Comments of no substance on the side of popular opinion get upvotes, and waves of downvotes come for anyone who disagrees even a little, and even if they do it in a reasonable way.

Lemmy seems much worse for this than reddit TBH.

There’s a number of topics about which any dissent is met with vehement derision. As in those engaging in wrong think are assholes.

I don’t really know of course but I suspect it’s because lemmy has a narrower demographic than reddit. Opinions are just generally more homogeneous. I guess I’m describing an echo chamber.