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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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[–] snausagesinablanket 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Especially the grammar Nazis that floated here on a turd from the reddit cesspool.

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[–] clearleaf 4 points 10 months ago

Not just the comments. It used to be page 4 or 5 where the hate/rage content would start appearing in the top posts. But it's been creeping up, and now even page 1 looks pretty bad sometimes. I bet even Americans are starting to feel alienated if they're not perpetually angry.

[–] iAvicenna 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I kinda started getting that feeling too but I thought that was because I started getting more involved in discussions and political ones more. Before it was mainly quick comments for me. Anyways if someone starts to insult or deliberately distort what I am saying by cherry picking combinations of words from my comments, I put on my "three words at most troll hat" and the discussion dies pretty quickly. No point in writing a paragraph for a comment if the other person is just gonna take one word out of it and bash the rest with it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Yep, you're not wrong.

Maybe it's the walled garden thing and the fact that there are less people now compared to 3, 4 months ago. The dust settled and everyone went back to reddit 🤷.

[–] nutsack 4 points 10 months ago (3 children)

every time I see a full page meme in the middle of a comments thread I want to punch a hole right through its face

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