I hope this image speaks for itself. They admit to not reading books, and they gain a following by making absurd takes.

Sure. Here is my identical post on Hexbear.

The “discussion” that takes place is ambiguous at best, however, it didn’t get too many views. It seems theory-type posts like that wouldn’t do so well. (Again, most likely because of differing attitudes and communities)

Yeah, I did two identical discussion posts about the LTV on Lemmygrad and Hexbear, and the results were very interesting. I had four or so comments here on Lemmy that were basically discussing and having a civil debate over how people in sales and advertising do or do not create value, and some talk about art. On Hexbear though, I just got a few people giving brief, badly summarized explanations of the labor theory of value and basically just said “maybe” and “IDK” to my inquiries, which isn’t really helpful because I was wanting more discussion, and I obviously already know the LTV.

This isn’t conclusive or anything, but yeah, my example definitely highlights a difference in the userbase and communication of the different communities.