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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. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

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Lemmy has so few comments that I am now reading many more articles (lemmy.ca)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

The quality of comments on Lemmy, I've noticed, are far better than Reddit comments on average.

When you remove all the fluff, there's about the same if not more useful stuff in comment threads here, however on Lemmy there's way less fluff (again just what I've noticed).

[–] dyc3 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I've noticed there are more absolutely batshit crazy takes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I prefer that to the amount of wildly bigoted comments I would see on Reddit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Like what? Can you link?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

See the reason I ask is because one way to ensure there are batshit crazy takes is to claim that there are. It puts everyone on guard, making everyone less rational.

Basically, this kind of talk is bad for morale, at the level of a community. This kind of talk, if it’s not reporting something specific and real, degrades the health of a community, the ability of that community to communicate internally.

If there’s real batshit crazy stuff, it can be linked to. Consider it a sort of authenticity challenge, so we’re not all going into fight or flight mode based on zombie sighting reports, when there actually aren’t any zombies.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

i always thought the constant "reddit is problematic" posting ruined the quality of subs and should've been limited to dedicated meta threads.