A little maybe, but not much.
I’ve seen people say they left reddit to join Lemmy because of the toxic users. To each their own, but I personally think Lemmings aren’t much better. Some people over here can’t understand that sensitive questions can be asked without bad intent. People are way too defensive about their opinions.
It is disappointing, but it’s the better option.
It’s really cool how you can get downvoted here for saying genocide is bad.
The Lemmy userbase is human, which is more than I can say of Reddit’s.
A sizable chunk of lemmings are people banned from Reddit for one reason or another.
Because of the federated way lemmy works it’s incredibly easy for toxic users to migrate and continue being a nuisance.
That’s because most of them are redditers
I’m agreeing more with this every day. Just yesterday some guy made fun of a genuine and reasonable concern I had then made of me again sandwiching in an “apology”, and when I told them it still seemed they were making light of it, they flipped the fuck out and told me I would die alone among other completely unnecessary and inappropriate insults.
I mean, I get overreacting sometimes, but it kinda feels like some days half the people you interact with are either actively shit humans or are having the worst day of their lives. I wish you could feel at least safe enough to challenge a viewpoint without some dickhead coming for your jugular. It’s pretty pathetic and I’ve gone through several rounds of wondering if I want to be here or not. I’ve definitely had to block a lot of people in order to stay.
I have been called a Nazi and zionist for literally no reason. Once I responded to a comment from someone saying Nazis aren’t human to say “I hate the things they believe and do, and I think they should be punished harshly for their crimes, but they are still indeed human”. You would’ve thought I said “Nazis just have an opinion and do nothing wrong,” which of course I was not even slightly hinting at or thinking. I was told I was a Nazi sympathizer who should kill himself. Then the zionist accusations will come at the drop of a hat. I literally think Israel is evil yet if I say something as innocuous as “trump is hurting Gaza even more than any Democrat” that makes me a “sHiTlIb zIoNiSt”. I’m probably in the left-most 15% in the US. And yeah I know that’s not saying much globally but how about we understand that people live in a context and you cannot scream them into being on the exact same page as your own personal politics? People can be so self righteous it’s painful to think about. It’s really taxing to my mental health when I think “this space where I relate to people more than anywhere else on the Internet is also full of people who will wish death or suffering on me if I mention one thing they don’t like.”
I’m with you. Try having anything with “religion can be good” or “vegan has its flaws” and you’re guaranteed to be downvoted to oblivion.
Ikrr! I’m not even religious and I’ve just seen too much hate for religion over here. Not as much as reddit, but plenty
Oh my, did someone not take your skyfairy story seriously? why didnt your god strike them down with lightning? Maybe you should follow your gods good example and be quiet about your skyfairy legends and how you want to apply them to everyone elses lives. If you want to bow to a fictional story in your own home fine, but dont expect the rest of us listen to your tedious prattling about it.
This just makes you look stupid.
It’s possible to be an atheist without acting like a 12 year old.
ok and its possible to follow a religion yourself and not bother other people about it …like you did.
If the entire world would just learn to mind their own effing business unless it directly affects you, we’d be in such a better place. Why exactly are you against this?
What religion do I follow that I am bothering people about?
This proves the exact point that was made earlier - that for some reason, Lemmings are unable to access any critical thinking skills when it comes to religion. You turn your brain off, and just reflexively post r/atheism slogans.
Like, you get there’s a difference between people proselytizing and people talking about religion? Or am I to believe that the professor for the graduate class in religious historiography I took assigned me books about Muslims because he wanted me to convert to Islam?
If you arent advocating for more tolerance of religion broadly, why comment at all?
Religion exists, is followed by many people, and impacts our lives. If you want an understanding of history to you have to have basic background on religious beliefs.
“Hurr durr skydaddy” is a deliberate refusal to think. It is lazy, it is stupid, it is embarrassing, and it does nothing to help you better understand why things are happening in the world.
The inability to distinguish proselytizing from any other discussion of religion does not imply good things about your logical reasoning skills.
People are people, wherever you go. People are flawed. There are many good reasons to leave reddit for lemmy.
