When scrolling Lemmy (compared to reddit in the past), all I see is doom and gloom / news. I don’t see interesting conversations or comments to read.

Occasionally I’ll find something, and I’ve been contributing more, but there’s just so much doom that it fills my feed.

I’ve had to unsubscribe from many communities bc it’s just doom news reposts…

Is it just me?

  • @spittingimage
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    13010 months ago

    It’s not just you, but it’s not just Lemmy either. Anywhere I go, I need to prune subs or else my feed becomes more and more pessimistic.

    I think as a species we have a mental bias that focuses on what needs changing and not what’s okay as it is.

    • @a4ng3l
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      2710 months ago

      I’m convinced that we can address needs for changes while not being doomsday cultists either; I’m pretty much doing it as much as I can while not being a drama queen about it and generally shutting the fuck up.

      But it doesn’t get me much attention which I guess is what the cultists are after.

      • andyburke
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        910 months ago

        People are tiring of the shouting, though. The cultists will find out eventually that people can’t be mad all the time if you want your shit to work.

        • FlashMobOfOne
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          710 months ago

          Nazism lasted 22 years. (Counting the Beer Hall Putsch to WWII surrender.)

          Buckle up. It can and will get much worse, at least here in the US.

          The plus side is that, even among the Nazis, there were innumerable examples of people doing good with their own two hands. No one can stop you from doing that.