That description is pretty spot on for Mastodon as well.
Our memes are the opposite of a thoughtful discussion, sometimes I end up criticizing those I fundamentally agree with here, because their arguments are so lousy, often displaying a total lack of math understanding, repeating stuff that doesn't pass the sniff test and from dubious sources.
And @Zahadoom , the raving communists are all over the fediverse, we are banned from the majority of the servers.