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Meta: Can we talk about non "Apple Enthusiasts" dominating the threads on c/apple_enthusiasts? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Since a lot of folks sort by “all” on Lemmy, popular posts get overwhelmed by people who don’t daily drive operating systems like iOS or MacOS.

I like outside perspectives and all, but when the majority of the “community” discussion is coming from people who aren’t even using these products, it is pretty hard to have informed conversations.

Moreover, I feel like this type of engagement creates a lot of threads that get pretty combative and catty. They’re often started by people who are trying to argue and convince iOS / MacOS users that they’ve picked the wrong side of the fence.

Anyone else feel me on this? I imagine this is a problem for other communities on Lemmy as well.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

Yeah, i used to think this wasn't the case when i just joined here, but the longer i use the more frustrating it get. People downvote and brigade on seemingly harmless thing, from post that they don't understand, to language they don't speak, to technology they don't use, to idea(that doesn't involve extremism) they don't agree. There's been people telling me why they stop posting and developing the community in my instance, and all boils down to the random downvoting and brigading.

If the admin of the top 10 instance didn't turn off downvoting, then you can be sure that this platform will slowly die off before Reddit even got its own just desert. It's impossible to build a community and recommend friend for a place this hostile. This place used to be super wholesome when i join.