There’s probably a better community for asking this, but I haven’t been able to find that one either.

What I’m looking for is a place to discuss ideas that encourages good-faith conversation, staying on topic, and being decent to one another - while actively discouraging mean-spirited, facetious, or bad-faith responses that focus on criticizing the person asking the question rather than engaging with the substance of it. And by “discouraging,” I mean active moderation with very low tolerance for that kind of commentary.

  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
    8·
    12 hours ago

    The people here tend to lean in the same political or ideological direction, and they’ve become extremely sensitive to any ideas that seem to go against their worldview.

    And there it is. I wonder what really triggered your post?

    Even taking all that you wrote into account I still think feddit deals with this better than reddit.

    Which btw is also a problem in those subs you describe. No mod can afford to be that strict.

    Anyhow, be the change you want to see. I’m sure you performed your searches by now and haven’t found anything suitable, so start your own and moderate it the way you see fit!

    Or at least tell us which subs you miss.

    And another thing that goes for reddit as well as feddit: downvotes by themselves don’t mean that you’re being dogpiled or silenced or whatever. Controversial takes always attract - well, controversy. Deal with it, discuss your way through it, after all that’s what you want, no? I still say the percentage of reasonable people here is far larger than on reddit.

    • Opinionhaver@feddit.ukOPEnglish
      2·
      12 hours ago

      And there it is. I wonder what really triggered your post?

      This is exactly why I’d like to find - or create - the kind of community I described above. These kinds of accusations, even when implicit, don’t bring any value to a conversation. I’m looking for a place to discuss ideas - not people or tribes.

      • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
        8·
        12 hours ago

        I see you are unwilling to answer that or any other question I posed. You want a completely theoretical discussion where people cannot point out to you that you aren’t flawless either.

        FWIW I had a look at your posting history and I think you’re fighting windmills here.

        • Opinionhaver@feddit.ukOPEnglish
          3·
          12 hours ago

          You want a completely theoretical discussion where people cannot point out to you that you aren’t flawless either.

          This is just yet another completely baseless ad hominem accusation which both isn’t true nor in any way related to the topic at hand. I don’t understand your insistence on making this about me. Like I said: I’m not interested in discussing people.

          r/samharris, r/zombiesurvivaltactics and r/suomi are the subs I miss from reddit. I’m not aware of not having addressed any other questions you’ve posed to me.