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Anyone else try to show Lemmy to their friends only for the toxic side of Lemmy to scare them off? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by imeansurewhynot@sh.itjust.works to c/Ask_Lemmy@sh.itjust.works
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My friend's on reddit a lot, uses it for support questions and reviews mostly, but got fed up with all the bullshit toxicity.

I suggested she check out Lemmy, there's less content, but generally fewer toxic interactions, and we scrolled a bit.

She checked it out, didn't understand a meme on WomensStuff, had me ask them about it, and was so put off by their responses that that was the end of lemmy for her.

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[-] WizardArtsPropaganda@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

Nope. I think the biggest problem is the lack of users.

[-] imeansurewhynot@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Cool, that's really good to hear. I keep seeing mod abuse posts, and of course meeting the odd shitty users, and then I rolled the wrong com on the wrong day, but hey, when it rains it pours.

I certainly prefer it here than on Reddit.

[-] WizardArtsPropaganda@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

Agreed,Lemmy is much better by design and there are far fewer bots here then on reddit and you can actually do something about them.

[-] imeansurewhynot@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Interaction here was a great remedy to the soul-sucking drain i felt logged into reddit.

The friend I mentioned in the post showed me some of her product support questions she asked on Reddit and the threads were so distasteful. I don't feel the draw at all of interacting there anymore, but while I was in that environment, I didn't realize how depersonalizing and bland it was.

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