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...sometimes it does feel like this.

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[–] IMNOTCRAZYINSTITUTION@lemmy.world 52 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

most of the toxicity I've experienced on lemmy has been from established users so idk.. but I should add that it's way less toxic than reddit so far

[–] RatzChatsubo@lemm.ee 28 points 9 months ago (3 children)

It's gotten pretty bad on the politics front lately. It's like an entirely different community now compared to last year

[–] IMNOTCRAZYINSTITUTION@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I hope it dies down after the election but I'm not getting hopes up

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 5 points 9 months ago

The election was going to make the Russian bots start shit stirring, but what really got Lemmings at each others' throats was the Palestinian genocide.

[–] Soulg@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

It kinda depends on the outcome. If Trump wins it'll get substantially worse.

[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 3 points 9 months ago

I make a point to just not open any thread that mentions US Politics.

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Overall it's less toxic than Reddit, as evidenced by how many people were lurkers there but here actually feel comfortable enough to open up and contribute.

I note that you are on Lemmy.World, which blocks some of the most well-known trolling instances. That indeeds helps a ton, though means that the experiences of someone who joined e.g. lemm.ee instead are going to be quite different.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Blocking is key. Once I started blocking some communities, my Lemmy experience got a lot better.

[–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's just less people. People will always be people wtv they are.

[–] Zementid@feddit.nl 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Less focus by Russian bot farms to steer the discussion.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Indeed, fuck Russia.

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 4 points 9 months ago

Well, most users here are former/current Reddit users, but somehow a lot of them think that it's less toxic here.