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To me it feels like a matured Reddit. (At least most of the time 🙃)

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Maybe it’s because there’s less comments, but it’s felt needlessly hostile. Even a small disagreement leads to this weird ‘well you’re obviously a fucking idiot that has nothing worthwhile to say’. I didn’t have that impression when I joined post API BS, but now that I’ve noticed it it’s hard to ignore. A lot of people just reading what they want to read, and drawing conclusions that don’t relate to the immediate action.

[–] feedum_sneedson 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The self-righteous rage and indignation is completely off the charts here, I totally agree.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Whenever a genuinely obnoxious post is upvoted multiple times, I always wonder how many of those upvotes are from the pathetic author’s alts, and how many are from people who are just fellow assholes.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

That’s unfortunate, because it’s the opposite of my experience. Maybe I just don’t care, and/or I’ve gotten better at spotting the warning signs of trivial bullshit and then ignoring it.

The trolls feel like insecure outsiders who haven’t matured enough to “get” Lemmy. It’s like they know they aren’t taken seriously, and want the imaginary clout they had on Reddit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I get that, and I do my best not to feed the trolls, but it feels like they’ve been growing since I first joined. But just because I ignore it doesn’t mean I don’t notice it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I’ve seen more sealioning than simple trolling. Sometimes, I can’t resist replying, because I’m not sure if they’re genuinely seeing things differently, or just because their games annoy me.