It's a human problem. Only way to avoid it is to not use social media. I'm about to hop off everything it is making me lose hope in my fellow humans seeing some of the comments I see. It's also baffling how genuinely stupid some people come across, or sometimes it's clear they just don't understand what the words they are reading are even conveying.

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, it's really horrible. Never experienced this level of hostile, argumentative know-it-alls anywhere else.

[–] bigfoot@lemm.ee 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I have to assume half of Lemmy is people banned from reddit for being like this. Im worried they're slowly scaring away everyone else and its distilling the ecosystem into a toxic pit

[–] knexcar@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Could be worse, at least it’s not Voat, which consisted of ALL people and communities banned from Reddit (and usually for good reason aka racism, sexism, fat people hate)

[–] LdyMeow@sh.itjust.works 13 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Interesting, really? Maybe I just don’t engage with people that much, but it seems pretty chill or at least definitely no worse than Reddit in that regard

[–] dandroid@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It definitely depends on the community. I'm mostly noticing it in the meme communities. A high percentage of jokes in the memes that I see are at the expense of a group that I am a part of, and I guess I just don't really relate to the people here. So I just don't come back very often.

[–] ThisIsNotHim@sopuli.xyz 3 points 9 months ago

That could explain the difference in experiences. I filter out those communities as best I can given the tools available.

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

Have you not seen the Linux fanboys on Lemmy? I see a post every day at least about how Windows is terrible or how x browser is inferior to Firefox.

[–] LdyMeow@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

Mmm, well yes the Linux bias is pretty strong but I don’t really like windows either hahaha. I see where you’re coming from though, that could be a little off putting if you aren’t at least a little into Linux