It’s hard to put my finger on the exact problems but it feels worse than the typical decline of large subs.
This thread posted today in response to the protest shows a lot of what I mean: https://old.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/14cbtjv/who_here_is_in_favor_of_just_replacing_these_shit/
Mob mentality, selfishness, scapegoating, lack of critical thinking… It’s just so toxic compared to where it was even a year ago.
I’m excited at the prospect of building a more positive, welcoming place here to discuss the NBA.
If you want actual discussion you need to go to r/nbadiscussion. They have rules that are enforced.
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I went for the Taylor Swift material.
I guess that raises the question, do we want this community here on Lemmy to have rules that are enforced?
just my opinion, but a mix of serious discussion AND memes is fine. /r/nbadiscussion was a bit too earnest and serious, at least for me. I think I actually felt more at home on /r/nbacirclejerk 😅