Why does the culture surrounding Lemmy seem to be inherently negative and hateful? (lemm.ee)

submitted 4 months ago by LemmyQuest@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I have accounts on various Reddit alternatives and have also had accounts on now-defunct sites. However, none have exhibited the same level of negativity as Lemmy.

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[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago

I find Lemmy to be about on par with the popular (Front Page) Reddit subs. I tended to stay in smaller, more niche subs than Front Page subs and found them to be more polite and well-written, generally.

Lemmy isn't so bad, but we do clearly get some people who are here because they were banned from Reddit (and sometimes for immediately apparent reasons).

I think there's far more negativity in the comments of YouTube, Instagram, and especially Facebook.

But more than anything, I've seen more posts about negativity on Lemmy. So to me, it almost seems like the people coming to (or on?) Lemmy are more sensitive to negativity, maybe?

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