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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 10 months ago by Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Are reports anonymous? I don't want to report a user that breaks rules only for the offending user to be friends with an admin and get me kicked from a community as payback

[–] Hubi@feddit.de 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No, the mods of the community can see who sent the report.

[–] WanderingVentra@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

That can be a good thing, too, to find out if someone is abusing the report feature, as was common on Reddit when people didn't like someone's comment.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago

Reports are not anonymous, but they also aren't public. Only visible to admins and mods of that community.

It's a tradeoff, anonymous report abuse was a big problem on reddit that I didn't want to replicate here. If the admins or mods aren't trustworthy on your server, you should pry move to another one.