Why does the culture surrounding Lemmy seem to be inherently negative and hateful? (lemm.ee)

submitted 6 months ago by LemmyQuest@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I have accounts on various Reddit alternatives and have also had accounts on now-defunct sites. However, none have exhibited the same level of negativity as Lemmy.

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[-] CynicRaven@lemmy.world 55 points 6 months ago

Huh. Maybe it's the communities/posts I've visited but I wouldn't agree with your assessment of an inherent negativity/hatefulness. Do you have examples we can discuss?

[-] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago

I agree, Lemmy doesn't feel especially negative to me. That said, I use the Subscribed view instead of All, so I guess it's just about curation.

I also immediately block users who are obviously just trying to wind people up.

[-] LemmyQuest@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

This post as an example?

There is for sure great comments, but then there is the rest of lemmy.

[-] CynicRaven@lemmy.world 22 points 6 months ago

But... It's your post taking about negativity, so you're saying your post about negativity on Lemmy is evidence of negativity on Lemmy? Or the fact the current vote count is negative?

[-] LemmyQuest@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Read the comments and tell me, is it postive or negative or netural And compare it with any reddit alternative general vibe.

You will come to the same conclusion.

Also, here is a second example: https://lemm.ee/post/30511698

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 10 points 6 months ago

I agree with others, it's where you hang out. Like reddit or any large group of people online, there's always a subset of trolls. Lemmy was quiet and nice, as it grew so did the troll count, it's just natural with online communities. I've found some tech communities here are toxic as hell, others are very welcoming

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