I have accounts on various Reddit alternatives and have also had accounts on now-defunct sites. However, none have exhibited the same level of negativity as Lemmy.
I have accounts on various Reddit alternatives and have also had accounts on now-defunct sites. However, none have exhibited the same level of negativity as Lemmy.
Hello,
Thank you very much for your comment, I wholeheartedly agree.
At first we wanted people to join, so we were more lenient. I guess it is now time to protect the space, and not be afraid to take sanctions for people who are straight up rude.
Exactly. I’m not out to crap on anyone’s good time, but like being a decent person in real life, it ends when it starts to cause other people a bad time.
I don’t feel we’re gaining anything of value by allowing ourselves to behave poorly. I’d like to see things in News and Politics for example focus more in direct action and campaigns we can take part in than posting ragebait type articles that get everyone mad. There’s no shortage of other places we can go for that.
Say, instead of saying the president is allowing oil drilling in a supposed protected place, let us know who is supporting or opposing it, what groups are doing what to fight it, etc. All we get now is “it’s Republicans doing it again” or “this is how Democrats are getting nothing done again,” the same comments we’ve heard a billion times that don’t do anything but work us up, no matter who we support.
We don’t need to pretend we’re happy all the time or spend all day watching our every word, but we could put our energy to better use.