Explain Like I'm Five

14512 readers

2 users here now

Simplifying Complexity, One Answer at a Time!

Rules

Be respectful and inclusive.
No harassment, hate speech, or trolling.
Engage in constructive discussions.
Share relevant content.
Follow guidelines and moderators' instructions.
Use appropriate language and tone.
Report violations.
Foster a continuous learning environment.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

-13

The case for down voting/anonymous social negativity to strangers (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted 5 days ago by j4k3 to c/explainlikeimfive

30 comments fedilink hide all child comments

This place seems dead. I was skimming some stuff to make a few posts, after posting a basic casual conversation, the negativity shut me down like usual. I am sitting here with 5 tabs and some interesting stuff, but I'm totally disinterested in trying or even spending any more time here this evening. What value does that add for anyone when this place is dying a slow death of disinterest and low engagement? I never add negativity. I only ignore and block. I never discourage because I know I would be shooting myself in the foot. Why is this not fundamentally standard logic for everyone. If you disagree about opinions, appreciate diversity and ignore or better yet discuss. Anonymous negativity to strangers is psychotic behavior that should never have existed in the first place. It is not normal. It is no different that walking up to a stranger in a supermarket and yelling at them for what they wear or how they talk. That is crazy stupid.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I think the negative people, love to be negative over and over again, to spread it. To say negative things. They find eternal energy with this level of interaction.

Well adjusted people don't need to let other people know they disagree, so they don't engage.

For what it's worth, lots of the down votes are from the same core group of people.

Online, we get the very skewed motivated populations engaging. It's a very negative, and very fanatic. In the middle I think most people just scroll and don't interact. On any media not just lemmy.

I've stopped trying to use Lemmy like a social group, and I now use it just as a journal. The journaling might help drive engagement, it might not...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

@[email protected] for instance, I have 5/10 of the downvoters of your post already tagged (from previous behavior) as misanthropes.