Reddit community is probably the worst and most toxic group of people I’ve ever had the displeasure of interact with on my life.
It’s nearly impossible to have a serious discussion without a single rage bait comment.
I tried for the last time talking about a theory I made up, pretty serious post and a little long, then I go back to read if someone kindly tried to argue or show reason in the comments, the first comment I see is:
You don’t have a theory, you have a fantasy
It’s just insufferable, I don’t know why I keep interacting on that shitty platform.
While it’s true you see the same behavior on Lemmy sometimes, it’s incomparable to Reddit. I truly hope there’s not a mass migration from Reddit to Lemmy in the future or it’s just the beginning of the end for Lemmy as well.
I’ve seen some Reddit-like toxicity here a few times but it was pretty rare overall. It’s a reasonable decent place to discuss and interact with others.
The point of Lemmy is an alternative to Reddit without the algorithmic bullshit, bot flooding or extreme moderation. There are plenty of other resons for Lemmy, so pick your poison.
Just stop interacting with Reddit completely. Trust me, you will he better for it. It’s just a shadow of what it was and is just regurgitated bot slop that was sourced from Reddit to begin with.
I only wish Lemmy gets the same kind of traffic. I needed feedback for something and now that is gone. But you have a point of leaving Reddit
Yeah, you won’t find many niche communities here, unfortunately. However, you can usually find answers in what could be considered adjacent communities. People may still be helpful. As a random, off-the-cuff example, if you had a specific question about a model of synthesizer, you could probably get away with asking something in a music community that has a decent amount of traffic.
Users that have been around a bit know the challenges with limited communities so slightly off-topic, informational discussion is usually handled fairly well.
I also missed the traffic at first, but I don’t any more. Hell, it used to be super quiet on Lemmy not too long ago but it really has picked up. Along with the traffic came more trolls, more arguments, etc, but it’s not too bad. Less traffic, but feedback can be much higher quality and it’s easier to reach consensus with multi-user discussions.
At the end of the day, Lemmy isn’t Reddit. Once your dopamine receptors have the chance to adjust, it’ll be ok. It may feel like there is less participation because people aren’t being algorithmically driven to controversy. In many ways, Lemmy can be closer to what “real” Internet discussion is like.
But Lemmy has built a somehow different community I can feel it.
It’s not just a replacement to me anymore, I see as something with true value that Reddit won’t ever provide. With its own issues as well.
But compared to Reddit omg, I don’t understand, it seems like Reddit people are constantly fighting and trying to kill each other, there’s no health discussion of any sort.
I guess I should value Lemmy more, at least for now, it’s a good place overall.
Reddit was always more toxic than not. Lemmy is still toxic in places, but the worst of it is contained in its own echo chambers. Lemmy has cross-instance drama more than cross-community drama.
It’s just easier for like minded people to congregate around the instance of their choosing rather than just a single subreddit or specific Lemmy community. That does cause community fragmentation, but personally, I would much rather it be that way.
My point is that people are still just people and that toxicity is still around. We are able to self-segregate, so that helps a ton.