I've been really enjoying my time here lately and I have noticed things.
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discussions are more chill. On Reddit people would get into flame wars over things and here while it happens it's not as bad, and I actually enjoy spending time here.
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people are nicer.
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moderation is amazing.
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diversity in thoughts is also amazing.
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Image is made by me, please credit me if you use it. Other than that, it's on a 'do what you fucking want' license. Meaning, have fun and do what you want with it, I'm not your mom!
I only subbed to interests/hobbies and low-volume cute stuff, so I didn't really get the full effect. I've seen it used to make a disliked-by-some valid point disappear, but maybe 1-4 times a year? It certainly wasn't high on my list of Reddit vexes.
Yeah, it's not something I really saw in small communities, but once things get to what I'd think of as medium sized it started to be a problem.