The times these users seem to operate in is suspicious

I don’t think so. The amount of doom on lemmy is insane, this isn’t a very fun place. Comments using ableist slurs are upvoted. The meme communities are just a facade for more dooming. I swear this site is full of people that get off knowing they’re making someone else feel bad.

I went to odysee once and saw the Babylon Bee advertised front page. Told me all I needed to know about the platform.