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IknowKarazy t1_j4mf4zu wrote

Awesome, but let’s be frank, the bar is at the bottom of the Mariana Trench for treating people decently.

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grahamster00 t1_j4mpdv0 wrote

Important to note this is a study regarding perceived incivility, the data derives from interviews and questionnaires, per the methodology:

>... After that, participants, in random order, were asked only about the specific social media platforms they indicated using, with questions covering frequency of use, different types of use, social network characteristics, and perceptions of uncivil behaviors on the platform by both self and others.

Perhaps this says more about what people of different platforms would call "incivil" and the normalization of certain behaviors as "civil" than it does anything else.

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politicaltrashfire t1_j4ncqir wrote

Replying to tornpentacle (#1,378,250)

I'd argue that this reflects a dated perspective of YouTube. It's becoming clear that they've put significant effort into hiding comments with negative sentiment. From my perspective YouTube is now closer to being a place full of generic positivity than a dumpsterfire.

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tiletap t1_j4nfe1b wrote

The other sites seem to promote hit-and-run commenters, whereas Reddit feels more like a community discussion for some reason.

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Storyteller-Hero t1_j4nlhr2 wrote

When you click to report someone on YouTube, the number of options they give is surprisingly low and doesn't cover everything.

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CanadianBuddha t1_j4nr47c wrote

I've found that if you set your settings in Facebook so only your friends can comment on your posts, and only Friend the people you actually know, then Facebook becomes very civil.

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marypoppindatpussy t1_j4ny06b wrote

Replying to FlatulentWallaby (#1,379,325)

i watch usually like educational or crafty/diy type of videos and all the comments are wholesome and positive. i once made the mistake of looking at a news video on youtube and saw the types of comments you're talking about. so the type of video does seem to matter.

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WOTDisLanguish t1_j4opb84 wrote

Replying to politicaltrashfire (#1,380,161)

There's two places I've learned never to check the comments section in:

  • anything you'd see on a news channel, and
  • anything LGBT that isn't in an exclusively LGBT space

I don't know if it's just me but I've seen the worst takes I've ever seen on any social media platform there with surprising consistency and I'm pretty active online.

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Explorer335 t1_j4ozl30 wrote

Facebook and YouTube are absolutely crawling with paid trolls.

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fallen_preacher t1_j4pfzkc wrote

Gentlemen, let us all raise the tea cups & take a sip...

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teabagalomaniac t1_j4phyzr wrote

Instagram might not have as many contentious arguments, but it is making young girls kill themselves. So there are other metrics for toxicity.

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ScrauveyGulch t1_j4pj0u8 wrote

Trolling has been a thing since people were able to respond to each other online. My personal experience has confirmed the OP, reddit does seem more civil.

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gerundive t1_j4pl6lk wrote

The levels of civility experienced on any of the major social networking platforms depends on how they are used and which options are chosen.

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just0rdinaryguy t1_j4polv4 wrote

I guess they forgot about reddit. The worse of all.

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Nickp000g t1_j4pqwgo wrote

Redditt mods just ban people that they personally dont like. I got banned from r/funny for saying “idiot” on a post. Thats not very civil. Its actually the opposite of civil. Redditt may be the least civil from my experiences.

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wHDpVQjPu9Dkgk4FwN5T t1_j4pr1bg wrote

Replying to fitzroy95 (#1,382,836)

Indeed. Programmerhumor is pretty grown up, at least compared to pcmasterrace. Try telling the latter that windows 11 is not that bad and people will try to crucify you. Programmerhumor would probably make jokes about using Linux more than anything.

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Deracination t1_j4pxi8z wrote

Replying to WOTDisLanguish (#1,382,854)

I'd expand that to just anything LGBT. The exclusively LGBT spaces tend to turn into toxic cesspools of racism and misandry. They are...very exclusive, definitely not inclusive. The Newspeak runs rampant, and anything they don't like just gets reduced to a "bad take".

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katarh t1_j4q3dco wrote

Replying to politicaltrashfire (#1,380,161)

You and I must not be on the same part of YouTube.

Big YouTube channels have 24/7 content moderators who keep them pretty clean, but some of the smaller channels where it's just the owner can quickly devolve into food fights while the host is asleep.

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WOTDisLanguish t1_j4q4ln3 wrote

Replying to Deracination (#1,384,921)

Deracination I'll assume you're not acting in bad faith.

LGBT spaces aren't tolerating people who believe harassing them is an alright alternative to listening to them. If they're joining said spaces just to claim that marriage exclusively exists between a man and a woman without seeking to open a dialogue it's just harassment.

The anti-white racism, and misandry is more of a extreme left thing where they go into the realm of over correcting just to commit the same issues they were looking to fix. It exists, and I'll admit that, but LGBT spaces aren't the ones committing, or endorsing it.

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Jorsk3n t1_j4qdz1c wrote

Replying to WolfResponsible8483 (#1,384,423)

>some

*most

All political subs, fandom subs and meme subs are like that.

NSFW subs doesn’t have that but they have their own problems like creepy comments.

Tech/science subs are okay, I guess? There it’s just important to cite sources.

Wholesome content subs are fine as well, as long as you don’t bring any negativity for obvious reasons.

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Deracination t1_j4qgzdh wrote

Replying to WOTDisLanguish (#1,385,391)

I'm not trying to troll here, no.

I think you're right about it being mainly a far-left thing. The problem is it being exclusively an LGBT space. That sort of attitude built into a forum leads to an echo chamber gradually developing, and that sort of structure will radicalize over time. I believe it leads to exclusively LGBT spaces tending towards discrimination over time, not because of the LGBT, but because of the exclusivity.

The same thing happens in all sorts of forums. Misandry and anti-white racism are just the forms the most common ideas of the left take when meme theory radicalizes them, and LGBT people tend towards the left for obvious reasons.

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WOTDisLanguish t1_j4ql5ee wrote

Replying to Deracination (#1,386,180)

I agree with you there, something about stagnant water being dangerous. The best most people can do is ignore, or actively push against the radicals of any group. I'm kind of glad there's this open dialogue here, thanks for that

When I was using exclusive I meant the channels uploads being consistent with LGBT issues, they rarely upload so they don't keep their fanbases entrenched in the same ideologies so maybe that's why I'm seeing less far-left "conversations" about anti-white racism and misandry

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Isocratia t1_j4qreih wrote

Replying to Purple_Passion000 (#1,377,983)

If you look at the graph in the article, it's two-dimensional. They plot the sites in terms of perceived incivility of others / perceived incivility of oneself.

Youtube is at the top for perceived incivility of others. It's low on perceived incivility of oneself.

This makes sense if you're just going there to watch some videos and not post comments at all, but scroll down and see some keklord ranting in the comments for some completely apolitical video.

The whole graph is rather interesting.

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Mangar1 t1_j4s2h6v wrote

Reddit is only on top because they didn’t count PornHub.

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