Does the reddit style format inherently make for a toxic environment? Or is it a culture of toxicity from the influx of reditors? For lack of a beter example, on stackoverflow, when someone down votes you, it comes with a comment saying how to improve. On mastodon, people can’t downvote you. These platforms are a joy to use, lemmy is depressing if you post. Its depressing because every post or comment, no mater the quality comes with downvotes, and usually no criticism to accompany it, you are left not knowing if youve made a mistake, or if its just trolls, bots, or idiots. At the end you feel insulted not improved. What do you think?
I disagree. Not completely, but about getting downvoted. Unless you are being an asshole, or ignoring the rules of the community, it’s telling you not that you posted something controversial, but that you are surrounded by toxic assholes, and that you should leave.
People give idiots a lot of leeway. I’m not old, but at 37 I feel old enough that I have no patience whatsoever for idiots and assholes. I want to surround myself only with people that have a brain. And everyone else can just get fucked.