Much of the outrage culture online is rather foreign to me. It’s not necessarily that I don’t “get” it but I simply can’t relate with the people who engage in it. Writing angry messages about certain people and events, having people pat me on the back for sharing views that they agree with and reading other people sharing these same same views just seems like some kind of fart smelling gathering which simply just doesn’t appeal to me. It’s all just meaningless noise. That kind of “conversation” could go on forever and it wouldn’t ever achieve anything.
I straight up quit lemmy for almost a year due to people pushing stuff so hard where even unrelated communities weren’t safe from anything and no one would care because c/all would act as one feed anyway. It really does feel like people want to be outraged for the sake of outraging rather than wanting to change something for the better while doing it at the cost of undermining what they wish to “protect”.
Much of the outrage culture online is rather foreign to me. It’s not necessarily that I don’t “get” it but I simply can’t relate with the people who engage in it. Writing angry messages about certain people and events, having people pat me on the back for sharing views that they agree with and reading other people sharing these same same views just seems like some kind of fart smelling gathering which simply just doesn’t appeal to me. It’s all just meaningless noise. That kind of “conversation” could go on forever and it wouldn’t ever achieve anything.
You’ve just described 95% of lemmy
Sup, I’m only here to get mad.
Which is why my keyword-based list of content filters grows by the day. Trying to block the noise feels like a full-time-job sometimes.
I straight up quit lemmy for almost a year due to people pushing stuff so hard where even unrelated communities weren’t safe from anything and no one would care because c/all would act as one feed anyway. It really does feel like people want to be outraged for the sake of outraging rather than wanting to change something for the better while doing it at the cost of undermining what they wish to “protect”.
“Can’t stop the signal, Mal.”
“FUCK Google” makes people feel relevant and involved which is pathetic.