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?

  • James R Kirk@startrek.website
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    5 hours ago

    I’m not positive that you can do much outside of simply (temporarily or permanently) banning people who are acting shitty.

    You can also ask that your admins defederate instances where shitty-acting people are allowed to set up shop.