• ImplyingImplications
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      22 days ago

      Probably for the best. I like participating in discussions, but this is the internet. You’re more likely to get a bunch angry replies than a discussion.

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        21 days ago

        I’ve been pleasantly surprised on Lemmy. I certainly do get asshole replies sometimes, but far less frequently than on reddit. Probably because there are far less people, which is fine by me.

    • grrgyle@slrpnk.net
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      21 days ago

      Yeah it’s like, do I actually have something meaningful to share or am I just high on caffeine

    • Kyrgizion@lemmy.world
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      22 days ago

      Exactly so. There’s plenty of opinions out there. Doesn’t always need mine added to it.

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    21 days ago

    No no on the fediverse we need the activity. Get your hazmat suit on and get in here

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    21 days ago

    Tangentially… I commented on a couple political posts on a popular corporate social media platform. The posts aligned with my political stance. Within 24 hours my feed was littered with batshit stupid right-wing lies and trolls.

    It is far better to not comment. Reality might have a left leaning bias, but popular online social media has a right-wing algorithm.

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      21 days ago

      Yeah when there are algorithms at play to keep your attention you really need to be careful how you participate. I’d rather just not though.

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    21 days ago

    Picture a middle school cafeteria. That’s close to the representation of who is in the comment sections. I’m sure of it. Maybe there’s a teacher or two, the janitor, the person serving lunch. The adults generally have their mind elsewhere. The majority of users are going to be kids.

  • go $fsck yourself@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    I’ve learned I can’t make any comment that is negative about AI or else the dbzer0 nutbags will appear.

    I will seriously consider if it’s worth getting swarmed by assholes with bad-faith arguments that all support each other’s insane logic.