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.

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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 10 points 6 days ago

Speaking past each other is IMO the biggest source of friction and division on the fediverse.

[–] Sibshops@lemm.ee 6 points 6 days ago

I honestly feel like I can do better in this area. Thanks for the post. Gives me something to think about.

[–] Resol@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

I have mysteriously vanished for like 2 or so months now (which is a good thing, please take breaks from the internet every once in a while), I don't really remember NOT being kind here.

And this post reminds me of why Lemmy is a good place to begin with.

[–] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 4 points 6 days ago

Love this post!

[–] theblips@lemm.ee 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

We also need people sharing their niche interests and creating discussion... Reddit thrives on these small communities that only find an accessible entrypoint on their platform.

[–] x4740N@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

The only problem is lemmy seems to be hostile to certain niches specifically ones closer to spiritual realted stuff

And just to make this clear to idiots who want to be idiots SPIRITUALITY IS NOT RELIGON

[–] SourGumGum@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Best I can do is rewind.

[–] x4740N@lemm.ee 3 points 6 days ago

Yeah try telling people here to be kind

This place is still nicer then reddit but it's still got problems with a**hole users

The ones that spam a certain viewpoint amd downvote people who disagree with them and I'm not talking about bigoted users who you should downvote as they want dystopia but users who have different viewpoints to them
People who act like assholes if you don't share their holier-than-thou viewpoint that they try to enforce everywhere
The users here who insist everyone here be atheists, I'm not atheist nor am I religous (I also have a dislike for organised religons) but I still do dislike those kinds of users
The people here who act like like a**holes when you critique something or give feedback

I'm sure there's more I'm missing but those are what I remember from the top of my head that I dislike about certain lemmy users and why I think not everyone here is capable of being kind

[–] jesuisatirebitpickup@squeet.me 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

@Cris_Color

offtopic:
Test to see if from here it is possile to engage the friendica server of @utopiarte and @requeteche.

btw and ontopic:

[–] utopiarte@tupambae.org 2 points 6 days ago

thx @jesuisatirebitpickup, this now came over, no idea why the inicial post by search didn't show up, some Lemmy/friendica issue, or maybe the it's because squeet.me is on the dev branch.
(upss, nope 2024.12 database version 1576/1576)

Also, your mention wasn't notified, this just appeared in the stream. Let's do a general reshare so this is ported over to diaspora too.
👍

@requeteche @Cris_Color

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I usually try to until the other person shows me that there's no reason to be.

[–] RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 5 days ago

Then just stop responding to them.

Your reasoning matches with some of the most hostile people out there because they have alarms that are very easy to trip. So virtually everyone "shows them there's no reason to be" kind.

For example, someone disagrees with you? They must be far too stupid to understand what you're writing or intentionally missing the point just to attack you, so there's no reason to be kind to them.

[–] TanteRegenbogen@feddit.org 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Tell that to the people who make a dozen sockpuppet accounts to insult me just because I disagreed with them.

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Second best thing you can go is to report unkind people.

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Yeah, try reporting behavior mods themselves are aware and approve of LMAO 🤣

[–] TanteRegenbogen@feddit.org 1 points 6 days ago

That is why the person made so many sockpuppet accounts. As soon as one was banned, they made another.

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