you pay for it I guess, but even then the chance that anyone will see your post and answers is very low).

I assume I will probably also don’t get a proper answer on this one since I will now be called a disturbed radical right person who seeks platforms that will promote hate and child pornography or something.

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    7 days ago

    I’ve made it clear in my comment that I’m referring to people who voted in the last US election.

    The point stands: significant portions of the population aren’t on Lemmy. Popular viewpoints aren’t represented. Lemmy is poorer for it.

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      7 days ago

      Typical. Edit the comment, move the goalpost, and claim that the point still stands even though the data you used as proof fell apart.

      I have no interest in talking to pieces of shit that voted to make some of my children “superior” to the others.

      They put my family at risk, and I cannot accept that as a simple “difference of opinions”.

      Lemmy is better off without the misinformation and hate those people bring.

      Go hang out in 4chan if you think those people bring anything off value to the conversation.