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Have you had any bad experiences with people on Lemmy? (iusearchlinux.fyi)

submitted 1 year ago by myrrh@iusearchlinux.fyi to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I was recently talking to some friends about Lemmy and the whole Fediverse idea, as it seemed like a really cool part of the Internet. As I was talking about it, though, I realized how unusually friendly this whole place is, and I joked that I "surprisingly haven't found any bigotry."

I'm wondering if anyone has come across that, by any chance. If it's rare, my guess is that even though it's decentralized, each instance has a set of rules and values that are shared throughout the Fediverse, and I'm guessing it's easy to defederate with any seedy communities haha.

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[–] Nemo@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I got into an exchange the other day where a dozen users made a point of telling me why they support using misogynistic slurs, or how the slur isn't any worse than other impolite words, or how it isn't really misogynistic, or how it's okay when used against evil people.

It was real disappointing, and I'm strongly considering unsubbing the community where the thread took place.