rimu , 4 hours ago

Reasons why racism on Lemmy is less of an issue:

• There are only a few Lemmy instances - those that harbor racism are easily defederated from.
• Downvotes make bad content easy to detect, even if not reported.
• Content is posted into communities, which have moderators. Hashtags on Mastodon are un-moderated.
• Unlike mastodon, replies are sent to all instances so visibility is higher. No hiding in obscurity.
• Federated networks tend to have a central hub - Lemmy.world is well moderated, unlike mastodon.social.