I am just wondering… is it me- or is there a LOT of just general negativity here.
Every other post I see is…
- America is bad.
- Capitalism is bad. Socialism/Communism is good.
- If you don’t like communism, you are a fascist nazi.
Honestly, it’s kind of killing my mood with Lemmy. There are a few decent communities/subs here, but, the quality of content appears to be falling.
I mean, FFS. It can’t just be me that is noticing this. It honestly feels like I am supporting a communist platform here.
I am on social media to post and read about things related to technology, automation, race cars, etc.
Every other technology post, is somebody bashing on Elon Musk (actually- that is deserved), or talking about Reddit (Let it go. Seriously. We are here, it is there).
On my hobby of liking racecars, I guess, half of the people on lemmy feel it is OK to vandalize a car for being too big… and car hate culture is pretty big.
All of this is really turning off my mood regarding lemmy.
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You might want to hop to an instance that has Hexbear / lemmygrad defederated. Building an echo chamber != taking care of yourself and keeping from getting inundated.
I run this instance.
And, honestly, I have not had too many issues from hexbear/lemmygrad surprisingly.
Fair enough, and good on you for running your own instance! How hard/easy is it?
It’s pretty easy for me, but, do note, I also make a living developing software, and running public services.
Although, keeping on top of stuff can be fun. There is basically no administration tools built into lemmy.
Check… out this comment I made a few weeks ago: https://lemmyonline.com/comment/717990
That’s neat - thank you for the link.
I started blocking all of the political communities and that helps a fair bit. Still a fair bit of negativity… but at this point that’s kinda the world we live in, no?
I generally try to avoid blocking things I don’t like- because that would just mean I was building an echo-chamber around myself.
And- I don’t want to be in an echo chamber. I enjoy seeing and hearing different viewpoints.
My big issue though, is the negativity around it. This exact post is a shining example of it. While, there are a few constructive posts, the majority of the sentiment around here is pretty negative.
I think… I am going to go build a lemmy bot, that just automatically bans users displaying continued negative sentiment in their posts. Sounds like a easy way to brighten up everywhere.
Y’know, that’s not a half bad idea. I like the reasoning around not wanting to wall yourself in an echo chamber. Good luck with building the bot! Have you built a bot before for anything similar?
I have not yet built a sentiment bot, but, I have built a few surprisingly popular bots for discord, and a few for work-related purposes. So- the concept of working on a bot isn’t new.
I’d say the hardest part, is just getting the initial tools/libraries/etc setup. Once the pieces are in place, the rest is pretty easy generally.
This hasn’t been my experience, honestly. But I don’t look at political communities.
As a consolation, I’ve granted you 10 minutes of good vibes to browse to! Use them wisely and be well ~
I agree with you wholeheartedly. Looks like there’s a few users on this instance that you should ban (top comments on this thread). They are clearly the type of people that you are talking about in this post are too stupid to realize it.
I prob should. And even considered it.
But, I typically save the ban option as a last-resort.
Also, have not seen you around in a minute.
I pop by every few days and see what’s new. Not much activity that piques my interest in any of the Lemmy sites. Seeing a lot of what you mention in your post too. Turns me off. I don’t have the energy or fucks left to give to invest in this tech.
Edit: peaks -> piques
Not much activity that peaks my interest in any of the Lemmy sites.
I’m feeling this too. Have not seen too much good content which interests me lately. Lots of bot posts. and lots of reposted memes.
/shrugs. Guess only time shall tell.
If it wasn’t nearly free for me to host this server, i’d have already shut it down. But, the resources are sitting here idle, and the domain is paid for the year… so, might as well keep it going.