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.
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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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.
I would say the majority of mine have been fine and even some i thought might go off the rails had a nice back and forth where I even learned a bit. I mean I have encountered reactionary and mean stuff but does not seem super often to me. kbin meltdown sorta messed up my account thoush so I have not really got my feed going in mbin.
That’s good! Gives me hope. Thanks!
Challenge them and they mostly back down and come to their senses. Failing that, block them. They’re so sad it’s not worth your time. I imagine they live very lonely lives arguing on the internet with strangers.
Self selection I assume. You need a certain mindset to go the long mile of actively being on lemmy, and that mostly overlaps with an hypercritical attitude.
Or maybe that’s just me.
Haters gonna hate.
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
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?
