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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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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

I've said it before, Lemmy is a fickle place.

I expect it will get better with time as we get more users.

[–] jacktherippah@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

OMG, yes! I've been running into so many rude/toxic comments lately. For me it feels like this place is devolving into Reddit again.

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

Aggressive yes, and more people deliberately misinterpreting what you say just to feel smug. Also people that don't understand that a Lemmy comment can't have the exhaustive detail and context of a Wikipedia article, and they take any omission of such in a comment as ignorance by the op.

[–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago

Before it was toxic positivity. The veneer has broken down now that people aren't trying their best to bring over reddit refugees, and the ugly underneath is visible.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Depends on the threads you discuss i guess, I find it pretty chill

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)
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[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 5 points 10 months ago

I haven't really noted a shift, but there's always a few folks in a given place, real or virtual, that are absolutely unwilling to take a nuanced view. My way or the highway and all that. Hard to have a historical view though when a major part of the users have all come on board in the last 7-8 months, me included.

[–] Yoz@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

That's just normal behavior of human beings.

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[–] Lath@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago

Yes. Yes you are.
This vibe has been here from the start. But it was kept at bay by defederating left and right from "troublemakers".
Problem is actual troublemakers don't care where they are. All they have to do is make a new account and keep on troubling.
So all the isolation managed to do is slow down the conflict, make it less visible. And it worked too.
Yet you can't stop the fighting, not for long anyway.

We have to fight, have to make drama. Peaceful living is too boring all the time.

[–] TigrisMorte@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago

Simply a side effect of successful user growth without adequate growth in moderation of the user base. Same thing has happened on every forum since the first BBS

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

When they are insulting should mean that they have no arguments... maybe they have issues on their life. Who knows, but it's a waste of time to reply to them.

[–] rab@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago (16 children)

Yeah I've given this place an honest try but people are so quick to downvote, it's not exactly encouraging me to actively post here

Also I notice the same 10 assholes in every thread

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Sounds like fighting words..

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