I know they’re going to say it is only jokes. Fuck that. I get y’all want to be edgelords, but this is the most dangerous thing that has happened this century. I would be surprised now if we make it to the end of the year without some people getting assassinated for real, and it will target overwhelmingly the leftest end of the spectrum.
Example, example, example. There are others.
Y’all are on the precipice of finding out firsthand the difference between “OMG I’m so oppressed, the police are racist and I’m struggling to pay my bills, civil war y’all” and “OMG I’m so oppressed, a gang of big violent fuckers with bats and boots and the support of the government just attacked my whole community, seriously hurt me, and burned part of my house down. They told us if they find us here tomorrow, they’ll kill us.”
Yeah, I am only here to help Lemmy grow. I really have come to realize over this experiment that I’m not the right type of person for social media.
In the past year nearly 100 percent of my discussions with people I know have been productive.
On Lemmy it’s about 5%. I’ve tried blocking most of the political discussions, and memes and that helps. When I do find good conversation it’s rewarding, but the frequency is going down.
I mainly think that it’s because niche communities can’t grow sheltered on Lemmy, the tools aren’t there yet. Lemmy is so small and flat we end up having the same discussion over and over again. The main Lemmy zeitgeist is one I dont really agree with, and that might be the reason the conversations I value are so hard to have here.
Well, I appreciate you being here. You’re a semi-rare voice of reason in a cacophony of nonsense.
I’m a Reddit refugee myself, and I came here expecting a similar crowd. They’re definitely here, and I’ve had many productive discussions, but I always end up having to swat away (read: block / ban) the 'chan-type crowd that just wants to stir the pot.
If I gave up on this, I dunno where I’d go since every other social is either not interesting to me at all or has enshittified beyond usability.
I guess outside is still an option LOL
Hackernews, matrix servers of friends would be my fallbacks… maintaining social groups in person really should be my main component.
As are you! I appreciate you too.
Eh, it gives me some faith to still see the occasional individual making sense in the comment sections. I’ve blocked close to 800 people on Lemmy, and on average, I probably block 10 more each day. It feels like it’s not making much of a difference, but it must have some impact. If the number of users here were on par with Reddit, I’d just be wasting my time. However, considering Lemmy’s low user base and the fact that most comments are written by a small percentage of users, I still have faith that blocking those who are just making noise has to improve the signal.
For me, it serves two purposes: less content to browse, which means less time spent here, and the opportunity to engage in thoughtful conversations with the remaining sensible users, rather than partaking in a shouting match with everyone.