Only if it portrays Lemmy in a positive light. You can criticize our toxicity and left-leaning political biases as much as you like in r/RedditAlternatives though:-P.
I don’t think we’re particularly toxic, insult matches between MLs and other lefties aside and even then it’s usually infinitely better than your average 4chan thread.
Then again Hexbear being blocked by so many instances prolly helps.
Blocking hexbear.net and lemmygrad.ml improved my experience on the Threadiverse by 90%. Blocking lemmy.ml improved it a further 90%, so yeah, blocking hexbear does so very much. I get that someone who intentionally chooses that should have the right to, which nobody is stopping anyone there, but definitely hexbear, like 4chan, is not for the uninitiated.
Yeah Hexbear at least from what little I cared to look really did just radiats lefty pol energy. Pointless trolls that were just kinda being annoying and were five irony poisoned in jokes deep that they basically couldn’t interact with everyone else functionally. If that’s you’re vibe fine but it can and will get old for everyone else right fucken quickly.
Tbf, most don’t seem to realize what they want, and some are literally and actually children. It hurts the Threadiverse that upon having a bad experience here, they go and talk about us there in that highly negative light. And it helps us here to know what is being said over there - i.e. it’s not solely the onboarding experience being difficult (having to choose an instance, getting through the sign-up process, then community discovery, which never ends, nor does the need to continually block new toxic users), but even for people that remained here for months to a year did not stay, and it’s good to know why (mainly lack of niche content plus toxicity).
At least personally I don’t really see how the threadiverse is more toxic than reddit. Though it may be because my instance is simply good at blocking the toxicity away, and the instance their chose isn’t. Which could be something to work on I suppose, but moderation is always a big discussion in these situations, with some people not liking moderation but also, in reality, wanting it
As for niche content, that, unfortunately, is just a catch 22 situation. No simple solution other than to simply get more people to join
I’ve been here a while, I prefer this over reddit.
Sure, niche content is missing, but that’s because it’s niche, and comes with time and a larger group of people on here. Reddit didn’t start out with the niche content either.
I haven’t noticed the toxicity myself, I’m sure it’s there, but I’m likely privileged not to have noticed it. Or perhaps I’m one of the toxic users, because I’m too leftist for some (though I’m no tankie)
OpenStars@piefed.social 1 month ago
Only if it portrays Lemmy in a positive light. You can criticize our toxicity and left-leaning political biases as much as you like in r/RedditAlternatives though:-P.
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Narrative control is entirely in the hands of who can hand out bans.
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I don’t think we’re particularly toxic, insult matches between MLs and other lefties aside and even then it’s usually infinitely better than your average 4chan thread.
Then again Hexbear being blocked by so many instances prolly helps.
OpenStars@piefed.social 1 month ago
Blocking hexbear.net and lemmygrad.ml improved my experience on the Threadiverse by 90%. Blocking lemmy.ml improved it a further 90%, so yeah, blocking hexbear does so very much. I get that someone who intentionally chooses that should have the right to, which nobody is stopping anyone there, but definitely hexbear, like 4chan, is not for the uninitiated.
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Yeah Hexbear at least from what little I cared to look really did just radiats lefty pol energy. Pointless trolls that were just kinda being annoying and were five irony poisoned in jokes deep that they basically couldn’t interact with everyone else functionally. If that’s you’re vibe fine but it can and will get old for everyone else right fucken quickly.
SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
People who do that truly don’t actually want an alternative, huh?
They just want Reddit under new management
discocactus@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Digg…
OpenStars@piefed.social 1 month ago
Tbf, most don’t seem to realize what they want, and some are literally and actually children. It hurts the Threadiverse that upon having a bad experience here, they go and talk about us there in that highly negative light. And it helps us here to know what is being said over there - i.e. it’s not solely the onboarding experience being difficult (having to choose an instance, getting through the sign-up process, then community discovery, which never ends, nor does the need to continually block new toxic users), but even for people that remained here for months to a year did not stay, and it’s good to know why (mainly lack of niche content plus toxicity).
SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
At least personally I don’t really see how the threadiverse is more toxic than reddit. Though it may be because my instance is simply good at blocking the toxicity away, and the instance their chose isn’t. Which could be something to work on I suppose, but moderation is always a big discussion in these situations, with some people not liking moderation but also, in reality, wanting it
As for niche content, that, unfortunately, is just a catch 22 situation. No simple solution other than to simply get more people to join
phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
And how often does that happen, versus trolls shit-talking us for no reason but malice?
That’s a bit too close to “fascists have legitimate grievances” for me to take seriously.
madjo@feddit.nl 1 month ago
I’ve been here a while, I prefer this over reddit.
Sure, niche content is missing, but that’s because it’s niche, and comes with time and a larger group of people on here. Reddit didn’t start out with the niche content either.
I haven’t noticed the toxicity myself, I’m sure it’s there, but I’m likely privileged not to have noticed it. Or perhaps I’m one of the toxic users, because I’m too leftist for some (though I’m no tankie)