Comment on Does anyone else notice an up tick in hostility on Lemmy lately?
Perspectivist@feddit.uk 2 days ago
People are desperately combing through comments, looking for something to be outraged about. That’s what happens in echo chambers - when the outgroup isn’t around to attack, people start eating their own. It turns into this insane purity spiral where nobody is ever good enough.
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 1 day ago
yeah i’ve noticed this. the people who harass me go to my comment history, start downvoting everything i say or replying to old comments and/or reporting them… just like people do on reddit.
one disagreement on one comment or issue becomes a personal vendetta
Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 day ago
These people need to be flushed out of here. On the other hand I stand by almost everything I’ve said in my comment history, so…