More choice, individual and grouped control, while still being - by default - connected between instances and platforms which would otherwise be splitting if people and critical mass.

Bending in gymnastics helps bend the rules in PRs.

Systematically the same. Different weight shift (views and interests). Smaller userbase also makes it a bit different, but will become more similar with more users.

You can accept people as people without accepting their positions, claims, or views.

You can be mindful of when to engage in comments or not.

You can shift your mindset from arguing with a random stranger/bigot to defusing their talking points, or not letting them stand when you feel they should not.

People are more than one thing. You don’t have to like everyone. And you certainly don’t have to like all their aspects like the limited view one can see from their online profile or comment.

I don’t think Lemmy is fundamentally different from Reddit either, in terms of how people behave, and how it will develop with more users. You just have more choice regarding choice of instances and communities, and blocking.

If you want to become more accepting of other peoples view points, be mindful of your own prejudices, automated thoughts, classifications, and emotional responses. Consider perspective switches, or considering the value of different views in general.

There are different kinds of cults. Cult is a different thing from religion. It doesn’t belong on the same axis. But we can continue the thought if we define it as religious cult.

The scale is about excessive binding, control, rituals, restrictions, belief systems. If the left is the extreme, then towards the right we have weaker restrictions upon the belief system. The belief becomes weaker, and the beliefs do not have to restrict other and own people’s activities and beliefs.

Religion in the middle makes no sense. It should be the label on the scale. “Religious extremism” or similar. Maybe narrow, restrictive, totalitarian.

I don’t know specific terminology for the right side. Maybe open or unrestrictive practice of religion.

I’m confused. Isn’t this about the AI using existing correct typography, that was not very common? It doesn’t add anything new. I don’t see how that connects to my comment. Or what you think is an opinion about correctness here.

Also, the /s indicates sarcasm, so it’s not like my original comment was meant to be taken very seriously. If your issue is with the existing typography being used more.

If you’re putting the Em dash into question being valid at all, I can only link to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash#Em_dash Whether it’s existence is a good thing or not. That’s a different question vs correctness/existence and definition.

How so?

AI finally teaching people correct typography. /s