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Is it just me, or have the comments on Lemmy become extra aggressive over the past 3 months? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I feel like things on Lemmy were pretty chill several months ago, and that’s started to change.

People used to talk each other like they would talk to a neighbor. Now I get the sense that people have become quick to be negative, attack, and not be constructive.

Am I crazy in feeling like the vibe has changed?

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[–] ElderWendigo@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

I posted a cookie recipe in response to a cookie meme, got roasted for not converting baking units to science units. So yeah, people are getting kinda aggressive.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Dont you mean you got baked, not roasted?

[–] Buffaloaf@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Sounds about right. I've noticed on Lemmy people get a hard on for calling Americans stupid because "they don't know the metric system". Even though I've explained a few times that a) we use both, depending on the situation and b) there are other countries that do the same