The users of reddit in no way mirrored the real world. I consider myself an indepentant in real life, I vote based off of issues that are important to me, I get my news primarily from Reuters and the AP, but I found myself filtering out more and more subreddits as they became filled with hate.
Neutral sounding subreddits such as Politics and News became hate filled groups that attacked anyone right of the far left.
I've abstained from contributing to reddit for years due to this and hope Lemmy doesn't experience the same hate filled fall.
My Google search today linked to a technology@lemmy.ml post so it's happening