• foofiepie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    5 days ago

    I think maybe people sometimes forget the other posters are people, and (I see this way too often) get offended if you break internet etiquette or their own sense of ‘how to behave’ - in reaching out and trying to make - or help - genuine connections.

    In short, taking themselves online too seriously.

    • Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      3·
      4 days ago

      Considering the fact that like… I barely talk with anyone from Lemmy? Accurate. I’ll send messages to people because I’m either bored or lonely and we hit it off with some comments or something and everytime the reaction is just “Wait why are you messaging me?” and it’s like “No one ever messages me first.” I don’t know why. I adore it when a user joins lemmy and sees my username, reaches out, and then asks for a couple times. A few people have done that, a few sticking around too like IninewCrow, and it’s one of the few times that I feel like a user too and not just a poster. Was really fucking weird at the start when I was commenting in other peoples posts and having reactions like “STAMETS KNOWS WHO I AM” and like… I do use this website too. So when there’s a dude on Lemmy who I’ve had a good connection with who is going through HELL I’m going to try and use the position that I’ve apparently got to try and help him out just a little bit. Not constantly and not spamming it on every post today, but a couple times to hopefully bring some attention to it and help him out. Even if it’s just a tiny bit then I did something and I can stop hating myself quite as much.

      • foofiepie@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        4 days ago

        I do love it when a bit of humanity shines through. Especially what with all the doom posting. Not that there isn’t doom to post about but you know what I mean.