I'm serious. Specially, the community - you folks, no matter the instance, you rock. You're amazing.
In Reddit it's always a struggle to word your posts/comments in a way that it won't trigger
- unwarranted assumptions popping out of nowhere
- "I dun unrurrstand" meaning "I disagree but I'm pretending that you aren't following any logic"
- "You're saying that because..." [insert insane troll logic] everywhere
- "U think dat 50 is not 100? Than u think 50 is 0! Dats stupid lol" tier oversimplifications all the fucking time.
- insert random distortion of what you said, either due to malice or stupidity
Here though? People actually disagree with each other on rational = human grounds. They aren't attacking each other, they're agreeing or disagreeing with what is said!
It's specially noteworthy that even Lemmygrad's community specifically tailored for Leftist infighting is more wholesome than non-discussion subreddits. Like, it's a server made for people with strong political opinions, a community made to let them fight, and yet they can reason better than Reddit.
Please keep being awesome.
Muddy bulldog is right, it's still early, but i hope that the complicated learning curve of Lemmy filters out a lot of those people. I'm loving the interactions so far and i hope it doesn't devolve into what reddit did. I had some really upsetting interactions there when i was trying to help people out and they, exactly like you said, completely twisted what i was saying in order to bully me. Didn't matter what i said to clarify. Im really conflict averse and i didn't get on Reddit for like a month afterward bc irrational anxiety lol.
Anyway, i feel like a teenager again exploring forums, it's so much fun. I hope people stick around and continue to make it awesome.