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Another reason to leave Reddit: I forgot how hostile it can be (self.chat)

submitted 1 year ago by xray to c/chat

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I've mostly left reddit and switched to beehaw, but I posted on somewhat of a niche tech-related subreddit today since there really isn't a community for that here yet. And wow, I got instantly downvoted twice and the first comment response was rude and hostile. All I posted was a feature suggestion for software that I thought would be useful and that a good amount of people would like based on other feedback I've heard. This is not the sort of topic that should be controversial or aggravating, and it wasn't like I made an ignorant post suggesting a feature that already existed or otherwise wasn't well researched.

This type of instantly hostile response has happened numerous times on reddit for various different topics, but I just haven't posted for a while, so I forgot just how shitty it can feel. It makes me really appreciate how friendly and respectful the community is here on Beehaw and on Mastodon. People seem to have good faith in one another similar to how the internet used to be in the old days.

Have you had similar experiences with Reddit and similarly opposite experiences here on Beehaw/Lemmy?

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[–] FlyingLadder 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Down voted you and calls you name It's like you never left.

Na, but I hear you. I was never one to comment on Reddit for this exact reason but after moving to Lemmy I'm much more involved because it feels nicer. I don't find myself pausing to think "Will I be made fun of for this comment?" The vibe is different here in a good way

[–] LemmyAtem 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Down voted you

NOT ON BEEHAW SON!!!

[–] Naate 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I do appreciate this about beehaw. However, I'm curious as to how it works across all of Lemmy. Even loading beehaw through a 3rd party app, I see downvote buttons (makes sense, the apps are still young and may not even be able to see rules like that).

If a beehaw post is viewed on another instance, is downvoting hidden? If not, does beehaw simply reject downvotes?

[–] LemmyAtem 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Try it in your app and you'll see what happens right away. Basically it just doesn't work. Like you do the action but you get something like "error while applying vote" or something similar. I've used five apps now (I think?) And they all say something slightly different but the result is basically the downvote just doesn't go through.

It is instance specific, so on instances that allow downvoting (which is most of them) it works fine even if your instance does not.

[–] totallynotsocsa 1 points 1 year ago

You can definitely see downvotes when viewing beehaw communities on other instances.

[–] FlyingLadder 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My day is ruined and my disappointment is immeasurable

[–] snowbell 4 points 1 year ago

Beeeeeeeeeeehawww!! 🤠