Obviously, the internet has always been a toxic place, (the phrase “flame war” has been around for decades,) but it seems to have gotten so much worse over the last few years. I used to think decentralization of the internet would fix the worst of it, but Lemmy seems to have gotten worse alongside the rest of internet culture, proving me wrong. How do we fix/improve this culture of toxicity?
Thanks for answering!
I don’t have much problem with “anarchists,” altho the term can mean a lot of things, and some of the typical core ideas are pie-in-the-sky to me. I certainly don’t think of tankies as leftist, either, so it’s troublesome that anyone would want to align with Hexbear.
Regardless, bad actors and toxic users will always get the gas face* from me. I’ll keep my eye on that stuff, thank you!
* semi-obscure rap phrase from ~1990 I suppose, i.e. a jaundiced look