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The fediverse is small, and thats both a blessing and a curse - one of its several blessings is that in a smaller space we all individually have a bigger impact on what the culture of this space is like.

On this comm (and on lemmy broadly) there's a lot of discussion about how to grow the fediverse, what to improve, but an easy thing you can do for the fediverse is right in front of us-

  • Be kind

  • Ask people what they think, and why

  • Approach folks you disagree with with curiosity rather than hostility (EDIT: no, this is not specifically referring to Nazis. I get it, they're the first thing that comes to mind. I'm not telling you to approve of Nazis I'm just saying be kind to your fellow lemmites)

  • Engage sincerely

  • Ask yourself if there's something nice you can say

  • Make this small space worth being in

A platform lives or dies by what's available on said platform and often we have this conversation in the context of "content" or posts - and we may never have as much content as reddit does. But content and posts aren't the only thing this kind of platform offers- it also offers people. It offers community, and human interaction.

Culture and community is lemmy and the fediverse's biggest differentiator, and we all have a role to play in shaping the culture of this space.

The biggest thing you can do to help the fediverse is make it a place worth being.

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[–] mriormro@lemm.ee 1 points 19 minutes ago
[–] PantanoPete@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

No. You can go to hell!

[–] GooberEar@lemmy.wtf 2 points 2 hours ago

On the one hand, yes, yes, yes, absolutely.

On the other hand, way too often people are absolutely vile here and nobody sticks up for themselves or for others. Really a shame that r-word-it bullshit behavior is often times totally accepted and approved and even rewarded here.

[–] Eknz@lemmy.eknz.org 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Sometimes being kind doesn't necessarily mean being nice.

[–] untakenusername@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

What do you mean? To me the two are synonymous

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 5 points 2 hours ago

It's saying sometimes people need to hear something that will hurt them in order to get better. Which is true but a lot of people take that as a green light to be an asshole when they find someone who is "wrong".

[–] MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago

There's regional and cultural differences, famously brusque NYC and easy going west coast in particular.

[–] spicehoarder@lemm.ee 21 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] spicehoarder@lemm.ee 2 points 2 hours ago

Watch it, bub!

[–] microdickie@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago

When I see small, I see potential. More people know each other which fosters genuine relationships and understanding, ingredients missing from the toxic environments of the big social networks.

My ex used to call me a very small dude with a big city attitude. She didn't mean it as a compliment, but I took it as one.

The fediverse is just a beautiful place to be you. It feels calm, relaxed, intellectual and full of supportive people. It's a refreshiong alternative to the sprawling and sometimes impersonal nature of vast social networks.

One thing we should all agree on, we all have a role to play in shaping the culture of this space.

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 50 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

I disagree with your premise.

It should be "The best thing that you can do for humanity is to be kind".

Seriously. We're living in a time when fascism is in an upswing and at least one religious leader has publicly called empathy a sin. Kindness and empathy are rebellious acts.

[–] FollyDolly@lemmy.world 12 points 9 hours ago

I can get behind the Kindness Rebellion.

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[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

ngl this is such a toxic community. The Nazi thing is definitely part of the problem -- we live in an age of "soft fascism" so of course we have our fists up and we see nazis everywhere. Honestly I think most of the nazis are on twitter or truth social though, they don't come to lemmy so much. Hmm, don't assume that someone espousing an (1) conservative-looking belief is a nazi maybe?

[–] untakenusername@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 hours ago

this

The amount of times I've been blocked on the fediverse because I've mentioned that I find the mechanics behind AI interesting, or the math behind crypto, its actually insane. Or anything positive about spacex or the benefits of a free market.

[–] liedetector31@lemmy.cafe 3 points 6 hours ago
[–] Alaknar@lemm.ee 30 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I'll add: "be supportive and helpful if you can, and just shut up if you can't".

Fediverse is sometimes suffering from the same kind of people that Linux has - "oh you have a problem? Well, here's the GitHub repo and a project Wiki, figure it out".

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