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I have noticed that I interact a lot more in Lemmy than I ever did in any social media. Let it be Reddit, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter... I am used to be the lurker, but here for some reason things are different. Wonder if more people feel like I do.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

I try not to. This place bans you for "not being nice", which is an arbitrary metric that changes from mod to mod and let's all be honest, being nice is exhausting. Ask anyone working in retail.

The comments here are correct though. As long as you focus on your niche and it's relatively active, then stay away from propaganda media, Lemmy can be an useful place. The default All is worthless in anything but lurking and you need to find the communities about your interests or make them yourself if they don't exist here yet.

Edit: That was close! I almost commented on some dumb take in a doubly dangerous post that involved both current wars. That's a definite no-no. Just don't get involved, it's not worth the trouble.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm pretty abrasive but nothing happened to me IDK what you're talking about

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, well, you have your experience and i have mine, else we would not be here, would we?

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