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Is it just me, or have the comments on Lemmy become extra aggressive over the past 3 months? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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?

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[–] [email protected] 233 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (55 children)

Worth noting, the number of people who come here "to escape authoritarian moderators". Nearly all of them were moderated for good reason.

I also don't think the presence of places like hexbear are doing us any favors.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (19 children)

The thing that actually worried me a little bit more was people upvoting the aggressive comments to be top comments.

I was reading some thread over at [email protected] today, and a lot of stuff advocating for political violence were the top comments. Mods yanked it, but nevertheless, people were vibing with some comments about dragging people through the street. I felt like I was on X/Twitter.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Yea, they tend to do that, think they did the same with blaahaj. Pretty funny tbh.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Casual conversation, gaming, and sports are political.

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