Don’t worry, lemmy definitely beats Reddit in the socially maladjusted toxic asshole department.

I’ve had 2-3 experiences like that on Lemmy and kbin, but far more on reddit. On Lemmy it tends to be “intelligent but deranged person who hates you” while reddit tends to be “insane or unintelligent person who hates you”.

Yes, this exactly. I’ve had to block 2 of them and everything’s been smooth sailing since.

Wow i havent had to block anyone. But i also am lurking more than talking. Soon to be full time lurker.

If someone starts out aggressive or insulting but is willing to have a real conversation, great. Some people are relentlessly angry or condescending and at that point, fuck 'em. I don't need that in my life.

It feels like this is 90% of lemmy. For me i am just angry in general. Maybe a lot of beings are angry too. But im angry at the broken systems. Maybe a lot of the anger here is just internalized/confused and misdirected anger because everyone in general is getting kind of screwed in 2023. When theres soo much misinformation and disinformation. It kind of makes some sense that they just are rude. But it also is very sad. It feels like hate is just the norm now and all i can think is. Arent they exhausted of hating yet? I struggle with hating humanity in general and the main reason i dont fully hate humanity is because hate is exhausting.

Sorry you've had that experience. My experience is lemmy is less full of hate and BS than reddit, at least.