So, the internet? Every website has it’s own niche and people stick to it. This isn’t a surprise.

It's a "surprise" in the sense that Lemmy wanted to do it different and better. It did in some ways, but failed in many others.

How is it being part of a faction to not discriminate against people, exactly? How is it being part of a faction to accept people for who they are, exactly? How is it being part of a faction to be kind to people instead of judging, exactly? Are you sure that you’re not getting downvoted because you’re a bigot?

No, you got that wrong. I never advocated against LGBT+, I'm a "live and let live" kinda guy. I am a straight white male though, so not part of any demographic in need of safe spaces, so it is not exactly easy to put myself into the shoes of people who need protection. Not saying I don't emphasize, merely that I'm not part of it. I'm also politically liberal and think most left values are noble thoughts, but lack practical availability.

First off, you were never banned so you can quit whining about something that literally never happened.

This is not my main account.

Not factual and indeed bullshit but it was one comment and from one community that is known to be a problem.

Well, the problem here is that worldnews is one of my key area of interests, and that community is about 8x as big as the next larger one on lemmy.world, which is not nearly as active. Which highlights my issue above with the lacking diversity.

[...] that behavior isn’t remotely appropriate on lemmy.blahaj.zone which is known for being very protective of trans folks. [...]

Fair, I get the point. Didn't mean to insult, just had observed quite a bit of trolling. Also had no idea what blahaj is really about, not an instance I interact with frequently.

Did you not see the endless trolling and hate that Reddit throws against anyone for any reason?

Sure happened in the mainstream subs, I just stayed the heck away from there. Here I have to engage with mainstream communities since all the small niche ones except for anything linux and star trek are very much dead; so as a result I see more trolling and shit-talking here than I was used to on my curated reddit frontpage.

Spez banned people for saying fuck Spez. He edited peoples comments when they were critical of him. They shadowbanned people so they didn’t even know they couldn’t interact with the site. They outright banned entire communities. They let moderators sit on communities and do nothing other than force it to go in one specific way. /r/WorldNews actively removed comments critical of things that they’re against and it applies to /r/The_Donald and /r/Politics and /r/Canada and everywhere else.

Fully agree, Spez was a dick. However on Lemmy you are dealing not with one isolated dick in the kingdom, but rather with a bunch of dicks over a multitude of serfdoms across the realm. Neither one feels great.