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Without looking into a detailed history of what you might have said that spurt it, Pay attention to the instances that it's coming from, a lot of times you will notice that those users are coming from specific instances. I noticed this as well and there's some instances that I haven't blocked fully yet but I am debating.

It is very toxic, but if you don't let it get to you it's just a simple block and move on. I don't see as much toxicity on the platform as I did a few months ago by doing this method, and there are quite a bit of people that do take the time to give constructive feedback and have a civil conversation.

My experience overall on the fediverse is overall positive.

Hidden text because is off topic from ops post >! and while this is a little off topic of your post I would also encourage people to turn off your scores(the upvote/downvote system). Most third-party clients give you the ability to do it and I have had them turned off myself basically since my second month mark. It helps remove a lot of the hive mind / populous bias/ Argumentum ad populum(this is a link it's just spoiler hides it) that occurs by being able to see the scores. Due to the fact that the system works as a whole by judging the score in the sorting system you don't lose the ability to see the more popular stuff towards the top, so really unless you care about how many people are liking your posts, there is no cons to disabling!<

The trolls get what they deserve. Not trolling, huh? Yeah, that's what they all say.

There do seem to be a small number of people here who have no middle gears, don't there?

I would say the majority of mine have been fine and even some i thought might go off the rails had a nice back and forth where I even learned a bit. I mean I have encountered reactionary and mean stuff but does not seem super often to me. kbin meltdown sorta messed up my account thoush so I have not really got my feed going in mbin.

That's very strange. I've been here a year now, and have noticed that it's MUCH friendlier than Reddit.

I see that others have creeped your profile, and made suggestions about not antagonizing others. I'm going to take their word and recommend you take their advice instead of arguing about how everyone else is so argumentative.

I think some people use the internet to vent after a long day at work. I've dinner it at times and have had to stop myself from forming an unhealthy habit

Well adjusted people with fulfilling lives don't have a ton of time for online forums.

Lots of the residents of online spaces have been trained by algorithms that reward "hot takes" spurring lots of reactions.

Because people are mainlining propaganda en masse and it's rotting their brains. Maybe fediverse users are more abrasive idk, but the adversarial tone in online discourse nowadays is hardly unique to the platform.

https://kbin.run/m/[email protected]/t/602314/Kyle-Rittenhouse-criticized-Donald-Trump-So-conservatives-said-he-s-transgender (ctrl-f the name)

This you? Specifically: this you, arguing in a way that instantly, grossly obviously outs you as a troll. Not only the intensely weird way you're defending a murderer, but the intensely weird ways you're going about it. I'd elaborate, but don't feel like educating trolls.

So there's the answer to your " genuine " question. Of course, you remain free to ignore this terrible unprovoked attack from my side and pretend I'm quivering with rage, if that makes you feel better. :)

An offline friend and I have this hypothesis that usually, the further left or the further right one becomes, the more closed minded and reactionary they become when presented with an opposing idea.

It’s difficult to live in the grey and to keep an open mind. I think this has become so much harder in the era of social media.

That said, there are absolutely some core beliefs of mine that I would be highly resistant to ever budge on, so maybe you’re encountering some of those folks on theirs.

Shrug it off. Keep going. Be you.

There are people who is always angry about everything, not just in Lemmy but in everyday life also. Just keep you mouth shut and observe. Don't take them so serious.

Haters gonna hate.