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this post was submitted on 22 Aug 2023
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Unpopular Opinion
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I could not agree more, that's why the difference must be in the community.
You could choose to be kind and welcoming or you can choose to be hateful and trolling.
If you choose the second, Lemmy is just going to be reddit all over again.
lots of people are going to be assholes on lemmy, because that's what they've always been. If lemmy communities are going to be better than subreddits, it's not because of what regular users do as individuals, but because of what the moderators and admins do with the collective
lemmy has one big advantage though, and that is that people have been registering at instances that align with their values (or lack thereof). Being able to remove a whole swath of users from your community because they've self-identified as incompatible with your values is something that hasn't really been possible on reddit
It must be a mix of both. You must know the rules before authority can enforce them.
Are you familiar with the concept of "The Eternal September"?
If you're interested in the internet early history have a read (I find it fascinating), otherwise TL:DR: when there is an overwhelming wave of inexperienced new users, it becomes nearly impossible to educate all of them.
That's where individuals become the key of communication with these new members.