The fediverse is small, and thats both a blessing and a curse - one of its several blessings is that in a smaller space we all individually have a bigger impact on what the culture of this space is like.

On this comm (and on lemmy broadly) there's a lot of discussion about how to grow the fediverse, what to improve, but an easy thing you can do for the fediverse is right in front of us-

Be kind
Ask people what they think, and why
Approach folks you disagree with with curiosity rather than hostility (EDIT: no, this is not specifically referring to Nazis. I get it, they're the first thing that comes to mind. I'm not telling you to approve of Nazis I'm just saying be kind to your fellow lemmites)
Engage sincerely
Ask yourself if there's something nice you can say
Make this small space worth being in

A platform lives or dies by what's available on said platform and often we have this conversation in the context of "content" or posts - and we may never have as much content as reddit does. But content and posts aren't the only thing this kind of platform offers- it also offers people. It offers community, and human interaction.

Culture and community is lemmy and the fediverse's biggest differentiator, and we all have a role to play in shaping the culture of this space.

The biggest thing you can do to help the fediverse is make it a place worth being.

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[–] lautan@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 week ago (4 children)

A big problem is too much politics, feels like politics is always brought up even in posts where it's not the topic of discussion. Just look at this post. Then if someone disagrees with your view they'll attack you and then they'll claim they "are on the right side". People have forgotten the golden rule.

[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

That's because politics are getting to the point where people cannot ignore them any longer. Think it's bad now? Just wait till the grocery gets hit.

[–] Gibibit@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Dunno maybe you can subscribe to more instances (sublemmies? I don't know the lingo) and somehow filter out the ones that go bad quickly. My enjoyment of Lemmy went up by a lot once I started ignoring the front page and curating my subscribed instances. Just make sure you visit the list of communities every so often

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 week ago

It's very front of mind because these are the "interesting times" from the Chinese curse. Even people I've always known to say they don't pay attention to politics, can't watch the news it just makes me sad, etc. These people are talking politics every day. It's hard not to.

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I disagree, if political discourse can't survive public debate, then it isn't a very good political ideology.

We have been artificially hampered on other platforms by having to be nice to the nazis, we don't have to do that here and I fully welcome such debate because none of their abhorrent ideologies hold up under scrutiny

As for left leaning political debate, we have ALWAYS argued with each other. That is one of our greatest strengths that we just don't all into line with everything the top says. Also one of our greatest weaknesses.

But to stifle that artificially will just force it to bleed into other discussions.

I say up with political discourse and let the marketplace of ideas be conceptually free of bias and the results will be that humanity in general considers nazis pretty bad people

[–] JasSmith@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

disagree, if political discourse can’t survive public debate, then it isn’t a very good political ideology.

They made it clear they're talking about spaces and topics not about politics. People who feel entitled and compelled to make everything a political culture war are insufferable. Made worse when they call everyone who disagrees with them a Nazi. The word has lost all meaning now.

[+] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world -6 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I'm sorry the world is so scary you have to segment parts of it away from your daily life, I don't have that weakness

Nearly everything has a political facet because politics is at the core of how humanity can even live in this modern way.

Not talking about politics at the dinner table is how we got here and I will not sit by idly while people like you perpetuate that disservice

[–] EySkibidiBabBab@feddit.dk 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Yes -- you should definetely segment away politics from some parts of your life. You should not fully disengage with it, but take a breather every now and then. Go for a walk, talk with some people about a hobby you enjoy despite your differences or just take a prolonged toilet break.

I find it infinitely exhausting that it seems like everything online these days evolves into a political discussion. I recently saw someone asking about how they can make more time for reading in their day -- someone mentioned that they read in the morning when working from home while having their morning coffee. And someone barged in and were like "Oh MuSt Be NiCE to HAve ThE TiMe FOR ThaT! No, soMe of Us Have To CommUTE 2 HouRS each way DaiLY BeCAuSe Of LAte StAGe CaPItalisM". And then it evolved into some revolutionary eat the rich stuff from there -- which i for the most part can follow.

But it was a post about asking how to make more time for reading... How did it end up with revolution? I personally believe the main problem with injecting politics into everything is that it becomes predictable and bland. Just like my example above. It's an interesting discussion for sure! But perhaps don't force it down everyone's throat all the time. It's like that friend who has a hobby that they just wont stop talking about all. the. fucking. time. It dissolves the seriousness of the discussion and makes other people tired of it.

Again, i'm not saying abstain or fully disengage from politics. But for gods sake, let people take a break every now and then if they're able to do so, and for five minutes just focus on something joyful eventho everything is going to shit at the moment.

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world -1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Strawman from 'we shouldn't segment away politics' to 'we must inject politics positively everywhere.

Intellectual dishonesty at its finest.

What a great reason to block feddit.dk

[–] EySkibidiBabBab@feddit.dk 3 points 6 days ago

Wait how? I'm not sure i follow - if i committed such a stupid mistake i'm genuinely interested in understanding how :) Btw don't block feddit.dk it's just a danish focused instance with a lot of kind folks :)

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Be nice :D

[–] untakenusername@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

yeah I don't wanna watch WikiLeaks footage of civilians being shot and you cant convince me to

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world -2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

So don't? I don't.

[–] untakenusername@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I’m sorry the world is so scary you have to segment parts of it away from your daily life, I don’t have that weakness

Yeah some parts of the world are scary and segmenting parts of it away isn't a weakness. It's just common sense. (edited to change whats quoted)

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

What has that have to do with not wanting to watch a russian info asset?

OH you thought it was because I didn't want to see people getting shot?

Son, I was one of the early distributors of 1 man 1 jar

[–] RedPostItNote@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Yep. Nazi bar analogy. Tolerance paradox.