People on Lemmy have bailed from Reddit because they have principles. Stuff like Linux. The value of science/education. Lefty-ism (or whatever it’s called in their region). FOSS. They are willing to cut themselves out from a larger community to foster one that is compatible with their principles.

From your comment history you seem to be posting stuff outside of Lemmy’s core beliefs. That’s great! But the people here really believe in those principles, so they react negatively to the comments.

I dunno what else to say. If we want Lemmy to be viable, we need to allow people with other views build communities here. We feel pretty close to a monoculture at the moment.

Maybe you just have some real shit hot takes.

My understanding is that the original devs of Lemmy are tankies, so the culture they fostered was very anti-western values.

I would say that lemmy is just more realist then naive optimist, since more intellectual people probably use lemmy or even try to fund Reddit alternatives.

Looking at your post and comment history, it looks like you are, yourself, part of the problem. I see a number of pessimistic (or shit-stirring) posts, posts that appear to be in favor of “ancap”, and commenting in piracy comms. Sorry to say it but, you may want to examine your own behavior before pointing at others.

Personally id argue that i have experienced the most toxic behaviour by the mods of some communities. Overall i wouldn’t say that Lemmy is more or less toxic than the rest of the internet or even that the mods are stricter. I’ve just gotten a few comment removals by communities that i never visit but that ended on my feed and i commented on something.

Hatred drives engagement on any and all social media. Even ones where everything is made up and the points don’t matter.

Fuck you I am full of love

It was predicted ahead of time that there would have been ex-Reddit users or current Reddit users who’s got to come over and spread their misery carried over from Reddit itself. Very insufferable people with too much time on their hands to be bothering to do that.

If only they’d realize that it’s far easier to handle them on Lemmy than it is Reddit. Which in turn, makes them look stupid. I mean, Lemmy isn’t like Spez who allows the registration system to be treated as a machine gun of alts so that trolls seemingly come back instantaneously to resume where they left off.

It doesn’t seem that way to me. What specifically are you seeing that gives you that impression?

I worry that merely accepting this as presupposed fact will make it more likely to become fact.

My previous experience is reddit, and I’ve found Lemmy to be far more positive, with exceptions.

Interactions with mods here are far less demanding and nitpicky. It’s more like interaction and less like being told off.

Interactions with other users vary, but I’d say it is a net positive experience here. On reddit, other users were a net negative.

The exception is the reaction when you disagree with the consensus built up between a post and its comments. Whether it’s reddit or Lemmy, you’re going to have a bad time.

I’ve seen very little negativity on Lemmy in almost a year of using it.

Come hang with the Lebowski fans and kick back at !achievers@lebowski.social for all your Big Lebowski needs.

Huh. Maybe it’s the communities/posts I’ve visited but I wouldn’t agree with your assessment of an inherent negativity/hatefulness. Do you have examples we can discuss?