I liked the variety and sheer volume of content on the other one, but I have had a lot less of those horrible interactions on Lemmy. I kind of like it being small town.
Precisely this. The more people come here, the more of the judgemental shitheads are going to come too. I’ve encountered a few on here already but nothing like back there.
I’ve also yet to come across censorship favoring fascists here.
Also a good point.
The bizarre hostility of Reddit users is baffling. It’s like they’ve never interacted with a human being in real life and have no idea how to process an opinion that isn’t a 1:1 match of their own.
You could say something like “I love waffles! :D” and get a response that is like “Oh, so you hate pancakes then? Wow, you didn’t need to shit on every person that loves pancakes.”
Most of them are trolls. Some are cantankerous normal people, but most are probably getting paid or are bots. Anger gets engagement and division helps Russia, China, etc. It’s a win-win for reddit.
There are definitely guys like that here too
I’ve definitely seen more trolls and significantly more racist/transphobic people even in just the last few months which is worrying. Maybe it’s like Baader Meinhof effect cause I started tagging them, but it’s certainly frustrating because this site used to feel a lot more friendly.
The idea that some people may have me tagged makes me a little nervous, and feel like maybe I should behave a bit more.
Still cant help shitposting…
I’m gonna tag you as “unwilling tagee”
Also if it helps, I don’t only tag rude or racist people, I also tag people that say something I enjoy or makes me laugh so one day when I see them again I can give them a compliment.
I’ve tagged you as Chronic Tagger.
I would like to stop being banned arbitrarily for “ban evasion” when I was never banned in the first place. That hasn’t happened here yet lol…
Yes and no. It’s more I want the big socials to have competition and shrink
Realistic? Yes. Especially since Reddit is going far down the fascist rabbit hole gargling those Trump balls while allowing power tripping mods to dictate everything.
Desired? No. As the bigger Lemmy gets, the more likely enshittification will happen.
It’s possible, but I don’t hope for it. There are tradeoffs for everything. The more the population expands, the more content, yes, but the number of negative encounters goes up too.
I’m good with where it’s at now, but do recognize that I’m not necessarily average because I don’t stay on my phone for extended periods.
Do we want it to grow to the size of traditional social media?
I want people here, not US politicians, the Pringles social media account and three bots.
No, because it takes slightly more effort to understand and interact with than centralized social media without the firehouse of content.
