Lemmy is a really great piece of software and i’m happy to use it but i have to say the quality of the content is really low and the way the platform is structured isn’t helping. The frontpage is filled with memes and news from third parties and most discussions are happening below stupid headlines. If i were to document a live event i have no idea were i should post.

  • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    That was quite the whiny rant. But you know what, I agree with you. I’ve noticed all these things too.

    My own pet peeve is off-topic garbage. Have you seen !AskLemmy? There are constantly posts about US politics even though it’s right there in the community rules: “No US politics”. Even worse is !Showerthoughts, which should be renamed !EverythingButShowerthoughts - basically every post there breaks multiple rules, the mods are completely AWOL. I would always get downvoted for complaining so in the end I unsubscribed. The garbage party won, congrats!

    The only possible solutions to these problems IMO are the same as for any virtual forum:

    • clearly defined subject, if possible niche rather than lowest common denominator like politics
    • activist moderation - i.e. more than just deleting and banning and pissing people off, but actually getting involved

    Check out Hacker News for a community which gets absolutely everything right. The only one I know of, personally. But yeah, it’s techies and the mod is literally paid.

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      8 days ago

      Complete asshole.

      You say I’m whining… Where is the whining? I’m just calling it like it is… I meticulously explained my position and carefully thought out word that you just don’t agree with?

      Lick my dick. I’m not reading the rest of your sermon.

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        8 days ago

        Amazing caricature of a comment. A single word (“whiny”) triggered you to jump straight to vulgar insults. If you had bothered to get try getting over your irrational anger and (what appears to be) insecurity, you would have found I basically agree with you. Your whining was justified. It’s only a word.