A Request to the Fediverse Community

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Nice list

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I get this. I used to use Threads and someone got very angry at me cause I said Labour, supposedly the left wing party in the UK, are “upsetting the right people”, I should have clarified that I don’t think that they are doing a good job, but never mind.

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I’ve had abuse for posting a short story that validated the group think. Several times.

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That's a horrible take and you should feel bad.

But I'm a stranger on the Internet and probably a moron so it's ok to not take me seriously or respond to me.

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I do that quite a lot too

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Personally, I have hope that if a larger variety of people are posting and commenting (typical lurkers and such) then hopefully the echo chamber aggression will weaken a little, and hopefully foster a positive and friendly community. I'm trying to lead by example

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Never got very into short-form content, but I'll give it some consideration!

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I’m in, lets this be my late new year resolution

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Me neither, but when I'm scrolling some videos look interesting.

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A lot of times I'll write out a comment and end up deleting it. Most times it's because I feel like it's something that's already been said or not worth reading but I'll try to be less of a lurker.

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Refreshing optimism!

if a larger variety of people are posting and commenting (typical lurkers and such) then hopefully the echo chamber aggression will weaken a little

Unfortunately I'm not sure the hope is warranted. Putting a lot of people with different views in front of each other, over text, does not, in general, by default, seem to go that well. At least not going by the experience of the first 30 years of the social internet. You tend to get the worst aspect of human group dynamics and speech-policing without the self-moderation that comes with in-person contact - i.e. the effect of audible voices, and visible faces and body language.

I'm not a complete pessimist or I wouldn't be here. But I think these issues can only be solved by activist moderation that enforces rules with a light touch while remaining tolerant and always assuming good faith. And, of course, that kind of moderation is time-consuming and very, very hard. It's a skill that hardly any communities have access to. But it is at least a reasonable goal.

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Just remember that the people getting mad at you are not deleting any of their posts.

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I see where you're coming from, historically the internet and large communities tend to foster that kind of aggression. I, for one, will be striving to build a positive environment though, and just maybe, we'll see those fruits lead into a brighter future :). I myself am applying for some moderator positions to help take up that effort!

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maybe this can make up for me not making one this year haha

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I'm in the exact same boat. But I kind of realized, if I want to see a bigger fediverse, I'll have to help build it up. As the classic saying goes, you can lead a horse to water; but first there's gotta be water. So thank you for taking up the cause of building this lake

actually i don't think that's the saying

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That's great news. Good luck.

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is there a search function in Lemmy to search for posts? is it indexed and does it show up in search engine results?

if yes, that might help a lot with getting traffic

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Well it is now that you opened the spigot

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wish I could upvote this a thousand times

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thats reddit, ppl hate way less here, id prime myself to argue before I made a comment on reddit, made me a more argumentative person