It feels like people are a lot nicer here than on Twitter and Reddit, and even when people disagree, it’s generally civil and not an all-out flame war. Also, there’s no algorithm promoting outrage all the time.
For me, the anticipation of toxicity was a huge deterrent for me ever participating in real discussions, but here I feel like I can be myself.
I think it’s healthier this way.
Spend too long in either echo chamber and I start to realize I’m not part of either. The world is complex, boiling it down to two corporate sponsored and totally insane ideologies doesn’t fit.