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Love that people are trying out different mechanisms for encouraging a less toxic social experience. Big tech has run engagement driven social for so long I think a lot of us had largely given up on the idea. That said, I really think a lot of the toxic cultural quirks that have even followed us here are a direct result of their engagement driving priorities and given enough time away from them people will skew kinder.
Here's the article on de-escalation for anybody interested: https://nickpunt.com/blog/deescalating-social-media/
Lemmy at least allows one to edit one’s posts & comments. One thing I’ll do is ~~cross out my errant text~~ and include something about how I was wrong.
I try to do the same, and also leave a comment praising people for reconsidering a position, and other forms of showing empathy regardless of how much I may have disagreed with any argument made.
What does the setting do?