1y ago

It's so much easier to comment on Lemmy because it isn't a toxic cesspool waiting to tear you apart

It feels like people are a lot nicer here than on Twitter and Reddit, and even when people disagree, it's generally civil and not an all-out flame war. Also, there's no algorithm promoting outrage all the time.

For me, the anticipation of toxicity was a huge deterrent for me ever participating in real discussions, but here I feel like I can be myself.

I think it's healthier this way.

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My very first ever post on Reddit,12 years ago, the first commentor called me a fa**ot and the second commentor told me 'KYS'. I posted a picture of a dog sitting in the driver seat of a car with his elbow hanging out and he was wearing a sweater. It was discouraging to say the least and burned me pretty bad. I deleted the post, tried to wipe it from my memory, continued on reddit for the next decade treading lightly knowing how toxic and mean it could be.
- Here's the picture in case you want to see it and say nice things. I thought it was worthy.
  
  this is the kinda shit that'll do real numbers here on lemmy
  
  What a disguished looking dog. Is that a cardigan? Thank you for contributing fellow lemming.
  
  It is a cardigan with a collard shirt. The way his elbow is propped and the glare he's giving me...one of the luckiest days of my life.
  
  I totally don't see that as a glare - to me it's more like "hey there". Relaxed, bit of eye contact. Lovely.
  
  I think you lost a sylab
  
  I love that he even has a nice collared shirt
  
  Cute and meme-worthy!
  
  Since you said so... https://imgur.com/a/Ao7j3yY
  
  I would like to see more of this dog. Have an upboat.
  
  He is my spirit animal and reddit origin story. A friendly lemmy user suggested I turn him into a meme. He is so worthy of being seen. I parked next to this dog 12 years ago, took this pic, best day ever.
  
  havent used this word in years but all i can think is "this dog has swag"
  
  Definitely cooler than me and most the people I know
- I’ve been at various points on reddit where I would open the replies in a background tab and just close it without reading them… or, and maybe this sounds weird, hold my hand up over replies so I could screen them without reading them so I could ignore insulting or provocative replies and not be tempted to engage.

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