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Is it just me, or have the comments on Lemmy become extra aggressive over the past 3 months? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I feel like things on Lemmy were pretty chill several months ago, and that’s started to change.

People used to talk each other like they would talk to a neighbor. Now I get the sense that people have become quick to be negative, attack, and not be constructive.

Am I crazy in feeling like the vibe has changed?

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[–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Remember that time the World admins removed the rules against discrimination from their terms of service and got rid of the code of conduct? Racism was legal for a while there.

.ee is my favourite instance because I trust the average user more than the average admin.

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

To be fair anything is a step up over LW's antimoderation. They wanted to be reddit and I think they succeeded in the worst way.

[–] exocrinous@lemm.ee -1 points 10 months ago

Antimoderation seems to be the norm on Lemmy. For example, I was banned from Beehaw for being "pompous". I have narcissistic personality disorder, and being pompous is a symptom. It's a disability that interferes with my ability to display humility. I was being nice, kind, following the rules, doing what I was told, trying to resolve problems peacefully, and the admins said I was pompous and banned me. NPD isn't a disability when it comes to kindness, morals, ethics, or prosocial behaviour. But I can't turn being pompous off, any more than I can turn being weird off as an autistic person.