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HBU, what do You all think 🤔 ?
I don’t post here as much as I did on reddit, but if I had to compare the 2, this place is WAY nicer. I got into such a habit where I review what i type about 3 times just because I knew, on reddit the majority of the time, someone will immediately be hostile. On Lemmy? I’ve actually had way more responses that are productive or add to what I say, and I don’t mind replying back because of that.
The only issues I’ve had with Lemmy is lack of content compared to the other place.
That helps. I am going to try and review before I comment and or post. My issue is I reply impulsively at times and also post impulsively as well.
I saw a highly upvoted post the other day about how a user would downvote all movie trailers because they considered them ads. A wild choice to make when you could just unsub from the movie communities? I think this is very much Lemmy’s brand of toxicity
I’m not sure why the downvotes unless…ah, that’s what you’re talking about. You did qualify it with sometimes. If people don’t agree that it sometimes is toxic, well, that’s just fucking wild.
Ehhh, maybe it’s like sports? Giving critique on said platform probably wasn’t the best idea.
Still I appreciate all the replies/comments; I think 🤔 I’ve learned a thing or two.
I feel like this applies to all social media. Why single out Lemmy? Do you feel it is more toxic than other social media sites? Do you have any examples of the type of toxicity you feel are most prevelant, along with where (community / instance)?
Lemmy has definite leanings that make it feel worse at times than even Reddit because Reddit had a larger percentage of casuals with differing opinions. Holding opinions contrary to the hive on here can make Lemmy feel pretty hostile, especially since people on Lemmy seem to love bringing those topics up as often as humanly possible.
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Mostly comparing it to reddit… I feel in general that Lemmy is more toxic because I almost always see people get downvoted for no good reason. Sometimes there is no reply and or comment to why they’re downvoting the other person.
Still, I am sticking around 😭😔😁👍😛. Cause I super don’t like reddit banning me or others for no good reason.
I think it depends on what exactly you define as “toxic”.
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