Transphobia, racism, etc aren't an opinion. They are hate speech. Full stop.

I am absolutely against silencing opinions. I am also absolutely in favor of silencing hate speech. Understand the difference.

Because we can have better privacy without discouraging engagement.

Perhaps not a conspiracy, but doesn't it say something about our culture that we find it more interesting?

I feel like the Hot/Active short is vastly better on KBin than Lemmy. I know Lemmy has an open bug regarding the Hot sort, so maybe that will change. But as it stands, I feel like I am seeing much more meaningful content in KBin, even though it's all federated.