Comment on I feel like Fediverse users are nicer to each other and more generous with upvotes than reddit.
Agent641@lemmy.world 1 year agoI remember reading about ‘thread poison’ where an otherwise friendly group can devolve into defensive and hostile vehavior just because one person comes along and makes a mean comment.
SapienSRC@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’ve noticed smaller groups work really well. Once they get too large they start to devolve into in-fighting causing smaller sub-groups within the main. It’s almost as if we’re just not designed as a species to communicate with this many people all at once…
SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Because we really aren’t. Our brains are probably still naturally wired for small communities and villages.