I’ve mostly left reddit and switched to beehaw, but I posted on somewhat of a niche tech-related subreddit today since there really isn’t a community for that here yet. And wow, I got instantly downvoted twice and the first comment response was rude and hostile. All I posted was a feature suggestion for software that I thought would be useful and that a good amount of people would like based on other feedback I’ve heard. This is not the sort of topic that should be controversial or aggravating, and it wasn’t like I made an ignorant post suggesting a feature that already existed or otherwise wasn’t well researched.
This type of instantly hostile response has happened numerous times on reddit for various different topics, but I just haven’t posted for a while, so I forgot just how shitty it can feel. It makes me really appreciate how friendly and respectful the community is here on Beehaw and on Mastodon. People seem to have good faith in one another similar to how the internet used to be in the old days.
Have you had similar experiences with Reddit and similarly opposite experiences here on Beehaw/Lemmy?
If it helps, I love tone indicators. It saves me a lot of time puzzling over a comment and wondering if it’s sarcastic, genuine, disengenous, etc. It’s hard enough for me to tell in meatspace, let alone in text only. It’s why I also love gifs and emojis - they help me express, and in turn also understand, exactly what tone people are trying to convey. 😊
I would encourage use of indicators to help out those of us who struggle in this area. 😁