lemmy as a platform is fine.

it’s just the userbase is full of delusional nutcases, which is the same problem reddit has. the problem is the people on the platforms, and the fact that rage drives engagement, regardless of platform.

the level of comments on lemmy posts in the 2 years i’ve been on here is WAY WAY WAY up the past few months, but the vast majority of the posts/comments are rage bait and rage responses, and the vast majority of replies to my comments now are people telling me how stupid and dumb I am or that i’m clearly just an evil person of I don’t agree with them, often arguing at me from bad facts, bad faith, and faulty logic and accusing me of doing the thing they are doing. i think my favorite is the people who strawman, and you point out their exaggerated position, and then they accuse you of strawmanning them… oh and then they report your comment for trolling or fascism or something.

all the same things that happened to me on reddit before I left. I was on that site for 10 years with very little conflict, and then post pandemic every comment I made became controversial as the hysterical crazies took over.