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When I first started using Lemmy it seemed like such a nice place with interesting discussions. It seemed like the first group of people to join after the app exodus were being quite careful to be respectful of the existing culture.

Now, it seems as though the culture from Reddit has completely replaced it. Toxicity and all. I will say I do follow a lot of communities from a wide range of instances so it's clearly not everywhere.

Am I the only one who's feeling like we've just stormed in and bulldozed Lemmy?

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[โ€“] rufus@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago

Yes. The old culture has completely been replaced. I still haven't formed an 100% opinion on whether that's good or bad. Maybe it's neither.

[โ€“] polskilumalo@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Yup, Reddit culture and redditorisms have very much taken a hold in Lemmy unfortunately. Hell I remember that well since I came over here after GenZedong got quarantined. If anything I've seen Lemmy culture maintained only in the places that have created and fostered it for years before Redditors came over and which were actively combating Reddit culture from coming over.

Those places being of course Lemmygrad and Hexbear, I would also include lemmy.ml here if it didn't die a painful death. I remember it being a completely different place before, now I tend to avoid threads from there rather than take part. It just isn't what it used to be, fortunately Hexbear somewhat offsets this problem by having a completely separate and distinct culture. I like them, and I like very much that they are Reddit resistant.

[โ€“] Spiracle@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Kbin user here. It does not federate downvotes from lemmy. So far, I have a total of two (2) downvotes and every single interaction, including the one I got downvoted for, was quite positive.

No toxicity in normal interactions so far. The only (slightly) toxic comment sections were regarding meta topics of users complaining about toxicity elsewhere and/or wanting to defederate more communities. Even those discussions were nearly entirely polite and productive.

The only somwhat toxic topic I participated in was when one car-enthusiast complained about the fuckcars community and got called out throughout the comment section. Piling on like that was probably not the best way and they deleted their post some time after.

[โ€“] Greg@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You aspects of Reddit's toxic culture have you observed on Lemmy?

[โ€“] Yoryo@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago

I've noticed trends like AttackBunny has described. Either you post a copy and paste response in a thread or risk the wrath of like 4 or 5 people just waiting to shit on your beliefs. Certain people aren't looking for discussions just opportunities to stroke their egos.

[โ€“] quinkin@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Tragedy of the commons.

[โ€“] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee -2 points 2 years ago (6 children)

It's most likely just a phase, though it doesn't help I made something for it.

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[โ€“] atlasraven31@lemm.ee -4 points 2 years ago

The Reddit refugees came to Lemmy and made content. And everyone had a good time, except the occasional people that bitch about toxicity.

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