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[–] 76 points 11 months ago (5 children)

I liked the variety and sheer volume of content on the other one, but I have had a lot less of those horrible interactions on Lemmy. I kind of like it being small town.

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  • [–] 24 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Precisely this. The more people come here, the more of the judgemental shitheads are going to come too. I've encountered a few on here already but nothing like back there.

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  • [–] 15 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    There are downsides to small-town life, though. Some of my views don't match the ones that are prevalent here, so I either end up getting hammered with downvotes or self-censoring when certain topics of discussion come up. And unlike Reddit it's not a big and diverse enough place that I can just go find a sub-community that is more tolerant.

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    The bizarre hostility of Reddit users is baffling. It's like they've never interacted with a human being in real life and have no idea how to process an opinion that isn't a 1:1 match of their own.

    You could say something like "I love waffles! :D" and get a response that is like "Oh, so you hate pancakes then? Wow, you didn't need to shit on every person that loves pancakes."

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago

    Debate me bros are the worst.

    I've tried being more empathetic when I reply to people, and that generally gets productive results. But, I'm just as guilty for thinking worse of people when they reply to me than I should.

    I dunno if it's a defence/offence thing. Perhaps I'm more prepared for conflict and can interrupt negative impulses.

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I've definitely seen more trolls and significantly more racist/transphobic people even in just the last few months which is worrying. Maybe it's like Baader Meinhof effect cause I started tagging them, but it's certainly frustrating because this site used to feel a lot more friendly.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    The idea that some people may have me tagged makes me a little nervous, and feel like maybe I should behave a bit more.

    Still cant help shitposting...

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