Yup. I think a lot of social media has turned into the “Outrage Olympics”. Whether the outrage is warranted or not, the siloed communities wallow in their performative group-think. It’s hard to break through the them-vs-us mentality. It has always been a human problem, but it really feels like it’s turned up to 11 in the past decade or so.

Truthfully, Lemmy doesn’t even have enough users for some mainstream interests, like sports. Lemmy leans very tech and selects for a certain type of user. But I’m sure plenty of people here are happy to have a place without daily NFL and NBA news.