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Came here to say this, but shorter. Imagine my surprise to see "Positivity" first word in the top comment. I know we don't all agree on everything, but the vibe on Lemmy (for me at least) seems to be share our views or shut up.
The other thing is how political everything seems to get. Even outside of political communities you see it seaping into the comments. I might be remembering wrong, but reddit didn't seem to have that issue (as much). If you weren't in a politically orriented community the mods kept that kinda talk out.
All that being said, I'm sticking with Lemmy. I don't hace any desire to go back to reddit even as a lurker. I hope lemmy gets nicer as more people join. I've embraced being downvoted. I will try to love communism and linux to a greater degree than I already do.
I didn't want to ramble on too long, but I've had discussions before where I talk about how I feel the Reddit attitude towards mods there has kept mods weak here, out of fear of being overbearing or whatever you want to call it.
Was talking to the person running MaleFashionAdvice and they had wondered why people weren't hanging out there. That isn't typically a group I'd follow, but I checked it out, and the latest post was full of "not interested in this," "fashion is stupid," and I feel there were a few anti-capitalism comments. Otherwise, recent threads included more "normal people" advice than I expected to see in a fashion sub, ie. not all about super expensive or limited things, things that came in less common sizes, etc. But I told them, hey, you might want to clean some of these posts out of here, because if new people start browsing and see way more negative comments than helpful ones, why would they sub? As you said, we can disagree, but bring something to the table instead of just basically going "you suck bro!" Something like a "can we get a thread on some more affordable clothes or about brands that the clothes last" is much more useful and not rude.
It may be the things I browse, but I feel Reddit had plenty of "why do we need to make eveything political" stuff. I read a lot about the environment, animals, and conservation, so of course politics do overlap with that as much as some "old school outdoorsman" may see that as a safe space. But again, there's reasonable ways to discuss it, and we should be open to listening to others, especially if they bring supporting facts to back them up.
I see we have a similar analysis of the average Lemmy commenter! ๐