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

I tell everyone how awesome it is, theyre all terrified its the darkweb and won't leave corpo net. me and 1 other person IRL are the only people I actually know that are on the fediverse.

Oh well I guess. Normie's gonna norm.

[-] imeansurewhynot@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Haha, I got the same reaction feom my friend for a long time, "dark web" specifically! That's why she hadn't tried lemmy until the other day despite my recommendations.

I had to show her that it's just a normal website, type in the address there you are. Even has apps and everything.

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

Part of it is the "scary virus" URL.

If it doesn't say google.com they run away

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