I was recently talking to some friends about Lemmy and the whole Fediverse idea, as it seemed like a really cool part of the Internet. As I was talking about it, though, I realized how unusually friendly this whole place is, and I joked that I “surprisingly haven’t found any bigotry.”

I’m wondering if anyone has come across that, by any chance. If it’s rare, my guess is that even though it’s decentralized, each instance has a set of rules and values that are shared throughout the Fediverse, and I’m guessing it’s easy to defederate with any seedy communities haha.

  • BlueÆther@no.lastname.nz
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    1 year ago

    Yes, this.

    As the sole admin on a [very] small instance I’ve seen had no reports, and the only thread that I did see getting toxic it was shut down by both the users and then the mods.

    I guess, mostly sub’d to tech type communities there is less opportunity for open hatred.

    @ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone, is there a good community like r/twoxchromosomes that doesn’t mind a [almost] 50 y/o straight guy lurking?