Just as the title suggest. Is there anyway we can prevent Lemmy from being such a giant sphere of political annoyance just like Reddit? No matter where you go on reddit before the API changes and even now, someone has to bring politics into it. Even in post or subreddits where it’s not needed.
So once again, is there anyway we can stop that from happening and just allow the communities in Lemmy to be genuine?
Realistically, I think no.
While it would be nice, all it takes is one person making a comment that someone else declares is “political” to devolve a place into tit-for-tat political vitriol. And this extends into social politics as well. Unfortunately, so many people now have made their personal politics their identity, and look for opportunities to fight, argue, and moral grandstand. Pick literally any conversation about anything, and there are people that will determine the “red choice” or the “blue choice,” and will scream and yell the choice they think identifies with their color politics without forming an actual opinion themselves.
Maybe 20 years ago this would have been possible. But its not possible anymore.