I am myself a newcomer, did a full switch straight from reddit.
However, I did it just a few weeks before mods and admins started to crack down hard on certain opinions. Guess I had seen the sign on the wall.
I believe reddit’s clear change of direction has pushed many more people into the lemmyverse, many of them just like me, straight from reddit.
I sense that recently the tone around many subs has shifted towards more agressive and more divisive, and other patterns I recognize all too well from my years on reddit.
Do other people sense this too? Am I on the right track or completely off?
yes people come from reddit because it was ruined by corporate bs and immediately start simping hard for corporate propaganda, bogging down quality discussion
and it’s becoming the majority now, so just like reddit, you have to scroll so much further down a thread before the good info is found.
in other words: welcome redditors, pls leave the reddit bs at the door on your way in.
you have to scroll so much further down a thread before the good info is found.
I feel Lemmy’s algorithm does a nice job of pushing newer comments to the top, but of course one needs to search longer for the good stuff the more comments there are.
in other words: welcome redditors, pls leave the reddit bs at the door on your way in.
Somebody else here commented that they will adapt. I like that, I hope it’s true, and possibly my biggest takeaway from this post because it is something we can all actively contribute to.
Comparing the time when I joined Lemmy around 2 years ago to now, I would say that the general tone has become somewhat more unfriendly. A larger userbase might be a contributing factor, but I think it’s also the political climate in the west becoming a lot worse recently with many divisive issues and people being more stressed about the state of the world.
Yes. Every time there is an influx from reddit this place becomes more childish toxic and stupid for a time.
Reddit normalizes psychotic behavior for many people that lack self awareness or professional help.
There’s certainly an increase in comments and upvotes in the last few months. Perhaps the users were always here but current events have them engaging more.
Commenting trends from reddit, like posting a string of puns or comical memes under very serious topics, pop up once in awhile and I’m glad to see those get swiftly downvoted here.
More users is a great thing but I really really don’t want this to turn into another reddit.
Generally, yes, though time on Lemmy tends to shift people’s perspective to “fit in” more. Then the users coming in self-sort into whatever instance aligns best with what they want, and then these servers get reinforced.
time on Lemmy tends to shift people’s perspective to “fit in” more.
That sounds good; maybe my post sounded a bit pessimistic.
