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I'm so tired of the current state of the internet (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Templa@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org
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Everywhere you browse, people have such strong opinions about everything and are so toxic or extremely negative. You start playing a game, want to check the forums or something and most of the posts are people being mean to each other. You open social media to keep in touch with people that you'd like to maintain a certain level of contact and there's always some people that are always complaining about every single thing.

I see myself more and more closing myself into a bubble which makes me appreciate Beehaw much more. I know I am guilty of being taken away by the toxicity and sometimes replying things I wouldn't be proud of but since I joined Beehaw I see myself policing myself more and more focused on being better.

Just a quick rant, I currently started playing Baldur's Gate 3 and I am honestly pissed off on the fact people can't give feedback without being rude or "gamers" just shitting on developers because they are stans of another game. I wanted to be active on the forum and comment on bugs and such because I want the game to be better but it is so depressing reading people being awful so often.

Why are we so shitty to each other? I'm so tired.

Edit: Pardon me if I used weird terms or grammar errors, english isn't my first language

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[–] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

Hey OP. I try myself to make a positive out of this. I'm verbose online, and want to have discussions. But frequently I am... deeply ideological, and I am sharing strong opinions with little room for positive discourse. I've realized now, being non-toxic and careful about what I say doesn't make me less exhausting to talk to. I think maybe I just have to balance fun and approachable with moving a conversation along.

Even when I do the perfect thing - share links related to a topic people are excited about - they aren't interested in following those links. They are more casual, and I need to adjust.