The fediverse is small, and thats both a blessing and a curse - one of its several blessings is that in a smaller space we all individually have a bigger impact on what the culture of this space is like.

On this comm (and on lemmy broadly) there’s a lot of discussion about how to grow the fediverse, what to improve, but an easy thing you can do for the fediverse is right in front of us-

  • Be kind

  • Ask people what they think, and why

  • Approach folks you disagree with with curiosity rather than hostility (EDIT: no, this is not specifically referring to Nazis. I get it, they’re the first thing that comes to mind. I’m not telling you to approve of Nazis I’m just saying be kind to your fellow lemmites)

  • Engage sincerely

  • Ask yourself if there’s something nice you can say

  • Make this small space worth being in

A platform lives or dies by what’s available on said platform and often we have this conversation in the context of “content” or posts - and we may never have as much content as reddit does. But content and posts aren’t the only thing this kind of platform offers- it also offers people. It offers community, and human interaction.

Culture and community is lemmy and the fediverse’s biggest differentiator, and we all have a role to play in shaping the culture of this space.

The biggest thing you can do to help the fediverse is make it a place worth being.

    • Shardikprime@lemmy.worldEnglish
      155·
      2 days ago

      This is an example of what being nice is for the average Lemmy user

      Jesus Christ you people can’t even comment without going ballistic at each other over the slightest thing

      • davel [he/him]@lemmy.mlEnglish
        24·
        1 day ago

        I wouldn’t call this the “average” Lemmy user, but there is a minority of very loud users who make it seem that way at times.

        If we want this to be a pleasant place, users need to report them, and mods & admins—who, I cannot stress enough, do this labor for free or at most peanuts—need to deal with them.
        https://join-lemmy.org/docs/code_of_conduct.html

    • davel [he/him]@lemmy.mlEnglish
      139·
      2 days ago

      You’ve once again shown your empty accusations and insults, contrary to OP’s advice in this post.

              • davel [he/him]@lemmy.mlEnglish
                42·
                21 hours ago

                Proof is: it’s a joke. The woman above accused me of downvoting her with my many alt accounts, and this isn’t the first time she’s done it to me. She has no evidence of course, and the mods & admins can trivially see that she’s just shit talking. But I’m the bad faith actor, she says. She’s a troll.

                  • davel [he/him]@lemmy.mlEnglish
                    1·
                    5 hours ago

                    Proof of what? The proof of her making baseless accusations are in her comments and in the modlog.

                    Or are you asking me to prove a negative? That the downvotes are not coming from my thousands of alt accounts?

                    Or did you still not get my joke, and you think that I’m genuinely accusing you of being a bad faith alt account?