With more people joining Lemmy and other decentralised networks there is a growing shift to the common misogyny and sexism we find on other social media networks (YouTube, Reddit, etc.).
I think it’s pretty obvious that the reason is that there are even less women here than other places online. What are your ideas on how to change that? Or do you feel it is a lost cause?
I don’t want to say it’s a lost cause… But I’m not sure how to address it either. You’re absolutely right that the casual sexism is rampant here, and to my mind it’s about 50% from less moderation overall and 50% the type of personalities that are willing to seek out less popular and less user friendly services. I left reddit for a reason, but lemmy isn’t nearly as polished. That demographic is always going to skew neckbeardy.
Stick to a small instance with a small witchy vibe. You can get by by looking at local + subbing to only topics that you’re interested in.
Personally I find my current instance + some of the literature instances (literature.cafe) very comfy. I blocked out 196, but that was only because it was big enough that it was drowning out all other discussions.Then I join in on some niche lemmy.world tech topics from time to time.