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

I dunno it sounds like this friend doesn't use reddit beyond what comes up in a google search.

If they're comfortable with reddit, but find lemmy to be offputting then I don't know what to say except 'Maybe it is for the best.'

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

She'll get pretty into some reddit threads, but I think it's difficult for anyone to see how toxic Reddit is while they're inside it.

The comments on womensstuff here were just super aggressive and weird, and it only takes one bad first impression.

It was definitely an atypical lemmy experience for me, but I've been here a while, so statistically I had to eventually to stumble upon a group of lemmy bigots. And Murphy's law, of course, while I'm explaining how tolerant lemmy is by comparison.

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