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[-] FinishingDutch@lemmy.world 156 points 4 months ago

Lemmy could definitely use a bit more comment activity on a lot of posts.

I think it’s because nobody really wants to be the first to comment and offer an opinion that might end up going against the grain when a thread develops. There’s no ‘reading the room’ as it were.

I’m doing my part by commenting on threads. Like this one.

[-] AtHeartEngineer@lemmy.world 44 points 4 months ago

That, and when switching from reddit to Lemmy I realized how toxic the relationship there was, and I just use all social media way less now.

[-] FinishingDutch@lemmy.world 33 points 4 months ago

Reddit for sure is toxic. Generally, it’s much easier to be toxic in a large, anonymous group with an endless amount of subreddits to retreat to. Here, it’s maybe 10-20 people talking, so there’s not much room to hide, as it were. You keep running into the same faces, so it’s a bit more important to stay polite.

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