…sometimes it does feel like this.

  • KingJalopy
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    6315 hours ago

    You’ll find that anywhere. Not just on the Internet, either. Literally, everywhere.

    • @PineRune
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      True, but Reddit had the right conditions for toxicity to grow and begin to run rampant. Lemmy, with its decentralized nature, should limit the spread of any toxic communities.

      • @dohpaz42
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        1414 hours ago

        You should check out Facebook, Twitter, IRC, NextDoor, 4chan, 9gag, or any other Internet forum (including comment sections of news articles). Reddit does not hold exclusive rights to any “right conditions for toxicity to grow”.

        • @PineRune
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          Yeah, there’s lots of places with rampant toxicity. I was just comparing reddit and lemmy, and I consider the Federated nature of lemmy to help prevent (not necessarily stop) toxicity from growing.

          I’m not an expert on this whole Federated thing, but to me, it sounds like if one community is having problems with another, they can just disassociate and not have to deal with it anymore.

    • oce 🐆
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      It’s more easily expressed when people don’t have to directly face the sensitivity of the other humans. For example, from inside a car, in an online competitive game or an online forum.

    • @saltesc
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      11 hours ago

      looks at pot plant

      😠