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I came here around the time the rif app shut down, and the general vibe I get from this place is much more negative than when I joined. Is Lemmy growing more toxic or is it just my imagination?

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[–] Today@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago

The world is increasingly hostile, but let me still seems more humane than any other social media.

[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 days ago (9 children)

Yes, blocking posts from .ml and dbzer0 helped. Same goes for just liberally blocking anybody, who starts screaming instead of participating nicely.

I've been considering blocking .world, as some of the mods are behaving like power tripping reddit mods. But it's the biggest instance and without it I wouldn't have any content.

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[–] groet@feddit.org 6 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I also noticed how every post just has 5-10 random down votes. Like perfectly fine post in the correct community, not controversial, no rules broken, -10 down votes.

[–] Leax@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 days ago

Tempting to downvote that post, not gonna lie

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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 11 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Places would change up and down in tone and attitude since the days of Usenet, BBSes, and FidoNet. It's not the platform, it's the people. How the world is in RL affects how people talk online, and the world changes over time.

The simpler answer may be that your feed has changed some since you started and you're pulling in discussions that have a different vibe than when you started. Just as you can grow your feed by browsing around, you can cull certain places that tend to be darker by blocking people or instances.

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[–] Triumph@fedia.io 11 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I’ve seen a lot of hard exclusionary leftists making noise outside of the triad.

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[–] zarathustra0@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Post quality go down. Echo chamber go up.

[–] foodandart@lemmy.zip 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

This place (old.lemmy.zip) is downright chill. Then again, I just came off Reddit (after 14 years there..) and that is in full rage-bait algorithm-driven meltdown. Feels like Reddit in 2010 here. Just lovely..

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I considered making a really insulting comment on this just for fun, but I just can't be arsed.

[–] Jomega@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

I appreciate the honesty.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Block and block often. Now if lemmy admins will just unspez their attitude about reciprocal blocks I can cull the herd of raging douche nozzles infesting every online community.

[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 10 points 5 days ago (2 children)

As a platform grows, you tend to get more diversity of voices. As voices become diverse, conflict becomes inevitable.

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Oh yeah? Well I think you're wrong!

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Yes, it seems to be.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It seems that out in the real world and here in the digital world we have been allowed/engineered to lose our civility and respect. Reminds me of the rock orchestra DEVO.

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[–] Beebabe@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Replies have certainly taken on a more Reddit-like quality to some things. Like rude for the sake of being rude.

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