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To add to this, block users too. The community is so small here that you start to recognise names of annoying people and trolls. I'm all for a robust discussion, but if I know someone is always going to argue in bad faith or they're literally here just to stir shit, it's just easier to block them. Didn't really work with Reddit, but here it's got a decent impact.
I've blocked so many users who ONLY post negative news stories. And porn.
I use different sites for those, tyvm.
I'm not gonna name names, but imo Lemmy already has a couple of its own Gallowboob-types who just mass repost any and every shitty meme they see to multiple communities, and have already gotten high off their minimal Lemmy-celebrity status. I get Lemmy needs content, but personally I have no interest in seeing Lemmy just become a place for Reddit hand-me-down memes. So yeah, there are definitely a few users that blocking them will significantly improve your Lemmy experience.
edit: typo
Unless yee be thee knights who shan’t let the filth slide 🫡 not without a fair comment back.
It’s not everybody’s job!
But if your mental health can take it, not blocking anybody should make this place more inviting to others, especially new users. (Quick example would be a news story about a politician where there are only a few top level comments which all miss the mark. If I see them, I can call them out, which means a newcomer perusing the comments Is more likely to think Lemmy a place for high-quality discourse.)
Like I said, it's repeat offenders that I block. I'm not blocking everyone I disagree with our anything like that. There's some edgelord Reddit behaviour occasionally and I'd prefer that stayed back there.
Haha oh yah.
Well, the very worst of the worst are the #1 folks I’ll try my best never to block. The more prolific the moron, the more impact I can have as a part of the chorus of sanity!
Cheers :)