Why is all of Lemmy politics?
2026-04-08 03:38 UTC
Replies (34)
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@Jaegeras@piefed.social 2026-04-09 08:18
Because everyone wants to run around thinking they’ve got everything figured out for the world or their country, at the comfort of their computer chair. And they’ll get validated in doing so, without having so much to lift a finger.
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@Bazell@lemmy.zip 2026-04-09 09:47
Not enough people that aren’t interested in politics present here to engage more actively in non-political communities. Lemmy or PieFed still haven’t reached even 1 million of users. While Reddit in glory days had dozens of millions users(not bots).
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@BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 2026-04-09 10:05
If you haven’t notice yet, the world is burning. It’s burning due to the actions of rich political people. That’s really important. People tend to talk about stuff like that.
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@tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml 2026-04-09 11:28
Raising quality of life for all human beings will inevitably result in more people who can share your online hobby discussions. Time to get on board
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@sudoer777@lemmy.ml 2026-04-09 17:27
What made reddit great at one time was the diversity of genres and depth. The depth? I thought it was like 75% shills and CIA actors
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@herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml 2026-04-09 20:55
Drop some cool memes into lemmy and make it better for all of us.
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@eldavi@lemmy.ml 2026-04-08 16:11
lemmy was created by the people who used to inhabit r/politics; r/socialism; r/communism; r/linux; and r/foss and they coalesced around lemmy.ml lemmy.world has the bread-and-circuses that you’re looking for.
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@RiverRock@lemmy.ml 2026-04-08 03:43
Because everything is politics
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@Objection@lemmy.ml 2026-04-08 09:50
Because: 
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@homologous@piefed.blahaj.zone 2026-04-08 03:51
because politics literally affect every aspect of life? i mean i know it can be tiring and it's really depressing, i know on mastodon you can filter out posts but idk about lemmy/piefed, but politics will always be talked about and trying to avoid it entirely or saying "i dont do politics" is just ignorance
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@dessalines@lemmy.ml 2026-04-08 13:34
You can curate your own feed: use the block button for any communities you don't want to see. As for why there's a lot of politics on lemmy: The west's leading country just threatened to annihalate an entire civilization yesterday. Kind of a lot going on right now.
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@furrowsofar@beehaw.org 2026-04-08 03:50
It is not. Subscribe to the feeds you want the view only subscribed. There are several views.
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@silentjohn@lemmy.ml 2026-04-08 15:08
So you fled one billionaire-owned political echo chamber for an open-source lefty platform only to realize you actually just miss cat pics and woodworking tutorials. Boring and disgusting? Sounds like you just don't agree with lefty politics. 
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@doleo@lemmy.one 2026-04-08 07:45
> I have been here since the Reddit exodus Presumably, you left for *political* reasons?
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@happybadger@hexbear.net 2026-04-08 03:45
What kind of silly baby are you?
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@Flyberius@hexbear.net 2026-04-08 03:39
All life is politics. Go play with your Legos, baby-man.
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@JackbyDev@programming.dev 2026-04-09 15:03
Be the content you want to see. Also, it's odd to equate deep subject matter with a lack of politics.
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@communism@lemmy.ml 2026-04-08 15:12
Depends on what you define as "politics" but aside from "everything is politics", my Lemmy feed is mostly tech stuff. Just subscribe to communities that fit your interests. That being said, many interests will be under-represented on Lemmy as I think the user base skews either technical or political or both.
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@geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 2026-04-08 14:18
Because that's what people most engage with. On Reddit there's a lot of politics too by the way. You're free to create your own non-political community and create content there as well.
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@Nebulous_Keito@thelemmy.club 2026-04-08 08:21
Sure, there's a lot of politics on here but definitely not all of Lemmy is about politics... If you dislike politics, I suggest you block Lemmy communities with politics in them if you dislike to that extent... Or you could just not subscribe to any such communities and stick to "Home" or "Subscribed" which will only give you content from communities you're subscribed with.
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@m532@lemmygrad.ml 2026-04-08 05:20
You should probably start learning about politics. If you only start when the bombs drop on your head, it's too late.
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@Mangoholic@lemmy.ml 2026-04-09 00:32
Because all media is political
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@MutantTailThing@lemmy.world 2026-04-08 03:45
I swear my feed is like 50% Trump Trump trump trump I’m fucking sick of it
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@Bullerfar@lemmy.world 2026-04-08 04:02
I also think it is the times we live in right now. The world is in shambles, not too weird everyone is very political motivated right now. Just wait untill times settle. Then you'll see the political interest go way down again. But yeah. I am missing reddit on the sports forum part. There is dead.
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@EffortlessGrace@piefed.social 2026-04-09 15:18
Ironically, due the nature of the language used in their complaint and its similarity to psychological operations conducted by [COINTELPRO](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO?wprov=sfla1), [@OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.ml/u/OhVenus_Baby) seems "shallow and politically motivated".
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@Kwakigra@beehaw.org 2026-04-10 00:59
Everything is politics. Avoiding thinking about or discussing consequential things is a political position which is well served almost everywhere else on the internet.
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@Valarie@lemmygrad.ml 2026-04-09 03:39
I think the big thing is you being on .ml, this is an explicitly communist server and as such is gonna have alot of focus on those topics
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@Bazell@lemmy.zip 2026-04-09 10:02
Try other instances. No one forbids you from creating new accounts and explore other instances. And no one prohibits you from leaving completely lemmy.ml either.
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@FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 2026-04-08 07:15
Lemmy is part of the fediverse. On the fediverse you are your own algorithm. So either you have curated your feed to be very political or you're on the local feed of your instance, which has a lot of political posts. But you signed up there. Either way, you're there by choice. Curate your own feed. I get lots of stuff that isn't political. Just keep in mind you don't get reddit user numbers over here so not every niche nonpolitical subject has found a viable community. Yet.
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@housedogpartyfavor@lemmy.zip 2026-04-09 15:48
If I can frame this a different way — I wish interest-driven discovery had a little less friction on lemmy/in fediverse. I don’t assume it’s not there. I just haven’t found it yet.
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@Pencilnoob@lemmy.world 2026-04-08 04:30
Every time I see a politics news or comic or meme I block that community. It's great my entire feed is fun stuff and cool art
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@amaryllisfever@lemmychan.org 2026-04-09 21:21
Because politics has broad "appeal" and people are passionate about it. It's also a form of propaganda. Different communities will use/abuse their power to influence how their users view issues.
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@frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 2026-04-09 12:38
I tried asking about the World Cup the other day and the comments were all about politics. Super gay and annoying.
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@Pencilnoob@lemmy.world 2026-04-08 11:29
I consider doom scrolling to be an unhealthy way to consume news and an ineffective tool for political change. Protests, strikes, and voting change politics. There is little to be gained by algorithmically filling my body with cortisol and adrenaline. My head is not in the sand because I read apnews and reuters periodically. I prefer for lemmy to be an enjoyable place to visit. If it was an endless feed of doom I would uninstall and read a book instead.