Truly a pretty terrible place for any kind of social activity.

People here are super self righteous and unwavering in their beliefs, quick to insult others and be generally bitchy, pedantic and quick to dogpile. Worst of all while still usually slightly wrong about a thing, but unwilling to hear it.

It’s basically the worst parts of reddit users where we have boiled it down to the most affluent or socially insecure.

Even if it’s as simple as a question people jump to defend their position with insults rather than answer it cause they get worried the person might be confused and it’s best to just make sure it’s a closed community as quick as possible.

This isn’t an open community it’s a private gated one where everyone jumped the fence and is scared that the wrong person might have come in with them.

Condescending is not welcoming.
Upvoting cause they are your in group isn’t community.
Berating outcasts cause you at least don’t feel like them is still bullying.

  • Krauerking@lemy.lolOP
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    5 days ago

    Everyone feels apparently a deep seated need to be right and defend their idea of the world as if we might steal away their fantasy and make them miserable for it.

    If they have an opinion on it than they are already right and anyone coming in to talk to them about it is a dangerous outsider.

    Everyone is xenophobic and everyone is the other. Maybe it’s not just here but man is it pretty bad here and on .world.

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      The most vocal use this place for escapism and don’t want reality to barge into a place they designated as “safe” because it will mean their ideas and desires won’t have a place to tolerate or even promote them.

      It is partly this type of disconnection and despair that drives their aggression.