Posted this in a small community, curious to know what everyone here thinks.
Let me preface by saying, I would love to hear counter points and am fully open to the fact that I could be wrong and totally out of touch. I just want to have some dialogue around something thatās been bothering me in the fediverse.
More and more often I keep hearing people refer to ānormiesā. I think by referring to other people as ānormiesā, whether you intend to or not, you inadvertently gatekeep and create an exclusive environment rather than an inclusive one in the fediverse.
If I was not that familiar with the fediverse and decided to check it out and the first thing I read was a comment about ānormiesā, I would quite honestly be very put off. It totally has a negative connotation and doesnāt even encapsulate any one group. I just read a comment about someone grouping a racist uncle and funny friend into the same category of normie because they arenāt up to date on the fediverse or super tech savvy or whatever.
I donāt want to see any Meta bs in the fediverse. I barely want to see half of the stuff from Reddit in the fediverse. I donāt want to see the same echo chamber I do everywhere else.
I do want to see more users and more perspectives and a larger user base though. I want to see kindness and compassion. I want to talk to people about topics they are interested in. I want to have relevant discussions without it dissolving into some commentary on some unrelated hot topic thing.
I think calling people normies creates a more toxic, exclusive place which I personally came here to avoid.
Just my two cents! I know for most people using the term it isnāt meant to be malicious, but I think it comes off that way.
Love to hear all of your thoughts.
It is a really recent thing, isnāt it? Iāve been on kbin since the Blackout, and this feels like itās only been in the last week or so.
And the people being toxic really arenāt talking kindly to people asking them to not be. I actually started wondering if maybe kbin isnāt the place for me in the last week, and Iād never thought that before.
Oh thank god itās not just me who noticed. I think the lack of good moderation tools is contributing to the toxicity problem youāre describing. Iāve noticed reporting doesnāt really do anything too.
Iāve already made another account in another instance. I suggest you do the same if this place gets too much. Sign up approvals can take up to a week to get accepted
Any recommendations?
I have an account for beehaw and itās been pretty chill there so far. However, beehaw is currently defederated with two of the biggest lemmy instances. If you want more content, Iād suggest lemmy.ml (disabled downvotes) or vlemmy.net
i mean, if it is reddit astroturfing, which I would not be surprised if it was, it would mean they succeeded. Good thing we have the block button here.
Hopefully, theyāve fixed it. I blocked people, but still got notifications of their replies. I couldnāt see the replies on the post, but the notification sat there until I cleared all of them out.