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  • KillaBeez@lemmy.world
    106·
    2 years ago

    Anyone else notice how friendly, calm, and civil the posts and discussions have been away from Reddit? This place reminds me a lot of the early days.

    • charlytune@mander.xyz
      20·
      2 years ago

      It really is a breath of fresh air, and has highlighted for me how dumb and angry so much of Reddit has become.

      • KillaBeez@lemmy.world
        7·
        2 years ago

        I think the major turning point was around 2016. That’s the first time I began to feel like my guard needed to be up with every single comment from there on.

    • Nobody@lemmy.world
      13·
      2 years ago

      A few small pockets of civility survived here and there, but everything else has drowned in bots, ads, and trolls for so long that it’s shocking to come here and be able to click on a random post and see civil discussion as the default. That tone needs to be set and maintained. Basic decency and civility are really not that hard, even when people disagree. We lost that somewhere along the way.