We have to be the thing we want to see out in the world. If we want open source communities and an internet free of corporate influence then we have to do the work required to build them. It’s not going to happen by magic.

I don’t have any suggestions, just want to say thanks for making this stuff. It’s very cool.

Booooo misleading title

100%. It happened slowly and collisions with idiots tended to increase imperceptibly over time. Eventually I forgot what it was like to have a polite conversation and my own comments became more negative and toxic. The site split on sectarian lines and the discourse has been distorted by the mitigations of hate speech, shadow bans, auto-moderation, etc.

It’s fitting that this hulking cesspit has been bought and paid for by a corporation, they are a perfect match.

Lemmy doing an excellent job overall. I’m here every day and enjoying the banter in the comments. Not been back to Reddit since Judgement Day.

The smaller scale is feature, not a bug. I don’t want millions of cretins diluting the stock.

These are the real heroes and martyrs

I don’t want it to be more popular with idiots.

I hear people talk about porn in All but I never see it despite not filtering for NSFW. Not sure why that is. Something to do with the particular instance I’m connected to? I believe that is Lemmy.world

I don’t mind a monoculture if it keeps morons away, that’s a price worth paying. The reason I started using Reddit in 2009 was to escape the comment section of YouTube. Erik from Internet Comment Etiquette has been doing sterling work educating the Mongol Hoardes but they’re still not ready.

That’s what we love about them. And the accent when they speak English. And their cars. Not forgetting their tools. Beer.