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Has the Reddit exodus killed the former Lemmy culture? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 1 year ago by hotwarioinyourarea@slrpnk.net to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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When I first started using Lemmy it seemed like such a nice place with interesting discussions. It seemed like the first group of people to join after the app exodus were being quite careful to be respectful of the existing culture.

Now, it seems as though the culture from Reddit has completely replaced it. Toxicity and all. I will say I do follow a lot of communities from a wide range of instances so it's clearly not everywhere.

Am I the only one who's feeling like we've just stormed in and bulldozed Lemmy?

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[–] silvercove@lemdro.id 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Yes it has. You can see this in political discussions very easily. There are too many people (mostly Americans) who are accusing everyone of being a Russian bot. This did not exist a year ago.

[–] FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

When I see the term “Russian bot” I can’t help but think of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FEDOR and that video of it awkwardly and inflexibly shooting guns

[–] squiblet@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

People very often decide and insist that someone is a “repost bot!” with absolutely no evidence, as if someone couldn’t do that manually. Repost? Sure. Automated? Not necessarily.

[–] Maeve@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

American here and I’ve seen it. The biggest turnoff is “tankie” bashing.

[–] squiblet@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I had heard the term before, but I never figured out wtf a “tankie” was supposed to be until about a month ago when I joined Lemmy. It seems to be part of the Europification of US politics, which is interesting but perhaps not a positive trend.

[–] Maeve@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

My point is, you don’t have to accept an idea to consider it. I’ve heard good and bad from them. You know, like most people.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago

I haven't seen a platform that can have political discussions in good faith.