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.
I think it should have one, though. That’s where I’m pretty much permissive, people can have shit opinions if they want. At the moment I’m getting spoonfed all kinds of crap in my feed just because there’s not enough activity to direct content I would actually be interested in. Maybe a touch of the echo chamber isn’t a bad thing, up to a point. I’m not sure.