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?
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 <minority>”. 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:
Is your deep question why is racism still racism
Oh goodie, a brand new account made to ask this question. Why not ask the question here with your real account?
I often make new accounts when I post something about a different topic. Why is that relevant to you?
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.
It’s named after this sub…
100 to 1 their real account can be found in the mod list as someone recently bannex
