Comment on Do you feel this place has gotten more.. reddit-y lately?

mojo@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• lanadelgay@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Too many bad faith weirdos

  The ratio of good discussions to that noise is pretty good though

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  • mojo@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    With online discussion, there always will be. The only really thing you can do is to know when is the best time to abort a conversation. Especially in Reddit, when one person is getting downvotes then they are assumed to be wrong, then the hive mind brain kicks in.

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    • lanadelgay@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah, for sure

      Know when to stop, and also just knowing when not to comment in the first place honestly

      I’ve found myself swiping to reply to a comment and just realizing it’s a waste of time when i could be contributing to an actually good discussion instead

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      • mojo@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        “Never miss a good chance to shut up” - Mark Twain (probably)

        This is some advice I definitely need to work on practicing better lol

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      • foggy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Your comment history has determined that was a lie.

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    • NightOwl@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It comes down to the heavy lifting the mods do. They are way too under appreciated back on reddit and here too. People think they can self police themselves and that other people will follow, but it’s the mods who set and maintain the type of tone they want for the community. People here aren’t anymore special than any other social media, so moderated communities and instances becomes important for those that arent happy with the outcomes of more lax moderation environments once they see users aren’t behaving the way they’d like them to.

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