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Does Lemmy feel hostile and/or insular to you? (lemmy.world)

submitted 12 hours ago by LuminousLuddite@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I've noticed that there seems to be an emphasis on being extremely serious at all times, as if every single comment is a PhD dissertation being evaluated or something. There's like this weird, subtle one upmanship about every little thing and a lot of people are very nitpicky and judgmental. It kind of takes the fun out of being on here, TBH. Or am I the only one experiencing this?

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[-] cmbabul@slrpnk.net 7 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Don’t disagree at all, I think a lot of what’s going on is the uptick in the “eternal September phenomenon”. A lot of us have been here for a while even if like myself we’ve switched instances, and those that have stuck around know the way things work and also like it, the new folks come here and think it’s Reddit, and when they get pushback because we’re all clearly here because we on one level or another had problems with Reddit or some other platform, they seem to think we’re the inclusive ones. When really they’re all up in the koolaid and don’t even know the flavor.

Some will stick around and some will bail, and then the cycle repeats, it’s just been happening with greater frequency

Edit: I’ll also freely admit that sometimes it is a bit serious here for my personality which leans flippant, but that’s fine, I still am here for a reason

this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2026

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