Probably 95% of the time, honestly.
Almost every time, even when it’s something I’m a SME about. I just don’t want to play the popularity/karma game and deal with nonsense.
I used to think that Reddit was the worst about that but Lemmy has topped it. Reddit would be filled with comments from people that were off about something small that I’m a SME about. People on Lemmy like to engage in entire comment chains that are just flat out wrong that they’re confidently incorrect about.
And you get shouted down for trying to correct them. I generally prefer to just lurk here, discussion is near impossible.
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50% of th…ah, fuck it.
I almost didn’t even post this response.
I just deleted four paragraphs about Batman and the ethics of murder because I realized I didn’t actually want to argue with anyone, I was just soapboxing. And it would definitely start an argument.
That’s when you post anyway and add in “I will not be taking any questions.”
Stick to your word, ignore replies if you don’t even care what other people have to say in response.
You know, we could use a soapbox community. No replies, just text posts. I could definitely post a couple of my own.
You would surely get meta posters directly or indirectly addressing other posts lol
Today on my soapbox, all the reasons IronKrill is wrong about what they said yesterday. I will ignore all questions ir rebuttals.
All. The. Fucking. Time.
3 out of 4 times?
Find myself reiterating something that was already said. Arguing a point nobody cares about. Entering a discussion that I know will not go my way regardless of what info I provide, because even Lemmy has a Hive Mind sometimes and doesn’t like dissent. Realizing half way through writing it that I don’t really know enough about the subject and should just shut up. Or maybe I just think my comment won’t offer anything that contributes to the discussion.
Would have been great if no one replied to this post.
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So. Often. At least twice a day.
Less here, way more often on Reddit. Here is nicer to have conversations.
No, it’s not!!!
I came here for an argument! Oh sorry, this is abuse.
I often type and then realize I’m not really adding anything to the discussion. Then I just discard it.
Other times I realize I’m not adding anything and hit Reply anyway. Like right now!
I can mindlessly reply no problem. But in the few times I’ve stopped myself from replying, I’ve asked, “will this post and potential replies bring me any value, be it educational, entertaining or similar?”
yea, same
I post about 1/20th of the replies i write.
This sounds about right. I have an emotional response to something, feel I have something to add, and start banging out a wall of text.
Then I reread it for errors before I post and just think “nobody needs to see this” and delete it.
2nd
Same, I probably delete 80% of replies I start.
Often but not as often as I used to on Reddit. On Lemmy, I do feel more of a sense that I can contribute to the conversation and hopefully will be met with more respect than the other place.
We’re building the kind of community we want. I want to be interacting with engaged and respectful people, so I’m trying to be the same. Feels like more ownership, Yknow?
(furiously clicks to delete the partially written answer)
All the time. I just did it right now because I don’t want to fight about what I was going to say. Sigh. Tl;Dr lemmy isn’t that different than reddit… still lots of jerks.
At least it’s a different flavor of jerk
Is it though?
