cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1795192
Take this screenshot for example. This is the front page of Lemmy right now. Virtually every post will make the reader feel bad and depressed. It’s all doombait, ragebait - and if it’s a meme, it is usually a meme that leaves an annoyed taste in your mouth at someone or something.
This is what drove me and many others away from Reddit, and a decentralized platform does not have to have this problem in theory - but it Is currently experiencing it now. Reddit has no reason to change their depressing content because it drives much engagement and creates revenue. But, for a decentralized platform to just be filled with ragebait and doombait is not good and exposes inherent problems with the platform right now.
What’s more is that most of these posts are posted by accounts created in the past month, leading me to believe that people from Reddit who are used to getting karma dopamine from getting people riled up are just doing the same thing here.
I don’t really know how Lemmy can fix this problem - it is something that we really need to be aware of as a community. Don’t just upvote something because it makes you annoyed and you want more people to see it - perhaps we need to downvote ragebait and doombait when we see it so that the platform doesn’t become a depressing echo chamber.
Can’t you just subscribe to communities you like, and block communities you don’t like? That’s what I did.
Problem solved.
Or, you could publicly complain.
Or go create your own community and block any content you don’t want to see there. That’s kind of the beauty of Lemmy, don’t like the content you see? Block the users, unsubscribe from the community, go make your own, or removed about it publicly in an unproductive post. 🤡
Also, make sure post the fit in 3 different communities to make sure people see your own rage baiting…
“FOSS Social Media BAD”
Seeing the same post in 5 different places is what drove me away from Reddit.
I’m surprised blocking news communities isn’t something most people are doing. Reddit (and Lemmy) are great for entertainment and specific topics like tech, but terrible at everything else. Start blocking them, you probably won’t regret it much.
Who browses the local timeline on a large fediverse instance lol.
Anyway, reality is bad and we’re living in it, so I have relatively little patience for people who complain about doomposting. There’s a lot of doom out there.
If folks want to only see good news, start an “only good news” community (assuming this doesn’t already exist) and just stick to your subscribed communities view.
It picked up a ton this week! Very irritating.
Pretty sure this is just because the community here leans left and also the world is ending.
That said I would not be disappointed if more of the climate talk was focused on dedicated instances. See slrpnk.net
If what you think about those posters is true then those posts will eventually stop since there is no karma dopamine to get on Lemmy.