Comment on How to deal with people who obtusely miss your point on Lemmy?

• schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Honestly, I have PTSD from that site. Things are better here, but sometimes my flashbacks get triggered.

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  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It took awhile to get rid of that for me too. I can spot the trolls pretty easily here though, there are about 10 accounts maybe? I sometimes fall for the trap, but it’s getting rarer and rarer. I have found their patterns, but sometimes it takes me a few comments to see that it’s bad faith.

    I think Lemmy/Piefed is so much less addicting, that it doesn’t really matter as much. I guess because the anger is the part that’s addicting and I never realized I was in it until I got away. It’s really strange though, I just quit cold turkey. Which is great, but strange. I’m so glad I did.

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    • schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      When you use “troll”, are you implying intent? I think some people are just poor readers, and having decided they are right, now blindly argue for their position regardless of any information.

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      • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I’m absolutely implying intent. There are trolls here, for sure. I probably see it more because I mod a larger community and I’m in politics a lot. If you avoid those communities, you probably have a different perspective. People misunderstand too, and if I get it wrong I apologize.

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