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The case for down voting/anonymous social negativity to strangers (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 days ago by j4k3@lemmy.world to c/explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world
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This place seems dead. I was skimming some stuff to make a few posts, after posting a basic casual conversation, the negativity shut me down like usual. I am sitting here with 5 tabs and some interesting stuff, but I'm totally disinterested in trying or even spending any more time here this evening. What value does that add for anyone when this place is dying a slow death of disinterest and low engagement? I never add negativity. I only ignore and block. I never discourage because I know I would be shooting myself in the foot. Why is this not fundamentally standard logic for everyone. If you disagree about opinions, appreciate diversity and ignore or better yet discuss. Anonymous negativity to strangers is psychotic behavior that should never have existed in the first place. It is not normal. It is no different that walking up to a stranger in a supermarket and yelling at them for what they wear or how they talk. That is crazy stupid.

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[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

People don't agree on anything, ever. What you think of as "normal" is absurd to someone else and vice versa.

I've always wondered what posesses someone to down vote a genuine question, but I've made my peace with it by looking at it as "people will be people".

Today I try to read and contribute as I feel the urge. I don't follow many, if any, people or communities and just take the feed that comes past my eyes as a slice of life.

It's made for a lot less stressful experience and it allows me to (dis)engage as my energy levels permit.

I hope you find your way .. life is amazing and diverse and there's plenty of fun and interesting things to experience.

[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I engage with my projects and AI. It is a little world when one spends 80%+ of every day lying in a bed. I'm not myself if I go anywhere or do much of anything. This is truly the only place that I can really exist in in a voice I choose and can shape. The negativity is about like saying I should not exist. I tend to agree on that front. I'm largely here trying to convince myself otherwise. It is what it is. I'm a zombie that lost 8.5 of 9 lives already, there is very little left to lose.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 6 points 2 days ago

The negativity is about like saying I should not exist.

It's your choice to see it that way.