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Welcome to Lemmy.World General!

This is a community for general discussion where you can get your bearings in the fediverse. Discuss topics & ask questions that don't seem to fit in any other community, or don't have an active community yet.

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💬 Additional Discussion Focused Communities:

!actual_discussion@lemmy.ca - Note this is for more serious discussions.
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!letstalkaboutgames@feddit.uk - Into video games? Here's a place to discuss them!
!movies@lemm.ee - Watched a movie and wanna talk to others about it? Here's a place to do so!
!politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world - Want to talk politics apart from political news? Here's a community for that!

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It's so much easier to comment on Lemmy because it isn't a toxic cesspool waiting to tear you apart (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by seal_of_approval@sh.itjust.works to c/general@lemmy.world

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It feels like people are a lot nicer here than on Twitter and Reddit, and even when people disagree, it's generally civil and not an all-out flame war. Also, there's no algorithm promoting outrage all the time.

For me, the anticipation of toxicity was a huge deterrent for me ever participating in real discussions, but here I feel like I can be myself.

I think it's healthier this way.

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[–] MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's wild. Maybe it's a honeymoon period where we're all in this big spaceship together, or maybe that's just what it's gonna be like! There's a sort of liberating feeling of being on Lemmy that I think brings out the best in people

[–] seal_of_approval@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like the mental imagery of us all being in a Lemmy-shaped spaceship, traveling to an exoplanet to start a new society because the Earth was destroyed by corporate greed. We're all laughing and joking together, there's free pizza, lots of nerdy discussions, and the atmosphere is jubilant, having escaped our dystopian living conditions and feeling hope for the future.

[–] Legendsofanus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is the best. I loved Reddit but I'm glad to have moved on. I still log in sometimes just to unsubscribe from old subreddits haha

[–] virku@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I cannot figure out how to unsubscribe using the official app, so I figure my account is just abandoned. Not that I contributed much anyway.

[–] Legendsofanus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

The official app sucks and same

[–] dudebro@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I think the transparency goes a long way to keeping the platform (instances) high quality.