Reddit community is probably the worst and most toxic group of people I’ve ever had the displeasure of interact with on my life.
It’s nearly impossible to have a serious discussion without a single rage bait comment.
I tried for the last time talking about a theory I made up, pretty serious post and a little long, then I go back to read if someone kindly tried to argue or show reason in the comments, the first comment I see is:
You don’t have a theory, you have a fantasy
It’s just insufferable, I don’t know why I keep interacting on that shitty platform.
While it’s true you see the same behavior on Lemmy sometimes, it’s incomparable to Reddit. I truly hope there’s not a mass migration from Reddit to Lemmy in the future or it’s just the beginning of the end for Lemmy as well.
I’ve seen some Reddit-like toxicity here a few times but it was pretty rare overall. It’s a reasonable decent place to discuss and interact with others.
you just have not ‘found’ the communities yet. Lemmy is pretty much just Reddit 2.0 but then with more people that have technological knowledge. Keep in mind there are a lot of people from Reddit on Lemmy (both ones that left Reddit and only use Lemmy and ones that use both). Personally, I have had the displeasure (as you call it) to experience the same ragebait, toxic toxic behavior on Lemmy that is usually on Reddit.
The good thing of Lemmy though, there is no limit on the block-list. So you can block anyone who is being a annoyance.
If it disturbs your peace of mind, leave the comment section. Use RSS for the specific subreddits you regularly visit and keep it at that. This also gives the added benefit: When posts are removed by the user, mod or Reddit itself. You can still visit the page through RSS feed.
Lemmy feels like reddit did back in the good old days. Yes there’s assholes, but the normal amount. It’s amazing how nice things can feel when you’re not being manipulated