That’s a difficult question, for starters people around here tend to misinterpret what you’re saying accidentally or willfully, far more than my experience with reddit previously. Idk if it’s because the place just filled with the worst of reddit or the dumbest of reddit, but it seems like reading comprehension is at an all time low.
Second, there needs to be clear divides between communities and their uses. When c/memes and c/linuxmemes have the same content, it’s going to give new users the impression that this place is for a very specific kind of person and then they’ll quit altogether.
for starters people around here tend to misinterpret what you’re saying accidentally or willfully, far more than my experience with reddit previously.
Honestly, this is what has driven me away. No matter how innocuous something I say is, there are a bunch of “well, askshewly” asshats to argue an irrelevant part of your statement, or start the “whataboutism” shit. It’s exhausting, and frankly, takes all the fun out of it.
That and the bots reposting reddit shit. I may as well go back to reddit. Plus Narwhal is still working…
Agreed. The userbase is a bit too homogeneous. Also if you say something remotely positive or try to bring some nuance to topics that have a strong circle jerk value on Lemmy you’ll get downvoted into oblivion.
Exactly, you have an issue with their specific solution or just don’t agree with how extreme they are on a topic You’re just assumed to be an “enlightened centrist” and everyone will pile on no matter what.
Even if you reclarify to give an understanding of what you meant they’ll either claim you’re trying to lie or just ignore what you’re saying because they’d prefer to argue with their strawman.
I feel like my comments here have received more thoughtful responses than Reddit. I’m guessing it’s pretty community dependent and I’ve just lucked out so far.
That’s a difficult question, for starters people around here tend to misinterpret what you’re saying accidentally or willfully, far more than my experience with reddit previously. Idk if it’s because the place just filled with the worst of reddit or the dumbest of reddit, but it seems like reading comprehension is at an all time low.
Second, there needs to be clear divides between communities and their uses. When c/memes and c/linuxmemes have the same content, it’s going to give new users the impression that this place is for a very specific kind of person and then they’ll quit altogether.
Honestly, this is what has driven me away. No matter how innocuous something I say is, there are a bunch of “well, askshewly” asshats to argue an irrelevant part of your statement, or start the “whataboutism” shit. It’s exhausting, and frankly, takes all the fun out of it.
That and the bots reposting reddit shit. I may as well go back to reddit. Plus Narwhal is still working…
many such cases!
Agreed. The userbase is a bit too homogeneous. Also if you say something remotely positive or try to bring some nuance to topics that have a strong circle jerk value on Lemmy you’ll get downvoted into oblivion.
This definitely stifles healthy debate.
Exactly, you have an issue with their specific solution or just don’t agree with how extreme they are on a topic You’re just assumed to be an “enlightened centrist” and everyone will pile on no matter what.
Even if you reclarify to give an understanding of what you meant they’ll either claim you’re trying to lie or just ignore what you’re saying because they’d prefer to argue with their strawman.
I feel like my comments here have received more thoughtful responses than Reddit. I’m guessing it’s pretty community dependent and I’ve just lucked out so far.
If you have the right opinions Lemmy can be a comfortable place.