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[–] [email protected] 93 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Part of the reason I find Lemmy enjoyable is I don’t have to worry about bullshit just to throw a comment in. I rarely post, but I have fun commenting stupid crap here and there to pass the time. Not once has anyone been a total dick, maybe a partial chub, but nothing I don’t already expect

[–] [email protected] 45 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Yeah, the dread of seeing a new notification in the inbox turns out to be something pretty chill surprisingly often

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

UR FACE IS PRETTY CHILL

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I still had the dread before opening this. Wonder if that ever goes away

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Psst…im in your inbox…feeling the same dread. (Please dont reply, i might not be ready for another reply yet 😆)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

I hope your day is wonderful

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

ANGRY LOOKING ALL CAPS REPLY!!!

Nice comment bro.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

You can't tell me what to do!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Only way to know is to try it again! Soooo hopefully I didn’t give you too much dread 😅

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It's basic fear response conditioning, I doubt it ever fully goes away because being cautious of the unknown is a very successful survival trait.

Basically every time you open that inbox you'd have to lie to yourself into believing that a negative response is an impossibility. Good luck, if you figure it out let me know.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

I blocked the notification with uBlock and just pretend nobody ever reads or comments on my comments. You can say whatever you want if nobody is around to hear it.

Not having a global karma score that is require to post in different subreddits helps too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Depends on the subject. Try to criticize left wing subjects and see what happens.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've seen left-wingers and communists attacked by 'tankies'

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah that too.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago

That’s really been one of the reasons I’ve always just been a lurker on social media. The fediverse spaces I’m in (lemmy/mastodon) have been great so far. I didn’t really have any expectations but the experience has been good for me and I hope for everyone else!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I find you can talk a little more recreationally here. Can say some stupid stuff and it’s not attacked immediately.

Not everything someone comments should be taken 100% seriously, but there is obviously lines that can’t be touched either.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

This really gets to the heart of it, speaking recreationally is perfectly acceptable and it seems hate just for having an opinion is much lower

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It’s small enough that I can say something mildly controversial without getting dogpiled by a mob from /r/SomeEchoChamber

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

I wouldn’t know about controversial haha, I mostly comment for fun, but there does seem to be an acceptance of the fact we are all sharing the same house, might as well make nice