When scrolling Lemmy (compared to reddit in the past), all I see is doom and gloom / news. I don’t see interesting conversations or comments to read.
Occasionally I’ll find something, and I’ve been contributing more, but there’s just so much doom that it fills my feed.
I’ve had to unsubscribe from many communities bc it’s just doom news reposts…
Is it just me?
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It probably reflects the minds of the people. With good reason. It will take proactive curation of your feed to avoid it. Good luck
Absolutely. I second the heavy use of blocking communities using an app. If you still want exposure to news you can consider downloading a couple news apps and checking them once or twice a day. You will still see the shittier aspects of humanity but at least you can do it when you choose to.
Agree. The amount of people doom saying, massively blowing things out of proportion, or having victim complexes is out of control. If you got all your news from Lemmy, you’d think society as we know it is about to collapse… or at least American society.
Reddit has a lot of downfalls, but at least it was diverse and the memes were better.
the memes were better.
[X] Doubt
I have two accounts. One with nothing blocked, and this one were I blocked all the serious subs, news subs, depressing subs, etc. so that I could switch to it when things got overwhelming.
Ended up being so much happier with the filtered feed I almost never flip back. I’m still aware of current happenings from other sources and Lemmy is my chill out spot and I love it.
You see a doomer user and your response is to block the community?
I think I’ve found the problem… User error.
Agreed. This trend is “block things that make me uncomfortable” is a tragedy of the commons thing. Sure, you made YOUR feed better, but you’ve ceded the commons to the stuff you hate.
Blocking someone does not silence them. It just means you personally have put your fingers in your ears.
Idk. My mental health has been a lot better since I blocked the words rape and torture from my feed. I know that stuff is happening. I don’t need constant details and pictures of the victims daily. A sub about the war is for that stuff. My adding uplifting things to that community would be inappropriate. It’s better for me to remove myself.
Post the content that you wish to see.
I do. It’s not enough.
No-discussion downvoters are a massive problem here moreso than any other site I’ve ever used.
Fear and anger sell, which is why so much news media is focused on things that make people angry and afraid. Same with politicians. This place isn’t inherently trying to push anything (not the way the media does), but it certainly reflects the stuff that people are talking about.
Lemmy on the whole is absolutely trying to push something: CCP and Kremlin propaganda.
Where are the creators? The cosplayers? The rube goldberg machines made out of post it’s and shot glasses? The “I draw pictures by playing notes on a piano” people? The people porting Doom to a yoga mat? The “I made a car out of thrown out Crocs” people? The “I built a treadmill for my friend’s overweight insects” people?
This is the stupidest shit I could think of but people are out there making and doing weirder/amazing-er things… Where are those people in Lemmy? I browse All and it’s just politics, linux, and shit posts.
Where are those people in Lemmy?
Also, for those few posts of creative stuff around here, where are the people to upvote and comment on them?
