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I've been on the Fediverse since the 3rd party API debacle. I've had several accounts on several instances. In my opinion, it seems less popular today, but I've also added instances to my block list, so it's entirely possible the Fediverse is growing, just in those instances.
In terms of how it is in general, if you ask me, every online community is an echo chamber nowadays. Reddit is bot and clanker slop flavor. Lemmygrad and .ml are tankie flavor. X is nazi flavor. Truth Social is MAGA flavor. TikTok is genZ normie flavor. Dbzero is libertarian flavor. Piefed and lemmy.world are the liberal and progressive hugfest flavor. As accepting as they claim to be though, the truth is, some ideas simply aren't tolerated.
For example, the suggestion that gun violence in the US is perhaps best treated as a violence problem, best addressed with social programs that address the root causes of violence: poverty, homelessness, unemployment, drug addiction, and mental health, is wildly unpopular. In fact, any suggestion of a solution to gun violence in the US that doesn't involve a repeal of the second amendment and a total ban on all non-police ownership of firearms is unwelcome, and invites many rude assumptions about the poster's character, habits, and identity. Any suggestion that such a solution would only strengthen the police state is met with similar reactions.
It's still more tolerable than those other places though.
moth supposes you're one of those people who thinks anyone left of margaret thatcher is a progressive.