I came here around the time the rif app shut down, and the general vibe I get from this place is much more negative than when I joined. Is Lemmy growing more toxic or is it just my imagination?

  • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    52·
    4 hours ago

    I seriously doubt lemmy is under that sort of concerted, planned attack. There are only so many bot handlers and the like and they aren’t wasting time here.

      • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
        51·
        4 hours ago

        You honestly think the fascists and oligarchs are aiming for lemmy? We’re not a blip, not even a sparrow, on the social media radar.

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_platforms_with_at_least_100_million_active_users

        Say I’m paying you to go out there and influence people. I’d fire you if you came back and said you hit lemmy with your time and my money.

        How many people do you know IRL that have even heard of lemmy?!

        • mushroommunk@lemmy.today
          3·
          3 hours ago

          Sometimes it’s not just the numbers but who those numbers are. Depending on what you’re trying to achieve, influencing all the techy Linux nerds that seem to make up Lemmy might be more helpful than just blowing into the wind for as many as possible on Twitter or whatever.

          I’ve got no data either way on this, just some basic social engineering training for work.

          • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
            11·
            3 hours ago

            Can’t see anyone bothering with lemmy’s pathetic user count, not for a few years at least. Like I said, were I paying you for social engineering, I’d be more than disappointed if you went after us.

            Maybe your training taught you something I don’t know? If you’re talking about social engineering in the context of IT, I get that bit, taught classes on it myself.