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We need to change the way we interact with social media.
My advice, points don't matter and you don't deserve anyone a debate.
Drop the phone or press back and go next if it feels toxic.
Internet should serve you and not the other way around.
If you have something to share, make your essay in a different post with the appropriate documentation and let it sit for someone else to find.
I saw a "downovoted" in there, felt like it mattered too somehow.
I only mentioned downvotes because new users are getting downvoted immediately for completely benign opinions like “Linux was too hard for me to figure out” and “I haven’t had any issues with Chrome”. When someone’s first experience with this platform is what amounts to a deluge of negativity, it hurts the platform as a whole. Instead of being presented with better alternatives or being offered help, people are simply downvoted and, for someone who’s new here, downvotes sting when you don’t realize they’re kinda meaningless.
Block toxic people and tell them why you blocked them.
Meh. Life's too short. Probably better to just block and move on.
Works too.
I think people don't know how harmful the internet can be especially when there sucked into it. doomscrolling can be one hella a drug. As you get sucked into all the latest headlines gossip and drama. Sometimes you might struggle to put the phone down. Due to all this
But I also disagree with this point
Isn't the purpose of the Internet to challenge debate and share ideas/infomation with other people.
That is a good mindset to have, the problem is that you're going to interact with a lot of people that do not argue in good faith and aren't interested in debate as much as "winning" the argument using any tactic possible. These people and these arguments will suck your time, energy and sanity and give nothing in return. The best tactic for your own good is therefore to realise that you do not have to respect people that do not respect you, and spend your time and energy more wisely elsewhere.
I'm not saying don't debate issues that are important to you btw, just be mindful of the circumstances where you do.
Agreed 100%. I don’t use social media at all with Lemmy being the only exception and, as I stated in my original post, I’m not really having a good time here so I’m spending less and less of it on the platform. It’s incredibly unwelcoming here.
I like the way you think.