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I'd be happy to see a more positive attitude in this community than what's seen in the regional subs over on Reddit. All doom and glom gets pretty tiring over time.
Can you be more specific about what you would like to see?
Should we ignore the state of things to post only happy pictures of Ontario?
I do agree that negativity can be toxic but we can't ignore that for many people living in Ontario things are all doom and gloom. It is hard to be positive when your future looks hopeless.
I think making a change in attitude towards constructive criticism would be much more healthy for the poster and for overall discussion in the community. It opens up debate and becomes a driver for engagement.
I certainty disagree that our situation is hopeless. We're clearly seeing a decline in the standard of living we used to take for granted without much thought. There are major challenges that will require reform, but that reform will never happen with a disengaged and despairing electorate.
Yeah, it devolves into wallowing in the negatives. If any of the major complaining came with a vibe that we were going to try to do something about it (even in just a broader 'this is one more thing to keep in mind as we build up to such-and-such'), it would've been more useful. I don't know if it's different on Lemmy, but Reddit did a lot of angry ruminating without much interest in going beyond that. Conversations would fall apart when it became anything else than agreeing about how much things sucked and would always suck forever.
So... I'm on board to have people bring up the bad stuff, but I don't want to get lost in it.
I'd love to get lost in the awesome stuff people are doing. Communities, outreach, events, plans, talking, sharing, alerts, hobbies, chances to change things - all that stuff. I'm not trying to put my head in the sand, but I don't want to circle the drain of negativity when there's a perfectly good pool of good stuff to talk about. It's all in moderation. :)