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[–] chitak166 -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I feel like with Reddit I had the opposite problem.

There are so many low-effort, memey comments that blocking each user who engaged in it would cause me to block half the site!

[–] dpkonofa 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's the point, though. You're being hyperbolic to suggest that you could even attempt to block half of Reddit. On Lemmy, you could probably actually do that, depending on the instance.

[–] chitak166 -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My point is that there's no point in blocking each annoying account on reddit because there are so many.

[–] dpkonofa 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, I got that. Hence my reply. But they also make up less total numbers than the rest of the user base. That’s not the case here because the user base is so small.

[–] chitak166 -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Mmm, relatively speaking, most reddit posts (>50%) have become low-effort/pandering garbage that isn't worth reading.

[–] dpkonofa 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You act like that’s a new thing.

Also, case in point: Both our posts have gotten downvoted already. How is that even possible for such benign replies?

[–] chitak166 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought we were talking about blocking users, not downvoting them.

[–] dpkonofa 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The thread we’re in, that I started, was about how unwelcoming Lemmy is for new and casual users. This entire interaction is just highlighting it.

[–] chitak166 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I see your point.

A lot of "technical" users are on lemmy who can't tolerate dissenting opinions. Thankfully the mods seem to be doing a 'decent' job of keeping things in check on both sides.

[–] dpkonofa 0 points 1 year ago

You’re far more charitable than me. I just see a bunch of immature jerks who think that Android and Linux are a personality trait.