• Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyi
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    1 year ago

    There’s a lot of FOSS nerds here who get disgusted at you if you suggest someone use a web browser that isn’t Firefox. But if you hung around on the Linux/FOSS subreddits, you’d get the exact same thing…

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      1 year ago

      Agreed, feels like the vast majority of people here are FOSS enthusiasts, which isn’t a bad thing necessarily if you align with them, but definitely a bias and could put off people who genuinely don’t care about FOSS or tech in general.

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        1 year ago

        There is quite a bit of bias on reddit that makes it quite uncomfortable for some of those people. Quite often Linux, Firefox and great open source software is bashed. It can be quite disconcerting to be in a different environment, but it isn’t solely because of the views and biases of those on Lemmy. It’s also significantly down to the views and biases of those one reddit also.

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          Yep, bias exists everywhere. There’s no avoiding it. Reddit does have the benefit that biases tend to change from sub to sub though. Lemmy instances that I’ve seen (not defederated ones) tend to hold the same FOSS bias, but the intensity of it varies from instance to instance.

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      1 year ago

      A lot of open source advocates do tend to be inclined to open source software on an open source link aggregator.

      Signed, Open Source entusiast. :)

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        1 year ago

        Yeah that ain’t the issue, it’s moreso the attitude than anything when someone chooses something that fits their needs better than the open-source alternative.

        I say this as someone who uses Firefox but still uses MusicBee.

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          1 year ago

          Out of a quick glance (really quick), I found this: https://lemmy.ml/comment/2915403

          It seems you’re throwing rocks and getting surprised when people generally respond. You cannot complain about fanboyism when you’re trying to start fires. If you don’t want those conversations, maybe don’t start 'em.

          I get that when you bash Firefox on reddit, you can start a circlejerk, but you don’t get the same response here and it’s as much to do with you being used to the biases of reddit.

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            1 year ago

            That was after dealing with said fanboyism both here and on Reddit. Thought I should warn OP. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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              1 year ago

              There wasn’t any really in that thread. You brought it up.

              I’m sure you’ll warn OP, and another OP, and another OP, and another OP, and after getting any response, blame Firefox fanboys for beaing unbearable…