I don't typically get frustrated, but the comments on #Lemmy when I shared my last interview with GameNative were just...maybe a bridge too far

[chetwisniewski@securitycafe.ca]

@flwwhtrbt insane, but unsurprising. Anonymous people can be mean and inhumane.

[seq@infosec.exchange]

@flwwhtrbt A lot of people are insane, just mean or trolls. Anonymous or not. Online or not. Unfortunately. I still get surprised from time to time by people who drop needlessly mean comments over basically nothing, with no obvious justification. It can be quite disheartening. I hope you keep doing what you're doing regardless though.

[oliviablob@mastodon.neat.computer]

@flwwhtrbt Social media as whole has really weird norms that I genuinely don’t understand.

So much vague-posting, expecting that their entire audience saw some other random post if they want to understand what their post actually means, silently deleting a misleading post after it’s already spread misinformation widely, etc.

[flwwhtrbt@mastodon.social]

@seq

Thanks

No danger of me stopping, but Lemmy (and here) are the two social media spaces I share on now. That's it. So seeing the bulk with all these weird takes? It just feels...I don't know, a bit sad or something

Nice to have people chime in here letting me know I'm not wrong about this though! I did worry it was a 'me' take

[64bithero@mstdn.games]

@flwwhtrbt I’m not surprised. My overall experience on Lemmy especially on the gaming communities has been hostile to say the least. I post any opinion I am immediately mocked or attacked. Some communities like Privacy and DadJokes can be nice. But overall I’ve greatly preferred my experiences on Mastodon. Overall just a more welcoming group here.

Someone else pointed out a good chunk of people on Lemmy got banned from Reddit.

[flwwhtrbt@mastodon.social]

@64bithero

That banning part is a 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 good point, I'd never even think of that. But...you're right.

And me too! All my love for Mastodon, this place is by far my favorite social media, and always a place I feel I can be myself (even if it is rare that I post anything person on here)

Thanks

[ernestoduracelli@ruhr.social]

@flwwhtrbt I kind of do understand that anti-Android sentiment coming up. But it seems pretty misplaced here.

It's not like you're the person trying to talk these people out of their Steam Decks and Linux systems.

Personally I quit Steam many years ago because I felt they were the ones trying to lock me in.

I guess if we don't want to be locked to anything we should always be glad to have more than one system or platform or software to choose from.

Kids being imbeciles...

[flwwhtrbt@mastodon.social]

@ernestoDuracelli

Agreed on the Steam front! My library and focus is GOG and a little ZOOM (any that appeal to me, like Abe's Adyssey and so on!)

The Steam defenders online though? Wow, strongly opinionated!

Thanks

[xargon@livellosegreto.it]

@flwwhtrbt
I believe the hot topic was the sentence about GameNative replacing the PC gaming, because that means that Android will, and a lot of people are fearful about that, me included as I don't want to end up inside another walled garden.

But reading the comments seems like that people went too far.

The Stadia one didn't even understood what you worte about imho.

[ernestoduracelli@ruhr.social]

@flwwhtrbt Some of these apologetics seem almost totalitarian.

Like there is only one best solution for things and all the other solutions are pure evil and must be wiped from the earth.

[ernestoduracelli@ruhr.social]

@flwwhtrbt I do have a lot of empathy for people taking a sceptical and even negative or pessimistic view on products.

For someone like that it might be irritating to read that pretty friendly tone of your interviews and reviews. But everyone should - if we want to be civilised and mature - understand that it's a *tone*. One possible tone amongst others.

I do enjoy following that content because it's a great overview of what's out there in terms of gear.

It seems to be a matter of sanity.

[gardiner_bryant@mastodon.online]

@flwwhtrbt people like this make me genuinely puzzled. Why are you on a link sharing site if you don't want links shared? These kind of comments will only serve to push people who share this away.

[theplant@mastodon.social]

@flwwhtrbt @gardiner_bryant unfortunately, Lemmy is only really used by super tech niche nerds and so you get the wildest attitudes

[gardiner_bryant@mastodon.online]

@ThePlant @flwwhtrbt you're absolutely right!

[nateb@mastodon.thenewoil.org]

@flwwhtrbt I have also found Lemmy to be a toxic shithole and stay away. I've ended up muting most of the instances here on Mastodon cause I just don't have time for their vitriol and whining.

I have also found people in general are just crybabies. They want titles that give you everything without having to click, even though those obviously won't perform well, and any time you have a take they don't like you're a paid shill.

The internet is cancer sometimes.