I am myself a newcomer, did a full switch straight from reddit.
However, I did it just a few weeks before mods and admins started to crack down hard on certain opinions. Guess I had seen the sign on the wall.
I believe reddit’s clear change of direction has pushed many more people into the lemmyverse, many of them just like me, straight from reddit.
I sense that recently the tone around many subs has shifted towards more agressive and more divisive, and other patterns I recognize all too well from my years on reddit.
Do other people sense this too? Am I on the right track or completely off?
There’s certainly an increase in comments and upvotes in the last few months. Perhaps the users were always here but current events have them engaging more.
Commenting trends from reddit, like posting a string of puns or comical memes under very serious topics, pop up once in awhile and I’m glad to see those get swiftly downvoted here.
More users is a great thing but I really really don’t want this to turn into another reddit.