People say lemmy isnt as toxic as reddit and while i feel thats partially true i also feel its partially not
if you have the best of intentions but the group or user circles dont think so then you are turned away
I recently shared a video in a post that in my opinion contains feedback that could be beneficial to open source, met with mostly hostility on that post when i only wanted to share that video to help open source
and then there is the toxicity of some groups on lemmy, im left wing because i think everyone should be equal and the world should be free from bigotry and intolerance but some of the left wing comments on lemmy read as toxic and i feel like I’m a person who wants better in the world but I’m excluded from other left wing people because of the toxicity
it makes me feel i have the be careful on lemmy with what i say and cant give good intentioned feedback or criticism to other users because it’ll just be met with hostility if the group / user circle/s doesn’t like it or be misinterpreted as an attack
all of that can feel very unwelcoming me at times
sorry if this doesn’t come across as clear, its just that i suck at writing “high quality posts / comments” and i wanted to get emotion to text and vent
You dont want to see what these people do to linux critics… I still see their faces…
For real though the platform has a lot of growing to do before it can start to represent a wider range of opinions, right now it’s mostly dominated by early adopters and all the bagage those kind of people bring.
Think of it this way…a lot of these people were kicked off Reddit…for a reason
Just wanted to put this to you - anyone can join here and say anything. You don’t need to be educated on a topic, finish school or be mentally stable to put your opinion here and call it fact.
Don’t put any weight on anyone you won’t trust with the rest of your life.
I agree.
I love you
