Like, a majority of my direct interactions with some users from all across the Fediverse and not just Lemmy have been annoying. The kind of nuisance where I feel like I absolutely want to maim the person who bothered responding to me.
At least with Reddit, I know I can expect it because it’s a wider audience and that’s part of it’s reputation. With the Fediverse, for a considerably smaller pool of people in comparison that desire more friendlier engagements because of wanting an alternative, they certainly have proven to be the biggest jackasses of the bunch.
Which makes me think that there’s really no hope for the Fediverse in general to be as big as the opposition. Because once people see that there’s virtually no difference between where they’ve been from where they are, it almost defeats the purpose of having switched at all.
And that’s pretty much where I’m sitting currently.
Sounds like you’re fitting in just fine.
Can’t say I disagree though. This is the most unwelcoming group of people I’ve ever encountered. It’s like only the most vocal, combatative and radical redditors came here. Hell, probably made reddit a better place to be in even.
Lemmy does like a good dogpile, I think some of the reddit moderation features that are detested actually helped reduce some of the standing wave aggression we see on lemmy.