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A little maybe, but not much.

I've seen people say they left reddit to join Lemmy because of the toxic users. To each their own, but I personally think Lemmings aren't much better. Some people over here can't understand that sensitive questions can be asked without bad intent. People are way too defensive about their opinions.

It is disappointing, but it's the better option.

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[–] fodor@lemmy.zip 4 points 17 hours ago

I feel like you didn't actually explain what you mean, so I'm kind of guessing at what you're pointing at. But what many people object to is when they get strong replies and sometimes when they get replies that they didn't ask for. They feel attacked or they feel like the comment section is being unnecessarily aggressive or unreasonable. If that's what you're feeling, then yes, you will find it here.

And I'm not trying to minimize your feelings because they're legitimate. And also this same exact phenomenon has been happening for the last 30 years, if not longer. There are various reasons why, and those can be fun to discuss, because many people in the comments section actually have reasonable positions, but there are some trolls out there and sometimes it's hard to distinguish them.

[–] amio@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Which should surprise absolutely nobody - the user base is redditors and... people who used to be redditors. "Used to be" for various reasons, including being too shrill, insufferable, spammy or malicious... for Reddit. Not exclusively, though, of course.

Either way, whatever annoys you about Reddit, you'll more than likely find it here. Y'know, to the degree you find anything on here between the ghost town factor and incredibly stupid architecture.

[–] Karl@literature.cafe 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

between the ghost town factor and incredibly stupid architecture

I don't get you?

[–] amio@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 4 points 18 hours ago

I think they are on average better no doubt. They tend to lean more left due to Lemmy's beginnings and less general karma farming. (Less, not none)

But since Lemmy users are 99% ex-redditors yeah they share a lot of the same issues too.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

Fuck Reddit and Fuck Spez.

[–] BigTurkeyLove@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Have you asked yourself why you asking sensitive questions? Like what is even an example of this situation you are talking about?

Have you considered the wording of the question might show intent.

Long time Lemmy user and ngl I'm not a fan of this broad generalization nor do I quite understand what you are talking about, and I don't often see stuff like this on Lemmy that often.

https://youtu.be/PJIgw9hWaTg

[–] Karl@literature.cafe 0 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

You can check my post history if you want to :)

And you're not worth it. Blocked ya :3

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[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au -2 points 17 hours ago

Your profile reeks of JAQing off.

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