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.
You could compare it to some subreddits that were private long before the API debacle.
They wanted to curate a very specific community (subreddit) and didn’t want folks with differing opinions inside.
Yeah, makes sense now. I never got into one so never thought about them much