Most people are more polite here
Most of them are left leaning to various degrees so despite the infighting we’re all still on the same team.
No real user complains about political leanings. Literally the only complaints i see in the most random places is “how liberal everyone is” which is objectively deranged. If anything this space is incredibly conservative and I’d like for you to prove me wrong
Tankies are basically conservatives, it’s easy to mix them up
Eh, there’s Horseshoe Theory at play there. While some people rail against the idea, I think they’re forgetting that political stances should mostly be modeled along 3 axes, not just the one. It’s just that the ‘average’ range of political stances tend to follow a horseshoe-shaped pattern within those 3 dimensions
I never really commented on Reddit.
Here on Lemmy though, I feel like I should.
Also, it feels like that on Reddit, people were commenting and posting mostly to get karma, on Lemmy it’s more like people comment to actually say something or to express their opinions.
I feel like the lack of karma adds in to the civility, but I can’t say that for certain. On Reddit, seeing someone’s karma count seems to sway people’s opinions before even reading what that person says. But here, those votes don’t carry over. In other words, each comment offers a “clean slate.”
There are a few usernames I see and interact with here often. Sometimes I agree with a comment, sometimes I disagree with a comment, but without a total karma count tied to every user, each comment is free to stand on its own regardless of who said it. One bad take doesn’t spoil a person’s reputation. Vice versa, having one fantastic take doesn’t automatically elevate a user who might post something toxic in the future.
seeing someone’s karma count seems to sway people’s opinions before even reading what that person says
Wait, people actually look that up on individual profiles? I only check that when someone has an extremely shit troll-level comment or is ‘karma whoring’ particularly egregiously.
feel like the lack of karma adds in to the civility,
I largely agree, but my stance is that it removes the point of ‘karma whoring’, since that really only exists on Reddit to later sell the account or inflate someone’s ego
