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Why're people on Lemmy (and other forums) so toxic? What can you do beyond report, call out, and block? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 day ago by ComradeMiao@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org

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[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I think what I was more hoping that would address are anonymous (and sometimes fake) personas spreading hatred and misinformation publicly and loudly. I guess the problem though is that even without anonymity, people still do it anyway, and Facebook and Twitter are great examples of that. I think having control over your own anonymity is important. I just wish there was less of a feeling that you can harm and disrespect others without consequence.

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 points 11 hours ago

That's taken rather seriously on Beehaw, but we of course have no control over what happens on other instances.

I think the issue is people just want a drop-in Reddit replacement via Lemmy, which is easily enough done to a certain degree on other instances. Having control over your Web presence takes effort. Choosing not to put that effort in is a personal decision.