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What's a good Lemmy community to ask more deeper questions about societal topics (that can be potentially emotionally charged)? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by ask_lemmy@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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I'm searching for a Lemmy community to ask and discuss deeper societal questions such as about social injustices, greed, capitalism, communism, racism etc. On Reddit there were communities like r/SeriousConversation . Is there any alternative here on Lemmy?

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[–] m_f@discuss.online 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

For good faith questions, I've got a few that I've been meaning to post to !discuss@discuss.online, we appreciate good discussion. The community's been a little quiet but I'm going to put some work into it. I do specify "good faith" just because it doesn't need to become another "here's my 'unpopular' opinion that is actually popular and i want validated" or "here's why I hate ". If you're going to post bad-faith questions, or want to skirt the lines of what's appropriate, that will make my life harder as admin and that's considered a bannable offense 🙂

There's also !AskUSA@discuss.online for US-specific questions. We generally avoid politically-charged topics because there's better places for those, but questions that aren't just "Why does Trump suck?" might be a good fit.

Here's a sample of a few recent popular !AskUSA@discuss.online posts if they pique anyone's interest:

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz -1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Oh goodie, a brand new account made to ask this question. Why not ask the question here with your real account?

[–] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago

What is a “real account” anyway? I’ve been here for over two years, and this is probably my eighth account. Whenever I hit around 1000 comments, I make a new one - so I’ll be ditching this one soon, too. Which of those would even count as my “real” account?

Lemmy is such a small platform that if I’d stuck with my first account, tons of people would recognize me by now. I don’t want internet fame, and I’d rather make it as hard as possible for any potential stalker to follow me around. Not tying your entire post history to a single username just seems like the smart move - and honestly, it surprises me how often a privacy-minded platform like Lemmy feels hostile toward people who do this.

[–] ask_lemmy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I often make new accounts when I post something about a different topic. Why is that relevant to you?

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

It's named after this sub...

100 to 1 their real account can be found in the mod list as someone recently bannex

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com -1 points 1 month ago

Is your deep question why is racism still racism