I’m just done responding to assholes. Because that’s what most of the responses were - by assholes. Whether it’s passive aggressive or just direct, you’re still an asshole. It proves my point down to the tee about everything I’ve talked about here.
If you’re going out of your way to try and disprove someone by being an asshole, by being an asshole too. Guess what? YOU’RE AN ASSHOLE! So fuck you.
The fediverse is only better because it isn’t ran by Spez and his crazy dumb ideas, nor is it owned by shady companies with enshittification in mind.
However in terms of just online behavior with users? No, I feel that it is more or less similar than it is on Reddit.
Users prompting responses from me that they don’t like, so they go on downvoting parades. Yup, that’s a Reddit thing.
Users antagonizing me and of course, getting responses in reflection to said antagonizing before prompting with downvote parades. Yup, that’s Reddit too.
Users with twisted logic who engage with you just to take a shit on you and try digging for reasons to report and get you banned. Totally a Reddit thing too.
Oh I almost forgot, whenever you mention ‘downvote’, income the ironic users who’re like “D-DUH-DUH-DUWNVUTE!”
The only difference is that users of that caliber, can come from an different Fediverse server when everything is centralized on Reddit. The asshole volumes are just retained and that’s what the Fediverse unfortunately falls flat on.
Sure, call it an internet thing, but these are key platforms where people would prefer to spend their time on. One of which, people flocked to because the other decayed and corroded in time. But I’m having a hard time figuring whether or not it was the decisions Reddit made or the users.
I say the users.
It’s literally built in the image of Reddit. What did you expect? It to end up significantly different? Spez selling out was the most obvious and useless thing ever. It didn’t change online discourse. It only changed Spez’ bank account.
You should be happy there remains a platform where one fucking moron’s views of “discourse” isn’t the ONLY acceptable form of discussion.
Yes it should be different, not replicate the bullshit from Reddit.
Are you sure of that? I’ve monitored and check over the things I’ve said. I’ve noted that a lot of people really dig the shit I have said (evidenced from lots of upvotes) because that’s something either they would think or say themselves or what some agreed opinion others would say themselves.
That’s not a really good acceptable form of discussion, that’s called hivemind talk. That’s parroting what others say even if your intent is not to copy. It’s not strictly routed to Spez, it is what the users themselves that have crafted the community around and we’ve got years and years that can prove that, evidenced from what people say who come here disgruntled from Reddit who would share their experiences.
So because that the entire Fediverse operates similar in vein to Reddit in this fashion, the Fediverse has already failed.
The common denominator here is you. I don’t even need to look at your post history because I already recognise your username in the 27 days you’ve been registered you have already posted so much crap.
You purposefully post antagonistic shit like this post or the people not googling stuff and completely ignoring the fact that sometimes people ask questions to interact with or further their conversations. Or what looks like intentionally poorly worded posts like your piracy / ISP post.
After these posts you then start crying about people biting and rising to your bait.
If you don’t like it here then go back to reddit, I doubt you and your bait “offmychest” posts will be missed. You are the problem here.
This is another Reddit behavior right here, glad you can demonstrate.
Don’t you love it when people just dig into your post history and bring up irrelevant shit? Jesus, just playing right into my examples and you don’t even care whether you know it or not.
And yet you call me the problem. Look at you, darling. You’re not entirely innocent either but it’s ADORABLE how you really try being the moral-police in that reply of yours.
Filtered by new and found you’re moaning. Ya blocked bud. Won’t be seeing you again.
Do yourself a favor and disable downvotes in the settings. There’s zero value in seeing that people don’t like what you said - actually, there’s less than zero value. It’s actively harmful to you. Downvoting is the laziest form of disagreement. If someone takes issue with something I’ve said, they can take the time to explain their view. Nobody has ever changed their mind because someone in the audience shouted “boo!”
We should never have stupid post scores, they never serve a good purpose if only to inflate a user’s ego. It’s just a stupid internet toy for people to play with. Why have something around like that?
Anytime I ever see a place have a comment or post section with scoring systems, it is already a trainwreck. You will not have a good time engaging with said community because everyone’s thoughts will be tied to this dumb thing. Supposedly, these scoring systems are meant to encourage weeding low-effort posts by highlighting more good ones. Except, people have fucked with them so much, it doesn’t even matter, so its purpose is moot and it should be removed entirely.
