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Is it just me, or have the comments on Lemmy become extra aggressive over the past 3 months? (self.asklemmy)

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

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I feel like things on Lemmy were pretty chill several months ago, and that’s started to change.

People used to talk each other like they would talk to a neighbor. Now I get the sense that people have become quick to be negative, attack, and not be constructive.

Am I crazy in feeling like the vibe has changed?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The same assholes who were on Reddit being pieces of shit are here too.

It's the internet, everything is reduced to being shitty within weeks of getting noticed.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Just lots of trolls lately, most communities are fine but some have poor moderation so these types of comments/posts take some time to get deleted. All the communities I'm browsing are quite chill.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Anecdotally, I’ve seen more spam lately too.

Btw, what are we calling aggressive chat bots? Auto-trolls? Strife bots? Contentionator-3000s?

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[–] rabiddolphin 9 points 10 months ago

I'll downvote all of you

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

I posted a cookie recipe in response to a cookie meme, got roasted for not converting baking units to science units. So yeah, people are getting kinda aggressive.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

The number of trolls is going to increase as the user base increases.

Plus, you get the same negative effects of the echo chambers like Reddit did, but I think the communities being so small amplifies the effect.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

People used to talk each other like they would talk to a neighbor.

You should ask a police officer how some neighbours talk to each other...

[–] boywar3 7 points 10 months ago

Never forget the way the human brain works, with the more common interpretation being: "it takes 7 instances of positive things to outweigh 1 negative."

For my part I haven't really noticed any difference, but I only infrequently comment!

[–] TropicalDingdong 6 points 10 months ago

Sounds like fighting words..

[–] jacktherippah 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

OMG, yes! I've been running into so many rude/toxic comments lately. For me it feels like this place is devolving into Reddit again.

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