Obviously, the internet has always been a toxic place, (the phrase “flame war” has been around for decades,) but it seems to have gotten so much worse over the last few years. I used to think decentralization of the internet would fix the worst of it, but Lemmy seems to have gotten worse alongside the rest of internet culture, proving me wrong. How do we fix/improve this culture of toxicity?
We stop talking about assholes and instead tell them they’re assholes and ignore them.
we learn the difference between things that can be disagreed on and things that are universal.
we stop thinking that if we just step on enough faces, we’ll eventually get to the top.
we actually give recognition to good people instead of rich people and especially show that to kids.