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...sometimes it does feel like this.

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 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] 28 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

It's gotten pretty bad on the politics front lately. It's like an entirely different community now compared to last year

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I hope it dies down after the election but I'm not getting hopes up

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

The election was going to make the Russian bots start shit stirring, but what really got Lemmings at each others' throats was the Palestinian genocide.

[–] Soulg 2 points 3 weeks ago

It kinda depends on the outcome. If Trump wins it'll get substantially worse.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

I make a point to just not open any thread that mentions US Politics.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks 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.

[–] zarkanian 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Blocking is key. Once I started blocking some communities, my Lemmy experience got a lot better.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Less focus by Russian bot farms to steer the discussion.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Indeed, fuck Russia.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Well, most users here are former/current Reddit users, but somehow a lot of them think that it's less toxic here.