Title. Alt account cause obviously.
Been on lemmy for like 2 years, at first it was okay, possibly because I started on lemm.ee (RIP), possibly the influx of new users from reddit has changed things, who knows.
But now I keep seeing all the same things happen here that happened on reddit. People abusing rules that go unenforced, mods removing posts/banning users only when they take offense, users (and even mods) fighting each other over instances like rival gangs, communities propped up by single users, all of it.
The only actual differences I’ve found are that there’s no ads, and some instances have a more gated sign-up process to deter bots/spammers. That’s it.
There are some good faith users of course, but it seems the vast majority just want to be in a safe space echo chamber and talk shit about each other. It’s like that meme from the office: corporate needs you to differentiate these images, and one is reddit and the other is reddit wearing a lemmy mask, they’re the same image.
Thank you! The in-fighting is such a turn off! Why are people so hostile? Like I don’t think I’m the only one who comes on here and does NOT want to read crap about so and so should be murdered, wtf?? This is not how normal people behave or talk! Get a grip, seriously!
This. So much this. I don’t know why it’s so tolerated so widely here, and I hate that it’s becoming normalized. You nailed it: normal people do not behave or talk like that.
Every now and then there’s an Ask Lemmy thread along the lines of “what would you do if you could do anything” and the number of people sharing their violent murderous fantasies there and getting upvoted for it is genuinely staggering. Like you said: normal people don’t behave like that. If someone finds themselves having daydreams about murdering “the elites” or whatever, it’s time to get off social media and go take a walk outside.
Preferably to a psychiatrist who enjoys a challenge.
Oh, c’mon now… we’re naked apes, we are. We’re naturally gonna react in all KINDS of different ways, completely outside of “Starfleet.”
Suggestion to get over yourself upon that nonsensical, @ptz@dubvee.org.