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Is it just me, or have the comments on Lemmy become extra aggressive over the past 3 months? (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I feel like things on Lemmy were pretty chill several months ago, and that’s started to change.

People used to talk each other like they would talk to a neighbor. Now I get the sense that people have become quick to be negative, attack, and not be constructive.

Am I crazy in feeling like the vibe has changed?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

Lemmy is a left leaning echo chamber loaded with hateful and violent speech toward Trump and the GOP in general. Whenever I bring this up, I get downvoted to oblivion. I hardly engage anymore, not like I used to. Too much crazy. Trust me, I fucking hate Trump, but the death threats and shit are too much

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You got to be edgy on the internet, it's the law

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

And it’s self reinforcing through irony laden posts like this.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

hateful and violent speech toward Trump and the GOP in general.

As should be the case :)

These groups are only alive by sheer mercy.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Taking about U.S politics is a good way to make anyone not from U.S leave. I don't care about politics, yet my wish to not get bombarded by it simply cannot be fulfilled here. So I have to seek other social media platforms, which means I spend less time here.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

The simple (depressing) fact that U.S. politics affects nearly every single person on the globe to some degree makes your indifference towards politics in general somewhat dangerous on a personal awareness level. Consume what data you choose, but avoiding it only prolongs the inevitable?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not even American and I usually don't care either way, but it's so annoying. Why can't we just have apolitical or at least more focused communities online anymore? I would literally join any community that outright banned all political speech for a change nowadays.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

Being apolitical is the same as being worthless. It is the absolute duty of every member of the polis to participate actively, which includes praxis.