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I feel like things on Lemmy were pretty chill several months ago, and that’s started to change.

People used to talk each other like they would talk to a neighbor. Now I get the sense that people have become quick to be negative, attack, and not be constructive.

Am I crazy in feeling like the vibe has changed?

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[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Many will tell you this is normal and just how the internet is.

How depressing.

[–] Hackerman_uwu@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The halcyon days of Lemmy lasted a week or so. As soon as you have mods coming over for Reddit you have all the shit they are schlepoed along with them. I’m only in here when I’m shitting and then only because I’ve memorised the blurb on the back of the air freshener can already.

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[–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Before it was toxic positivity. The veneer has broken down now that people aren't trying their best to bring over reddit refugees, and the ugly underneath is visible.

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[–] jacktherippah@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

OMG, yes! I've been running into so many rude/toxic comments lately. For me it feels like this place is devolving into Reddit again.

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[–] OtakuAltair@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

A symptom of rising tensions around the world in recent months, and this platform already being a political space.

[–] Aradia@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

When they are insulting should mean that they have no arguments... maybe they have issues on their life. Who knows, but it's a waste of time to reply to them.

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] Yoz@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's just normal behavior of human beings.

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[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Depends on the threads you discuss i guess, I find it pretty chill

[–] Lath@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Yes. Yes you are.
This vibe has been here from the start. But it was kept at bay by defederating left and right from "troublemakers".
Problem is actual troublemakers don't care where they are. All they have to do is make a new account and keep on troubling.
So all the isolation managed to do is slow down the conflict, make it less visible. And it worked too.
Yet you can't stop the fighting, not for long anyway.

We have to fight, have to make drama. Peaceful living is too boring all the time.

Sounds like fighting words..

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