I joined lemmy after reddit API changes, as many people did. At first, it was amazing. The community felt so alive, so friendly and welcoming. Obviously, the activity wasn’t exactly as large as it was on reddit, but I was patient, I knew more stuff was coming, and I was excited for it.
Unfortunately, this period would not last long. It would not last even a week until I got into my first argument with a tankie. I saw them and argued with them from time to time on reddit, but people there usually saw right through the bullshit and downvoted them to oblivion.
Here, it was so much different. They were all upvoted and supported by hordes more tankies. Constant genocide denial in China, support for Ruzzia, and somehow, for North Korea.
In retrospect, I should have left then, abandoned lemmy then and there, not really return to reddit, just leave both alone. I would have saved myself some sanity.
But I didn’t, which I regret. I wasted my time here, constantly seeing this bullshit, and sometimes I didn’t even have the motivation or energy to argue with them.
The amount of genocide denial, dictatorship praising, and insane arguments I’ve seen in a month blew past the amount of this shit I’ve seen on reddit in a fucking decade.
I don’t see the future in this, none whatsoever. Lemmy will be here, but it will always stay a tankie hellhole unless you block thousands of people and whole instances. And if you do, the tankies will always just migrate to other instances to keep spreading hate.
I am tired of this bullshit and I am done.
idk, I stopped seeing any tankie content after blocking this instances. “sometimes I didn’t even have the motivation or energy to argue with them”? you shouldn’t argue with people like that, it’s pointless. people arguing on Lemmy doesn’t help anyone. if you feel the need to correct everyone then that’s kinda a you issue
if you feel the need to correct everyone then that’s kinda a you issue
True but also unhelpful imo. That’s how social networks took hold, right. it’s really hard to not voice your opinion if you see it (esp. unfairly) opposed.
I’m doing it right now, fully aware of it. I think it can lead to really productive interactions, just not with these types the OP describes.
I don’t know where people see and experience this, but I have tried other instances and only really like this account on dot world for daily use with Alexandrite, (no offense to anyone else’s front ends). This only shows down votes when they go below zero. I also have a bunch of people and communities blocked.
My feed and interactions are all quite pleasant and when they are not, it only happens once.
I look at it like all open source projects, I have to make a little more effort on my own to manage me, but the payoff is worth it.
Regardless, thanks for being a part of this place. I wish you happy travels and days wherever you’re headed. Sure this place is smaller, but I chose freedom and autonomy with friends.
Its really fast to just ignore comment and do a report + block. After a time, the experience is good.
Me I’m more upset with libs idea everywhere and biggots, racists etc…
It would not last even a week until I got into my first argument with a tankie. I saw them and argued with them from time to time on reddit, but people there usually saw right through the bullshit and downvoted them to oblivion.
I just had one of these interactions. The whole thread was like that.
I still enjoy the platform, but you gotta be very selective with whom you choose to engage.
Absolute insane trolling, fighting the sources not the arguments, then sharing archived banned tweets as their sources :D There’s no winning.
The only upside so far is that the right wing nuts seem to be rarer here, but tankies are the same thing with a different flavor.
Idk what you are talking about, looks like you filled your feed with the wrong community’s and didn’t block the right keywords. I am just here for the memes and tech and that’s mostly tankiefree.
Yeah i mean ofcourse the stuff exists but why would you leave it in your feed if you feel like its impacting you negatively.
I personally want to see it because its a reflection of reality. There sadly just are a lot of crazy people out there in the world that believe this shit and i want to monitor them. This might seem a bit dramatized, but if everyone keeps looking away then we wont notice when they grow larger and once the Nazis are marching into our towns its going to be too late.
