I haven’t seen that. The Fediverse in general is more left & libertarian than liberal or conservative. You almost by definition have to be a little quirky and care about privacy or the shared commons enough to seek out alternatives to centralized, corporate social media. So, in terms of American politics, you’ll find more true independents and people who vote for 3rd parties than your normie conservative Republicans or liberal/neoliberal Democrats.

So, dissent in general is definitely appreciated on the Fediverse — we’re all here because we opted out of some popular social network — but if you’re trying to hate on or control some people you’ve never met, you’ll probably get downvoted by leftists and libertarians. But being downvoted doesn’t make it an echo chamber. It usually means you stepped outside yours.

Here’s my one and only reply, who the fuck cares if you get downvotes. This isn’t reddit and you shouldn’t base your whole life on Internet points. If you don’t like the progressive viewpoints that most places like this attract to open minded and free thinkers, then either block those communities or find someplace that’s a better fit for you. I find people with similar viewpoints, but newsflash, the world outside MAGA world isn’t a right wing mob. The majority of the world are more “leftist”.

You’re getting downvoted but, as a leftists I’d still say yes kinda lol

No, I’ve seen a diverse range of views, including several explicitly postliberal ones.

Unless you’re using “liberal” as lazy shorthand for the US left-wing, in which case still no, because it’s not an echo chamber, but yes, views that are left-of-(American)-center are predominant.

These types of posts and discussions are worthless when the participants don’t even agree on the definition of the terms being bandied about.

Echo chamber probably isn’t the best framing for it. I would say that the ethos of FOSS and the values of privacy which might incline a person towards these platforms is generally more in line with liberal views than conservative ones. What I’ve seen personally however, is that it’s not about whether you’re right or left, but in how you articulate your ideas. Low-effort posts that go against the grain, may very well be downvoted, whereas a well thought post that runs against that same grain might be met with discussion, but not necessarily downvotes.

Yes I think so. The large majority prefers downvoting, and that’s why the largest instances have it enabled.

You can still join an instance that has it disabled though. I personally strongly prefer no downvotes and that’s why I’m on Lemmy.today.

Just look at the removed comments from political communities in the modlog. Every non-liberal view is swiftly silenced. It’s even in the rules of many big instances, written in a ulterior fashion, so as to not rouse suspicion

What is “liberal” in your understanding? Cause that term is like Plasticine.

People here proved your own point. You got downvoted