this post was submitted on 02 Nov 2024
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...sometimes it does feel like this.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Head over.to Hexbear and say you like south park or something. You're welcome.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

I may be crazy, but even I'm not that stupid.

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (10 children)

most of the toxicity I've experienced on lemmy has been from established users so idk.. but I should add that it's way less toxic than reddit so far

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Overall it's less toxic than Reddit, as evidenced by how many people were lurkers there but here actually feel comfortable enough to open up and contribute.

I note that you are on Lemmy.World, which blocks some of the most well-known trolling instances. That indeeds helps a ton, though means that the experiences of someone who joined e.g. lemm.ee instead are going to be quite different.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's just less people. People will always be people wtv they are.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Less focus by Russian bot farms to steer the discussion.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I ended up getting permabanned from reddit for saying that Lebanese people don't blame all their problems on Israel, just the the problems they do deserve blame for.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

I got banned a few years ago for criticising Israel's genocidal rhetoric.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Block instance and block community buttons are your friends.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This will probably become an ever-worsening problem because there's no way to ban anyone from the fediverse entirely. We might someday need something like adblock or spam filters to reduce noise.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

There's an xkcd for that.:-)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I have no problem with people sharing their opinions on Lemmy.

just as long as they aren't wrong.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Welcome! In my biais view we're less toxic but still far from perfect.
Don't hesitate to post on smaller communities. People will be so happy to see a post they will forgot to be negative.
I look forward to read from you again (^_^)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (4 children)

There are too many negative posts on lemmy. I don't know why that is so but it do.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

could be applied to some mods as well

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago (2 children)

We often talk about toxic newbies, but sometimes we don't pay enough attention to how we ourselves changed as a result. Make them feel welcome, and see how much Lemmy changes back.

If you (yes, you, reader) are new to Lemmy, have my wholehearted "Welcome"! Hugs on demand, cookies right there, make yourself comfy :)

Avoid politics-oriented communities unless toxicity is your thing. Start with any instance (most likely you chose lemmy.world as your starting point?), but explore others and what they have to offer. You can even be on several of them if that's your thing! Enjoy!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I was here 2y before the exodus, it's absolutely not just the newbies. Maybe some other -ies...

I for one welcome the shit out of the newbies, I'm thankful to have them and want more, and for them to bring their niche interests with them. They help filter some of the toxicity out.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

yay cookie, thanks, i moved away because anytime i asked a question on any reddit subreddit by posting the question (as i should) it got spam downvoted to the point i became unable to make posts anywhere due to "low karma" : , ) (it was just a basic question and every comment under it and the post got spam downvoted for nor reason)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Luckily, here, while admins can see how many up- and downvotes you have, it doesn't influence anything, and that's by design; besides, it's unlikely that any proper implementation of karma system is possible in a federated network for individual users.

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