My experience on this platform has been mixed so far but one thing I’ve noticed the most is a significant contingent of the user base is really reactionary in their discourse.
This is a very typical exchange I have here :
User: I don’t like this color because it’s red.
Me: I don’t know, looks more like purple to me. What about red is bad?
User: Why don’t you fuck yourself in the face you fucking cuntfuck!
Me: OK…
Like, what gives? I don’t have this experience on other platforms. I have arguments but never this shutdown meccanism.
I wasn’t sure what you meant, so I decided to check your profile and see if I could find some examples you responded to… And I learned a lot about you in the process. You sent a single person a lot of “why are you angry” comments. You get into a LOT of arguments on politics subreddits, and even defended Kyle Rittenhouse. You noted that you need to tell people you’re left wing, because the things you say convince them you’re not.
At a certain point, the reason why so see so many angry people might be that you’re the one pissing them off. Or at the very least, you’re seeking them out.
I don’t disagree. I did do that. I also did get into a few arguments, it my statements were pretty benign. I never once insulted anyone. I welcome everyone to look at my interactions with yeet (and others). Is the response proportional? You decide.
That’s very strange. I’ve been here a year now, and have noticed that it’s MUCH friendlier than Reddit.
I see that others have creeped your profile, and made suggestions about not antagonizing others. I’m going to take their word and recommend you take their advice instead of arguing about how everyone else is so argumentative.
Thanks.
The issue is I am argumentative. I like having disagreents and most of all I like hearing different points of view. If this sounds like a vanilla take, it’s because it is.
If I disagree with people on fb or insta or ask to verify the facts of an event there I will get push back or I will learn something new. I will also hear some combative words. Nothing strange.
If I ask about the facts of the matter here:
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“blocked”
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“troll”
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“fuck you you cuntfuck defender of Kyle Rittenhouse. Eat dick.”
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“I have you labeled as conservative cuck”
On. And on. And on. But it’s OK, because apparently asking for facts is justification to garner this, right?
What gives?
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are you on *.ml?
that’s their whole game.
block .ml and most of the people deliberately picking fights should up and vanish.
i say that as very rarely experiencing what you’re describing, especially compared to other social media platforms
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Everyone we don’t like is a troll. You’re a troll. Here you go. Is that better?
Me waiting for someone arguing there are no angry guys here.
I am SO FUCKING CALM
bet that makes you angry huh? you mad im so calim?
/s /jk
Problem?
There do seem to be a small number of people here who have no middle gears, don’t there?
I think some people use the internet to vent after a long day at work. I’ve dinner it at times and have had to stop myself from forming an unhealthy habit
There are people who is always angry about everything, not just in Lemmy but in everyday life also. Just keep you mouth shut and observe. Don’t take them so serious.
Haters gonna hate.
Without looking into a detailed history of what you might have said that spurt it, Pay attention to the instances that it’s coming from, a lot of times you will notice that those users are coming from specific instances. I noticed this as well and there’s some instances that I haven’t blocked fully yet but I am debating.
It is very toxic, but if you don’t let it get to you it’s just a simple block and move on. I don’t see as much toxicity on the platform as I did a few months ago by doing this method, and there are quite a bit of people that do take the time to give constructive feedback and have a civil conversation.
My experience overall on the fediverse is overall positive.
Hidden text because is off topic from ops post >! and while this is a little off topic of your post I would also encourage people to turn off your scores(the upvote/downvote system). Most third-party clients give you the ability to do it and I have had them turned off myself basically since my second month mark. It helps remove a lot of the hive mind / populous bias/ Argumentum ad populum(this is a link it’s just spoiler hides it) that occurs by being able to see the scores. Due to the fact that the system works as a whole by judging the score in the sorting system you don’t lose the ability to see the more popular stuff towards the top, so really unless you care about how many people are liking your posts, there is no cons to disabling!<
