I am myself a newcomer, did a full switch straight from reddit.

However, I did it just a few weeks before mods and admins started to crack down hard on certain opinions. Guess I had seen the sign on the wall.

I believe reddit’s clear change of direction has pushed many more people into the lemmyverse, many of them just like me, straight from reddit.

I sense that recently the tone around many subs has shifted towards more agressive and more divisive, and other patterns I recognize all too well from my years on reddit.

Do other people sense this too? Am I on the right track or completely off?

  • PonyOfWar@pawb.social
    46·
    1 day ago

    Comparing the time when I joined Lemmy around 2 years ago to now, I would say that the general tone has become somewhat more unfriendly. A larger userbase might be a contributing factor, but I think it’s also the political climate in the west becoming a lot worse recently with many divisive issues and people being more stressed about the state of the world.

    • A_norny_mousse@feddit.orgOP
      4·
      14 hours ago

      It does sometimes feel like every American goes on an angry and unconciliatory political rant at the slightest hint of a diverging opinion. Not that elsewhere is perfect. “May you live in interesting times” is said to be a curse, not a blessing.