According to one of the latest kurzgesagt videos we all should be in smaller communities like this and large ones like Facebook and Reddit are generally bad for our mental health.

https://youtu.be/fuFlMtZmvY0?si=5Wd0-_6Z1pNUuQZR

[–] Stamets@lemmy.world 32 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Well a few months after leaving reddit I do feel a lot better in general so I'm not surprised.

I go back occasionally to check for something or just to see what things are like. I dunno if it's just gotten insanely more toxic since July or if it's just been that way for a long time but oh my god. Every comment section is just angry and bitter and hateful. I was looking at a post yesterday and thought it was cute and interesting so I open the comments. Every single one of them were either saying it was fake, that it was stupid, that it was cringey, that it didn't make sense, etc. It's like no one has an ounce of positivity on that site.

[–] Seraph@kbin.social 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I see OPs point - fucking Stamets replied to me! Good stuff. Love it!

[–] Stamets@lemmy.world 22 points 8 months ago

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[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 28 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Yes, that's one of the nice aspects.

Thanks to @throws_lemy@lemmy.nz and @BrikoX@lemmy.zip for their tech posts, and @ZeroCool@slrpnk.net and @realcaseyrollins@narwhal.city for the movies posts, you guys rock

[–] ZeroCool@slrpnk.net 12 points 8 months ago

Back at ya Blaze, it’s always a pleasure running into the other moviesandtv regulars!

[–] throws_lemy@lemmy.nz 4 points 8 months ago

[–] solidgrue@lemmy.world 20 points 8 months ago

I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

Most of you are alright.

[–] BiggestBulb@kbin.run 18 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Sometimes I feel like @The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website literally keeps my feed (and all my subscriptions) alive. Thank you for your service 🫡

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 9 points 8 months ago

[–] Neil@lemmy.ml 17 points 8 months ago (7 children)

I have a really bad habit of never looking at anyone's names..

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

Well, Neil, isn't that a little selfish of you!

[–] Neil@lemmy.ml 10 points 8 months ago

Yes, whoever you are.

[–] hightrix@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Same, but it is a trained habit. I purposefully do not want to look at usernames.

[–] ComradePorkRoll@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

You'll be having a perfectly nice conversation only to look up and see you're talking to "uwu_yes_daddy" or "aryan_enjoyer88."

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[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

needs human momentum. every bit counts.

[–] ShaunaTheDead@kbin.social 13 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I wonder if others have some favourite posters that you they quite often?

For me, it's @Stamets and ThePicardManuever but I've noticed a couple other prominent posters lately although their names haven't stuck for me just yet.

[–] explodicle@local106.com 3 points 8 months ago

I've been a mindbleach fan since Reddit

[–] Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I don't know how to knit, but it does seem to be gaining in popularity.

[–] AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

I view knitting as a state of mind. I think people are thrown off by the fideverse when others try to explain it to them, but once they use it they realize, much like the social media of old, they don't need to fully understand how it works to enjoy it.

[–] ilovecheese@mander.xyz 12 points 8 months ago

Same ol' faces... Almost has the feel of forums of yesteryear...

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 10 points 8 months ago

I had not, but I don't read the names. I will endeavor to notice. Thank you for the heads up.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 9 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Yeah it’s like a village!

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[–] neurospice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 8 months ago

Yeh it does feel rather close. It's quite nice honestly

[–] sour@kbin.social 7 points 8 months ago

[._.]

[–] Badeendje@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Yup, it's fun. And im happily blocking all the tankies in between the great people. Account name like StalinSomethingSomething.. nope.

[–] Risk@feddit.uk 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

The prefix and suffix stars, man...

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[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 8 months ago

as a former resident of the infopop forums, i liken the fediverse to bulletin boards in the 90s and early 2000s and it's nice - the kind that were super hyper localized by topic but everyone was friendly. :)

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Mostly only the very active users moved over from Reddit, so we have a lot of content for not as many people. But it's nice how active and invested most people here seem to be.

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[–] Masterblaster@kbin.social 5 points 8 months ago (3 children)

hey everybody! i'm masterblaster! i make modules for D&D and play in a blues band! remember, kill all conservatives for the future of humanity!

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 4 points 8 months ago

Who run barter town?

[–] explodicle@local106.com 3 points 8 months ago

what a character

[–] key@lemmy.keychat.org 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If you're trying to turn that into a catchphrase I suggest replacing "kill" with "blast" for better branding.

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[–] MxRemy@lemmy.one 5 points 8 months ago

I bet it might be fun to, just once, get all the most infamous lemmings goofing around in one thread together. Because communities are themed, maybe they don't usually cross paths that often

[–] eatham@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago

I See Almighty Snoo alot.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago

TL:DR; I agree and I love it here!

Yeah it certainly feels that way to me too. I can't speak for the rest of the Fediverse platforms (Friendica, Misskey, Mastodon, etc.) but Lemmy is certainly a tight-knit, active and generally friendly group...

You should have seen how it was like here before May this year, when there were only a few dozen users that posted or commented anything at all across all servers, call that tight knit.

Still, I'm so proud of everyone for help in keeping a friendly vibe for the most part, and for user reporting and mod actions keeping trolls at bay. There was quite a bit of concern that when people migrated from Reddit en masse that it Lemmy would be taken over by the same uninspired drivel or become a Reddit repost site. What we got are very healthy meme and shitpost communities with shitposters who engage with commentors, tech news, politics, environment news with active discussions where people have disagreed with each other without getting in a complete rage about it, and cute animal pics like !aww@lemmy.world and !superbowl@lemmy.world.

There's still progress to be made on parts of the technical, moderation and community sides. For my part, I'm trying to post more and my goal this year is to share a lot pictures of the cityscape to Lemmy.

[–] raoulraoul@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

I often find it close knit wit.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I'm like Visa. Everywhere you wanna be.

[–] FilthyHookerSpit@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I see you in almost every thread I read lmao. Thanks for contributing to discussions. Something I should try to do more.

[–] Fal@yiffit.net 3 points 8 months ago

The users with custom name font also just stick out

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