2856
I feel like Fediverse users are nicer to each other and more generous with upvotes than reddit.
(self.showerthoughts)
this post was submitted on 22 Jul 2023
2856 points (95.0% liked)
Showerthoughts
30367 readers
529 users here now
A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts: 1
Rules
- All posts must be showerthoughts
- The entire showerthought must be in the title
- No politics
- If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
- A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
- If you feel strongly that you want politics back, please volunteer as a mod.
- Posts must be original/unique
- Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct
If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.
Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report the message goes away and you never worry about it.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
The best part about Lemmy/Kbin etc now are that downvotes aren’t hidden, rightfully so. Just because a set of people don’t agree with you doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have the same visibility as somebody that is more agreeable to a set of people.
Niceness… will change and evolve over time as more and more people join. :-)
Smaller communities > larger communities.
Definitely agreed for the most part.
New guy here. Reddit exodus. Got perma-banned today. Funny how after 11-years, I'm suddenly hateful and "promoting violence." 3 reports in 2-months. Huh.
This is gonna sound paranoid, but I think I pissed someone off and they followed me around reporting me.
Anywho, posts seem more mellow here, more thoughtful, fewer childlike reactions.
Ouch… sorry to hear that. Reddit has definitely gotten Facebook level of scummy. I tried deleted my account 2x, only for those assholes to restore it. Now if only perma bans could make an account and all it’s content to disappear from the site, haha. I was at 9yrs in terms of account age.
On one hand downvotes are an expression of negativity, but on the other hand downvotes are an outlet for negativity.
Meanwhile, I'm scratching my head trying to figure out why a bunch of the top comments here got like one downvote each, lol.
Haha you know I’ve seen that too and I can’t recall if this was the case on Reddit in the early days before they started fucking around with scoring.
Voting on Reddit was originally intended to be used as moderation rather than to express agreement or disagreement. That may be too subtle for a huge userbase.