The fediverse is small, and thats both a blessing and a curse - one of its several blessings is that in a smaller space we all individually have a bigger impact on what the culture of this space is like.

On this comm (and on lemmy broadly) there's a lot of discussion about how to grow the fediverse, what to improve, but an easy thing you can do for the fediverse is right in front of us-

Be kind
Ask people what they think, and why
Approach folks you disagree with with curiosity rather than hostility (EDIT: no, this is not specifically referring to Nazis. I get it, they're the first thing that comes to mind. I'm not telling you to approve of Nazis I'm just saying be kind to your fellow lemmites)
Engage sincerely
Ask yourself if there's something nice you can say
Make this small space worth being in

A platform lives or dies by what's available on said platform and often we have this conversation in the context of "content" or posts - and we may never have as much content as reddit does. But content and posts aren't the only thing this kind of platform offers- it also offers people. It offers community, and human interaction.

Culture and community is lemmy and the fediverse's biggest differentiator, and we all have a role to play in shaping the culture of this space.

The biggest thing you can do to help the fediverse is make it a place worth being.

(page 3) 50 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] ProfAel@feddit.org 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I started using Lemmy just recently. I haven't seen any sexism here so far. On reddit it's a matter of minutes until something sexist appears on my feed, or other hateful stuff. That's why I feel way more relaxed using Lemmy.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

sexism does exist on lemmy but the algorithm is less aggressive about pushing rage-bait, so it rarely shows on the front-page. also, the people here are a bit more considerate, i'd say. but that is mostly because it's a lot of nerds here (heheh).

load more comments (1 replies)

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

i hope the quality stays up and i guess that we're non-commercial might help with this; as we're not pushing people to use this platform; the people here are people who actually want to use this platform and i guess that in itself could do a good thing.

load more comments (1 replies)

[–] Cornpop@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Love you guys

load more comments (4 replies)

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Well I came here to chew bubblegum and talk shit, and I’m all out of bubblegum.

load more comments (2 replies)

[–] AtHeartEngineer@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

Love this

[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Oh trust me, I try to be as kind as possible. But the people here, Oh my... I got hated on for "using too much HTML".

load more comments (2 replies)

[–] Eknz@lemmy.eknz.org 7 points 4 months ago (7 children)

Sometimes being kind doesn't necessarily mean being nice.

load more comments (7 replies)

[–] pebbles@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for sharing! I'm not perfect at this, but I try to keep the vibes welcoming.

Lemmy's more intimate and understanding vibes are its best features IMO.

load more comments (1 replies)

[–] GooberEar@lemmy.wtf 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

On the one hand, yes, yes, yes, absolutely.

On the other hand, way too often people are absolutely vile here and nobody sticks up for themselves or for others. Really a shame that r-word-it bullshit behavior is often times totally accepted and approved and even rewarded here.

load more comments (1 replies)

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I can co-sign this if we can agree that some types of ‘disagreements’ don’t belong on the fediverse, a la the Nazi bar problem.

load more comments (1 replies)

[–] macncheese@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hey thanks, I appreciate your post :)

load more comments (1 replies)

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

i hope the quality stays up in here and we don't enshittify like reddit facebook and every other bigger internet network.

[–] r0ertel@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

I can't speak to the quality outlook, but from what I understand about enshittification, it typically requires a self-serving entity like a corporation whose interests are not in alignment with its customers/consumers/userbase. In some of Mr. Doctrow's writings, he indicates that federating cans be a "circuit breaker" for enshittification.

In a well federated platform, when one node begins to act counter to its users, the users can easily move nodes/instances. This is one of the reasons why there needed to be a law to allow phone number portability. Email is similar, but only if you own your own domain. Look for Cory Doctrow's writings on BlueSky for more examples.

load more comments (1 replies)

load more comments