Do you check what community you're about to participate in before participating? - StrawPoll
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I assumed that this was standard behaviour/etiquette, though I’m realizing maybe it’s actually not so common, and I want to know if I’m the weird one

If you don’t- why not?

(VPN voting enabled at the expense of allowing multiple votes per user- pls don’t abuse this for shits and giggles)

    • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
      11·
      1 day ago

      I think that’s reasonable

      I have run into users not being aware of which community a post is in a few times. Two recent examples

      • We were discussing whether we should remove a post from !canada@lemmy.ca and if it was relevant to Canada. Two users may have misunderstood it as trying to defend trump
      • I posted a study comparing the efficacy of a particular vaccine regiment in !medicine@mander.xyz, which is intended for medical professionals, and someone thought I was posting antivax disinfo. Studies on vaccine efficacy are common, and that’s how we decide on schedules and develop better ones

      I get it, times are stressful. I left polite comments pointing out the community, and in both cases it would have been smoother if the person checked what the community is about before making assumptions.