I am just wondering... is it me- or is there a LOT of just general negativity here.
Every other post I see is...
- America is bad.
- Capitalism is bad. Socialism/Communism is good.
- If you don't like communism, you are a fascist nazi.
Honestly, it's kind of killing my mood with Lemmy. There are a few decent communities/subs here, but, the quality of content appears to be falling.
I mean, FFS. It can't just be me that is noticing this. It honestly feels like I am supporting a communist platform here.
I am on social media to post and read about things related to technology, automation, race cars, etc.
Every other technology post, is somebody bashing on Elon Musk (actually- that is deserved), or talking about Reddit (Let it go. Seriously. We are here, it is there).
On my hobby of liking racecars, I guess, half of the people on lemmy feel it is OK to vandalize a car for being too big.... and car hate culture is pretty big.
All of this is really turning off my mood regarding lemmy.
It's funny, because every time I've joined a new platform like this (hacker news, reddit, etc) there was always a ton of posts about "wow the conversation is so much more respectful and the content quality is way better" and all that. This is the first time I've seen that where it doesn't actually seem to be true and seems more like a circle jerk. Some discussions are worse then what I experienced on Reddit, some are better, but overall when I browse Lemmy I don't feel like I'm learning nearly as much as I used to on Reddit. But on the other hand, Reddit quality went way down, so there's also not much to go back to. Sad times on the Internet, I can only hope Lemmy grows and gets more valuable content and discussions
And- up until a few weeks ago- I also felt the same way you did.
Everyone was grouped around the common cause of getting away from reddit, and everyone seemed to bond together with that common goal.
But, I guess, since we are all here now... the conversations are turning to DEFEDERATE xxx instance. Lets ban xxx community. (xxx not literally being xxx, but, just referring to whatever community is in the crosshairs for the day).
That, and, it just really irks me when everyone does an incorrect comparison, or incorrectly references data.
For the example of the post which set me off for today- 90% of Americans have air conditioning, compared to 20% of Europeans.
While, many people realize the geographical reasons to this- Many DON'T. And, they don't want to hear about it either.
(rant incoming).
Nope, it can't just be due to the fact europe has a milder climate, it has got to be due to houses in America built from sticks, without any insulation. (There are people who actually said this, and agree with it.. without realizing the southern US, gets HOT.)
but, enough fussing. I need to find a solution to this problem. I'm thinking of just building a negative sentiment bot that auto-bans people with negative sentiment in the majority of their comments.