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?

  • @d3Xt3r
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    185 months ago

    I was reading some thread over at !politics

    There you go, that’s your problem. Political topics always gets heated and brings out the worst in people, no matter the platform. The first thing I did is block all politics (and general news + sports) communities, and it’s been a fairly pleasant experience so far for me, except for the odd troll or fanboy that shows up every now and then.

    • @[email protected]
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      85 months ago

      Lemmy.nz also defederated Hexbear, which helped a lot.

      Technically they pulled a “you can’t fire me, I quit” and defederated first, but whatever.

    • Exocrinous
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      -25 months ago

      You didn’t block all politics. Everything is political.

      • @[email protected]
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        25 months ago

        No it’s not. You can have casual communities or gaming or sports communities that aren’t political.

        • Exocrinous
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          05 months ago

          Casual conversation, gaming, and sports are political.