Maybe it’s because there’s less comments, but it’s felt needlessly hostile. Even a small disagreement leads to this weird ‘well you’re obviously a fucking idiot that has nothing worthwhile to say’. I didn’t have that impression when I joined post API BS, but now that I’ve noticed it it’s hard to ignore. A lot of people just reading what they want to read, and drawing conclusions that don’t relate to the immediate action.

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The self-righteous rage and indignation is completely off the charts here, I totally agree.

[–] magnetosphere@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Whenever a genuinely obnoxious post is upvoted multiple times, I always wonder how many of those upvotes are from the pathetic author’s alts, and how many are from people who are just fellow assholes.

[–] magnetosphere@kbin.social 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

That’s unfortunate, because it’s the opposite of my experience. Maybe I just don’t care, and/or I’ve gotten better at spotting the warning signs of trivial bullshit and then ignoring it.

The trolls feel like insecure outsiders who haven’t matured enough to “get” Lemmy. It’s like they know they aren’t taken seriously, and want the imaginary clout they had on Reddit.

[–] Jeknilah@monero.town 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

How is this not proving his point? Your whole comment is you bragging about how you arbitrarily decide that someone has nothing worthwhile to say based on an in group/out group dynamic that you created. It might not be needlessly hostile, but it is arbitrarily hostile.

Maybe it's the opposite of your experience because you lack the self-awareness to realize that people who always play by in group/out group dynamics are who he is complaining about, despite how mature they consider themselves to be. They still act like cliquish high school girls.

[–] alignedchaos@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Speaking of proving the point lol

[–] Jeknilah@monero.town 0 points 9 months ago

Not really.

[–] magnetosphere@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

How are you not proving his point? The very first thing I said was “that’s unfortunate”, because I empathize. I also used the word “maybe” because I’m not omniscient and could very well be wrong. Describing my own experience is not “bragging” or “hostile”, and since it’s related to the topic at hand, certainly isn’t arbitrary.

Unlike you, I didn’t lead off with a paragraph of assumptions.

I’m not even touching that ridiculous “group dynamics” bullshit, or the personal insults. They speak for themselves quite well. Have you ever heard of giving someone the benefit of the doubt?

Don’t waste too much effort on your inevitable reply. I won’t be reading it.

[–] PaupersSerenade@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I get that, and I do my best not to feed the trolls, but it feels like they’ve been growing since I first joined. But just because I ignore it doesn’t mean I don’t notice it.

[–] magnetosphere@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I’ve seen more sealioning than simple trolling. Sometimes, I can’t resist replying, because I’m not sure if they’re genuinely seeing things differently, or just because their games annoy me.