That Lemmy, as a network, should be highly exclusive and free of ‘normies’. I can understand someone wanting their own instance to be highly insular and controlled, but if the point of Lemmy is to build a web of community-driven sites which will pull people away from the corporatocratic current iteration, we can’t do that if we’re making people feel unwelcome if they don’t conform to our own little narrow wedge of views.
There are definitely some absolutely wild political takes on Lemmy, even outside of .ml, which leave me feeling some people are completely off their rockers.
There are definitely some absolutely wild political takes on Lemmy, even outside of .ml, which leave me feeling some people are completely off their rockers.
Not just political in my experience.
It’s just tiring…part of the reason I think comment sections are usually a ghost town aside from lack of used base.
In active threads there are always a handful of (upvoted) irrational takes seemingly formulated with pure emotion and mostly rage. Any counterpoint is descended upon by equally irrational and hostile responses.
You start to realize that you’re likely arguing with teenagers or people otherwise lacking life experiences…
but if the point of Lemmy is to build a web of community-driven sites which will pull people away from the corporatocratic current iteration, we can’t do that if we’re making people feel unwelcome if they don’t conform to our own little narrow wedge of view
It does sound counter intuitive. I think people on lemmy want those websites to die, but without the traffic coming here.
That Lemmy, as a network, should be highly exclusive and free of ‘normies’. I can understand someone wanting their own instance to be highly insular and controlled, but if the point of Lemmy is to build a web of community-driven sites which will pull people away from the corporatocratic current iteration, we can’t do that if we’re making people feel unwelcome if they don’t conform to our own little narrow wedge of views.
There are definitely some absolutely wild political takes on Lemmy, even outside of .ml, which leave me feeling some people are completely off their rockers.
Not just political in my experience.
It’s just tiring…part of the reason I think comment sections are usually a ghost town aside from lack of used base.
In active threads there are always a handful of (upvoted) irrational takes seemingly formulated with pure emotion and mostly rage. Any counterpoint is descended upon by equally irrational and hostile responses.
You start to realize that you’re likely arguing with teenagers or people otherwise lacking life experiences…
rage is the primary currency of the internet these days. it’s what motivates people to interact, and repeatedly interact.
You ever notice how users who are irrationally angry with you will comment at you multiple times? yeah…
It does sound counter intuitive. I think people on lemmy want those websites to die, but without the traffic coming here.