Submitted by Peace_and_Civil in lobby

Why are people so quick to make negative assumptions when someone is seeking answers or are just plain ignorant?

I have been trying to make an effort to learn and maybe make a post or comment that contributes to this site. Every time I think about doing so I read a thread or more where the conversation spills into negativity, name calling, and just downright nastiness.

Is there a sub where a newbie can safely post any question? If this post is ignorant just delete and I will find an answer somewhere else.

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masque wrote

In person, you can tell whether you're talking to someone who's interested in a real discussion largely based on context (i.e. the topic came up naturally in conversation, or you know the person at least well enough to know they're not trolling, or you're at an event that someone has bothered to show up to in person, which evidences some minimum level of personal investment). On the internet, you don't really have that same context.

I am generally naive & assume everyone is well-intentioned until proven otherwise, but I can understand why a lot of people here are inclined to dismiss people asking questions or starting arguments as trolls unless they have good reason to believe otherwise.

Plus, there's some sense in which explaining/debating basic things that most radical leftists are on the same page about just isn't what people are looking for when they visit Raddle.

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kore wrote

It's an effect of social media imo. We're attracted to extreme content, and also passionate posts get the most attention so we're inclined to do that more. I also found that the upvote/downvote system contributes a lot to my feelings about posts, so I blocked it and have been able to focus on discussion a lot more.

I'd encourage you to actually post in the way you want discussion to happen. If someone goes off on me, I try to apologize about what they are upset about and then seek understanding. If they keep going off, I just ignore them.

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d4rk wrote

In some honesty, civil discussions are usually a farce. On the one hand, it makes people think that they can effect change to the core of a certain bureaucratic system that does it automatically and will have to change essentially bureaucratic procedures,

Or, even worse, its most likely to cause a divide when those in the right don't even have power to concede to allow for their discussion to have an effect

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