It feels like people are a lot nicer here than on Twitter and Reddit, and even when people disagree, it’s generally civil and not an all-out flame war. Also, there’s no algorithm promoting outrage all the time.
For me, the anticipation of toxicity was a huge deterrent for me ever participating in real discussions, but here I feel like I can be myself.
I think it’s healthier this way.
I think it should have one, though. That’s where I’m pretty much permissive, people can have shit opinions if they want. At the moment I’m getting spoonfed all kinds of crap in my feed just because there’s not enough activity to direct content I would actually be interested in. Maybe a touch of the echo chamber isn’t a bad thing, up to a point. I’m not sure.
The load of stuff you’re not really interested in sort of feels like an important part of the formula to me.
It’s like a reminder that the world doesn’t revolve around you like algorithms tend to make us feel. It also means you see people you don’t like being boring or even saying stuff you agree with which isn’t useful for the algorithm.
I don’t know man, I’m dodging a lot of furry porn here.
Wtf are you subbed to?
I’m looking at everything at the moment. So… all, or the equivalent.